{{short description|Cambodian filmmaker|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Lida Chan | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|03|25}} | birth_place = | occupation = Film director }}
'''Lida Chan''' (born 25 March 1980) is a Cambodian filmmaker.
== Career ==
Lida Chan joined Bophana Center in 2006, where, as an archivist, she specializes in the analysis of Khmer Rouge archives. She also works as a radio journalist for Radio France Internationale, where she covered the trial of former Khmer Rouge cadre Duch.
In 2010, Lida Chan turned into documentary filmmaking after being trained by Cambodian filmmaker and producer Rithy Panh.
== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Honours |- | 2010 || ''My Yesterday Night'' || Selected at the 17th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema |- | 2012 || ''Red Wedding'' || * Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary 2012 at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA<ref>[http://www.idfa.nl/industry/latest-news/First-Cousin-Once-Removed-wins-VPRO-IDFA-Award-for-Best-Feature-Length-Documentary.aspx "Winners awards IDFA 2012 announced"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129050716/http://www.idfa.nl/industry/latest-news/First-Cousin-Once-Removed-wins-VPRO-IDFA-Award-for-Best-Feature-Length-Documentary.aspx |date=2013-01-29 }}. IDFA website.</ref><ref>[http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/documentary-forced-khmer-rouge-weddings-wins-award "Documentary on forced Khmer Rouge weddings wins award"]. Joe Freeman, Phnom Penh Post, 2012-12-03.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0xTfaMZoak&noredirect=1 "IDFA 2012 - Guillaume Suon about ''Red Wedding''"]. Il Documentario, 2012-12-05</ref><ref>[http://www.cambodge-post.com/?page_id=2808 "Récompense internationale pour un documentaire sur les mariages forcés pratiqués par le régime Khmer rouge"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230819/http://www.cambodge-post.com/?page_id=2808 |date=2018-12-20 }}. Cambodge Post, 2012-12-05</ref><ref>[http://www.voacambodia.com/content/filmmaker-says-stigma-from-khmer-rouge-forced-marriages-endures/1575312.html "Filmmaker Says Stigma from Khmer Rouge Forced Marriages Endures"]. Sok Khemara, VOA, 2013-01-01</ref> * Aljazeera Golden Award 2013 at the Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival (Qatar)<ref>[http://festival.aljazeera.net/services/templates/WinningFilms.aspx?Rq=6)O7AGuNR-5HrWwuNoA-6arpYlHu0-4Z(w(sFby-5XOV8I5Up-6X00uhS_W-5Hs3tQrmW-6pODIBRu(-.f "10th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival Winning Films"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525204224/http://festival.aljazeera.net/services/templates/WinningFilms.aspx?Rq=6)O7AGuNR-5HrWwuNoA-6arpYlHu0-4Z(w(sFby-5XOV8I5Up-6X00uhS_W-5Hs3tQrmW-6pODIBRu(-.f |date=2013-05-25 }}. Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival website.</ref><ref>[http://www.voacambodia.com/content/red-wedding-film-wins-award-in-qatar/1676719.html "''Red Wedding'' Film Wins Award in Qatar"]. Sok Khemara, VOA, 2013-07-07</ref> * Jury Prize 2013 at the Gdansk DocFilm Festival<ref>[http://gdanskdocfilm.pl/wyniki-11-edycji-gdansk-docfilm-festival/?lang=en "Results of 11 edition of Gdańsk DocFilm Festival"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111000814/http://gdanskdocfilm.pl/wyniki-11-edycji-gdansk-docfilm-festival/?lang=en |date=2013-11-11 }}. Gdańsk DocFilm Festival website.</ref> * Special Jury Prize 2013 at the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival * Best South East Asian Human Rights Film 2013 at the FreedomFilmFest (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) <ref>[http://freedomfilmfest.komas.org/winner-fff-2013/ "Winning films of the KOMAS FreedomFilmFest (FFF) 2013"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706052354/http://freedomfilmfest.komas.org/winner-fff-2013/ |date=2015-07-06 }}. FreedomFilmFest website.</ref> * Special Mention Award 2014 at the Salaya International Documentary Film Festival (Thailand) <ref>[http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.fr/2014/03/salaya-doc-2014-awards-for-singapore.html?m=1 "Salaya Doc 2014: Awards for Singapore, Red Wedding and Behind the Screen"]. Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal.</ref> |}
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