Davy Chou

ActivitiesDirector, Executive Producer, Screenwriter, Foreign Producer, Associate Producer, Participant

SecteurCinema

Biography

Davy Chou directed his first feature film Golden Slumbers in 2011. This documentary about the birth of Cambodian cinema and its brutal destruction by the Khmer Rouge in 1975 was presented at the Berlinale, among other film festivals. His next feature, Diamond Island, was awarded the SACD Prize at Critics’ Week in 2016.
In 2022, his film Return to Seoul, which received an excellent critical reception, was selected for Un Certain Regard and in many leading festivals (Toronto, Busan, New York, Morelia, Seville, etc.). It will represent Cambodia at the Oscars in 2023.
In parallel, Chou also pursues a career as a producer. For example, he co-produced Onoda, 10,000 Nights in the Jungle by Arthur Harari, as well as films by Cambodian filmmakers, including Kavich Neang.

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11 JANUARY 2023

10 to Watch 2023 : 10 new French talents to discover

They have been grabbing attention in recent months at the festivals of Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, New York, San Sebastián... They’ll be seen on screens around the world in 2023. They are the new faces of French cinema, and they are UniFrance's 10 to Watch 2023.

Unifrance is proud to to focus the spotlight on this new generation of directors, actors, and actresses, who contribute so fully to the effervescence of French cinematographic creation, and to encourage the distribution of their films beyond France’s borders.
Unifrance 10 to Watch 2022

Dali Benssalah, actor
Bastien Bouillon, actor
Davy Chou, director
Céline Devaux, director
Lyna Khoudri, actress
Paul Kircher, actor
Charlotte Le Bon, director
Annabelle Lengronne, actress
Rebecca Marder, actress
Nadia Tereszkiewicz, actress