The 36th International Critic’s Week is an independent section of the Venice Film Festival organized by Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani and with the Artistic Direction of Beatrice Fiorentino. ICW opens with the short movie Era ieri, a tribute to Valentina Pedicini who presented this movie at 2016 ICW. The movie will be screened at Sala Astra 1 at 7.30 pm. Following will be screened the opening film out of competition Jake Wachtel’s Karmalink, the first Cambodian sci-fi movie in which the buddhist spirituality is merged in a digitalized, hyperconnected and capitalist world. The two protagonists are a teenager boy and a homeless little girl in future Phnom Pehn.
Karmalink (id.)
Cambodia/USA, 2021 Director Jake Wachtel With Srey Leak Chhith, Leng Heng Prak, Sahajak Boonthanakit Length 1 h e 42’
