The Future's Past

a film by Susanne Brandstätter
Premiere: Diagonale 2012



Austria/ Luxembourg 2012 // color // 90min

Synopsis

Using the Khmer Rouge Tribunal as a starting point, Susanne Brandstätter takes a deeper look into the lives of young cambodians on the brink of adulthood. As the trial accusing a perpetrator of the Pol Pot regime progresses, it becomes a cata- lyst for a new generation of Cambodians questioning their parents, families and neighbors about the inhumanities their nation has suffered.

Brandstätter accompanies three families on two different continents – two cambo- dian families and an immigrated cambo- dian family in Paris, France – recognizing that the truth is only to be found among those who survived and that the past can best be questioned by those who are about to build a future.

Written & Directed by

Susanne Brandstätter

Camera

Jörg Burger

Editing

Sophie Reiter

Sound

Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson, Atanas Tcholakov

Line Producer

Alfie Lang-Král

Producers

Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck

Supported by

Österreichisches Filminstitut, Filmfund Luxemburg, Filmfonds Wien & ORF

Production

AMOUR FOU Vienna & AMOUR FOU Luxembourg

Awards & Nominations

DIAGONALE-PREIS BILDGESTALTUNG 2012 (Documentary)

Festivals

Diagonale Graz 2012, Austria
Cambodia International Filmfestival CIFF 2012, Cambodia
European Film Festival Phnom Penh 2015, Cambodia