PL | 2011 | colour | 103 min
dir | Paweł Kloc pro | Parallax wr | Paweł Kloc, Przemysław Niczyporuk ph | Przemysław Niczyporuk mus | Marc Marder ed | Jacek Tarasiuk

“Phnom Penh Lullaby” is an intimate story of a man looking for love and acceptance. Ilan Shickman left Israel dreaming of a new life. He now lives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with his Khmer girlfriend Saran and daughters Marie, 2 years old, and Jasmine, 6 months, trying to make ends meet as a street fortune-teller. Ilan works at night on 51st Street, right next to bars with prostitutes, and sex and drug dealers. Ilan decides that the older daughter should be given away to Saran’s family in the countryside. The journey from the infernal city to the idyllic countryside begins. Phnom Penh lullaby portrays people entrapped in their lives, which dream about happiness but get driven away by the powers they hardly control.

AWARDS
2011 Film Festival in Krakow – Main Prize in category Best Documentary

DIRECTOR | Paweł Kloc (1971)
He studied Law at the Warsaw University. Paweł Kloc worked for HBO and At Entertainment Ltd as a producer and director. He directed commercials, music videos and television programs. He was awarded for Nationale Nederlanden commercial at the Euroshots festival and for his short feature “Dos Sombras” at the RealHeart festival in Toronto. Paweł directed his first feature documentary film Phnom Penh Lullaby in 2010 with his production company Parallax. He is now developing his next documentary film and a feature film. He resides in Warsaw, Poland.