{{Infobox film | name = The Storm Makers | image = The_Storm_Makers_-_Poster.jpg | caption = ''The Storm Makers'' poster | director = Guillaume Suon | producer = Rithy Panh<br />Julien Roumy | starring = | music = Marc Marder | cinematography = Guillaume Suon | editing = Barbara Bossuet | distributor = CAT&Docs | released = {{Film date|2014|10|02|Busan International Film Festival}} | runtime = 66 minutes | country = Cambodia<br />France | language = Khmer | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Storm Makers''''' is a 2014 documentary film directed by Guillaume Suon about human trafficking in Cambodia. The term "Storm Makers" refers to the traffickers and the damage they inflict on villages and families. One such trafficker shown in the film claims he has sold more than 500 Cambodian girls, some as young as 14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/storm-makers-shows-life-after-human-trafficking-cambodia-366663|title='The Storm Makers' Shows Life After Human Trafficking in Cambodia|website=Newsweek|date=29 August 2015}}</ref>
The film premiered at the 2014 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) and won the Mecenat Award for Best Asian Documentary Film.
== Production ==
Produced by Rithy Panh and Julien Roumy, ''The Storm Makers'' is a Cambodian-French co-production by [http://www.bophanaproduction.com Bophana Production] and [http://www.tipasaproduction.com Tipasa Production].
''The Storm Makers'' was produced in association with ARTE FRANCE - La Lucarne and POV, with the support of Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Région Midi-Pyrénées, [http://www.imagesfrancophones.org/fonds_francophone.php Fonds francophone de production audiovisuelle du Sud], [http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/gucci_documentary/ Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130718095949/http://www.sundance.org/programs/documentary-fund/ Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program], [http://www.idfa.nl/industry/idfa-bertha-fund.aspx IDFA Bertha Fund], [http://worldview.cba.org.uk/ Worldview], Busan International Film Festival (AND), [http://www.cambodia-cfc.org Cambodia Film Commission] and [http://www.bophana.org Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center].
The film was shot in Battambang province, in Cambodia, between 2013 and 2014.
== Distribution ==
''The Storm Makers'' is distributed by CAT&Docs.<ref>[http://184.154.233.15/~catndocs/dir2/index.php/categories/women/621-the-storm-makers "The Storm Makers"]. ''The Storm Makers'' page on CAT&Docs website.</ref>
== Awards ==
* Mecenat Award for Best Asian Documentary Film 2014 at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) 2014<ref>[http://www.biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4699 "BIFF 2014 Awards"]. BIFF website.</ref> * Inspiration Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2015 (Durham, U.S.A.)<ref>[http://www.fullframefest.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2015-Full-Frame-Awards-Press-Release-FINAL-4.12.2015.pdf "Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners"]. Full Frame Documentary Film Festival website, April 12, 2015.</ref> * “Windows on the World” Prize for the Best Feature Film at Milan's Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema 2015<ref>[http://www.festivalcinemaafricano.org/new/en/2015/05/i-vincitori-del-25-festival-del-cinema-africano-dasia-e-america-latina/ "Awards of the 25° Festival del Cinema Africano, d’Asia e America Latina"]. Milan’s Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema website, May 9, 2015.</ref> * Special Mention Award at the Salaya International Documentary Film Festival 2015 (Thailand)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002221/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/At-home-in-our-Asean-community-30257066.html "At home in our Asean community"]. Nation multimedia, March 31, 2015.</ref>
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== External links == *[http://vimeo.com/110875752 Trailer 1] *[http://vimeo.com/110876557 Trailer 2] *[http://vimeo.com/110876827 Trailer 3] *[https://www.facebook.com/thestormmakersthefilm ''The Storm Makers'' on Facebook]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Storm Makers}} Category:Cambodian documentary films Category:2014 documentary films Category:2014 films Category:Works about sex trafficking Category:Documentary films about slavery