POL POT'S BIRTHDAY (a comedy) After the fall of Phnom Penh in 1979 at the hands of the Vietnamese, the brutal Cambodian dictator Pol Pot and his ruthless Khmer Rouge army spent the next decade retreating slowly through the jungle. POL POT'S BIRTHDAY chronicles the efforts of the dictator's office staff as they attempt to throw a surprise birthday party for their boss in his bunker hideout. POL POT'S BIRTHDAY premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received numerous Best Film and other awards. The film is included in the Sundance Collection at the Museum of Modern Art. Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2004 - Premiere Newport Beach Film festival 2004 - Best Screenplay Dubrovnik Film Festival (Croatia) 2004 - Best Film Filmstock Festival (UK) 2004 - Best Concept Grenada Film Festival (Spain) 2004 - Best Cinematography Filmstock Festival (UK) 2004 - Best Film Silverlake Film Festival 2004 - Festival Director's Prize St. Louis Film Festival 2004 - Best Film Asian American Film Festival 2005 - Best Film Film Festivals: AFI 2004 Asian American Film Festival 2005 Bend Film Festival 2004 Beverly Hills Film Festival 2004 Bilbao Film Festival (Spain) 2004 Boston International Film Festival 2004 Breckinridge Film Festival 2005 Bristol Film Festival (UK) 2004 Century City Film Festival 2004 Cinequest Film Festival 2004 Dam Film Festival 2004 Dubrovnik Film Festival (Croatia) 2004 Festival International des Films de Montréal (Canada) 2004 Filmstock Film Festival (UK) 2004 Florida Film Festival 2004 Grenada Film Festival (Spain) 2004 Hamptons Film Festival 2004 Hong Kong Film Festival (Hong Kong) 2006 Hypefest Film Festival 2004 IFC/LA Film Festival 2004 Los Angeles Film Festival 2004 Lake Placid Film Festival 2004 Manhattan Film Festival 2004 Mannheim Film Festival (Germany) 2004 Melbourne Film Festival (Australia) 2004 Method Fest Film Festival 2004 Milwaukee Film Festival 2004 Nashville Film Festival 2004 Newport Film Festival 2004 Newport Beach Film Festival 2004 One Reel/Bumbershoot Film Festival 2004/2005 Orinda Film Festival 2004 Palm Springs Film Festival 2004 Phoenix Film Festival 2004 ResFest Film Festival 2004 Rotterdam Film Festival (Netherlands) 2004 Silverlake Film Festival 2004 Singapore Film Festival 2006 St. Louis Film Festival 2004 Stockhom Film Festival (Sweden) 2005 Toronto Asian Film Festival (Canada) 2005 Tribeca Film Festival 2004 US Comedy Film Festival 2004 Vail Film Festival 2004 Waterfront Film Festival 2005 See more Sundance curated short films at ‪www.youtube.com/screeningroom

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