The most beautiful thing in Cambodia isn't the country - it's the Cambodian people. — Rithy Panh Beautiful Copy Share Image
Every day, do small gestures of generosity! It does not mean go to Cambodia. Do it at home. If you do nothing… — Rithy Panh Day Copy Share Image
I like people who have the capacity to forget. I think that to forget is a good thing. Forgetting is good. But… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
It's better to live a world where you can hear different languages and sensibilities. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Sometimes if you can tell one personal story with a lot of sincerity, it can become a universal story. — Rithy Panh Personal story Copy Share Image
Part of the Khmer Rouge project was not only to destroy individual people, but to destroy the very notion of the individual.… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
I didn't survive because I was stronger than others. I survived because my family and friends helped me to survive. They took… — Rithy Panh Family Copy Share Image
If you can keep something very personal, like a song, like a color, like a story, deep in your heart, then nobody… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Cinema is not truth. Even when you make documentary films, you can choose to show this shot and not the other shot… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
For the young generation, when they see that there is a film director from Cambodia to go on to be nominated, for… — Rithy Panh Art Copy Share Image
What I like to do with every film is to bring a form, like a cinematographic proposal. If you watch 'S21,' it's… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
I love archival films very much. I spent thousands of hours watching archive footage. Every time I see it, I see something.… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
I think that, as a filmmaker, you're always making the same film, regardless of how many different stories you tell. This is… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
When the Khmer Rouge reached Phnom Penh, the first thing they did was to evacuate the population. Then they took over. The… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
When you make a film and it wins some award at a very select, very difficult festival such as Cannes, it's good… — Rithy Panh Cannes Copy Share Image
When you screen a film like 'The Missing Picture,' it is not like watching TV. Watching TV is very solitary. When you… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
Filming, for me, is a way of approaching, little by little - of getting closer and closer to my subject. And that… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water… — Rithy Panh Animation Copy Share Image
Cannes or Oscars is not only to bring happiness and recognition - they protect people like me. The world knows who you… — Rithy Panh Cannes Copy Share Image
Every time you are getting ready to make a shot in a documentary film, you are asking yourself questions about your cinematographic… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
Film is subjective, and we must be careful with that. The kinds of films I love are those that observe, and I… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
The Khmer Rouge tried to delete everything. They tried to erase our past, our personality, our land, our sentiment. What we tried… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
