Asia-International Competition
Fresh as Daisy
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Two young women in their twenties, bound by friendship, quietly endure the weight of conservative family expectations. As one faces an arranged marriage and the other pressure to immigrant, they resist, finding fleeting freedom in each other while questioning duty, identity, and the possibility of choosing their own futures.
- Director
- Socheata Van
- Time
- 0:13:25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2025
- Cast
- Sopheanith THONG as "DA", Sandy HENG as "SREAN"
Awards Nominations
36th Singapore International Film Festival (2025) - Nominations Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
36th Singapore International Film Festival (2025) - Nomination for Best Performance Award
Director
Socheata Van
Socheata Van began working in film in 2015. She worked as assistant director on films including White Building and Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle.
She directed short documentaries such as The Hunter (2015), Neighbor’s Underneath (2016), and Trapped (2017).
Fresh as Daisy, developed at Purin Pictures Short Film Camp, is her debut fiction short.
Cast
Sopheanith THONG as "DA", Sandy HENG as "SREAN"
Screening
Screening Venue
| Venue | Schedule | Ticket Reservation |
|---|---|---|
| WITH HARAJUKU HALL | 2026.06.07 [Sun] 15:10-17:00 |
Online Screening
| Online | schedule | Online Screening |
|---|---|---|
| Online Screening | 2026.06.11 [Thu] - 2026.06.30 [Tue] |
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it's a film that intimate portrayal of young women navigating family pressure and societal expectations in contemporary Cambodia.