Davy Chou

Davy Chou lives between Paris and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Chou founded the French production company Aurora Films and the Cambodian production company Anti-Archive. In 2011, he directed the feature-length documentary Golden Slumbers, which premiered at the Forum section of the Berlinale and addressed the issue of the birth of Cambodian cinema in the 60s and its abrupt shredding by the Khmer Rouge in 1975. In addition, he has also directed several short films, including Cambodia 2099, selected at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2014. His first fiction film, Diamond Island, premiered at La Semaine de la Critique of Cannes in 2016, winning the SACD Award. Return to Seoul premiered there as well in the Un Certain Regard section.

Festival de Cine de Sevilla