New Year Baby

A documentary of love, joy, and pardon about one family's survival from the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. Socheata learns a family secret, hidden away for 25 years, that leads her and her family back to Cambodia to get answers. She discovers what her parents hid in shame is in fact her family's great heroism while proving that healing is only possible when you begin to tell the story.

Awards

"Movies That Matter" Human Rights Award, Amnesty International Film Festival
Best Documentary, 25th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
Best Documentary, AFI Dallas International Film Festival
Audience Award, Los Angeles VC Film Festival
Special Jury Award & Audience Award, New York Asian American International Film Festival
Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival

Reviews

"A very moving consideration of historical genocide and individual heroism ... it merits further exposure..." - Dennis Harvey, Variety

"A moving personal journey." IDA Documentary Magazine

Screenings

National PBS's Independent Lens broadcast
ITVS Community Screenings
San Diego Asian Film Festival
Warsaw International Film Festival
HNHCR Refugee Film Festival
Middle East International Film Festival
HOT FILM at the Goteborg Film Festival
MassMoca's Working Films Residency
Seattle Human Rights Film Festival
Durango Independent Film Festival
Common Ground Film Festival