Cambodia vies for 1st Oscar with ‘Missing Picture’

By Jocelyn Gecker

Published February 27, 2014 12:50pm ET

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Cambodia vies for 1st Oscar with ‘Missing Picture’ — FOR JOCELYN GECKER STORY ON CAMBODIA-FILM DIRECTOR RITHY PANH - This undated photo released by Bophana Center shows a extract scene of The Missing Picture directed by Cambodian film director Rithy Panh. (AP Photo/Bohana Center) | AP

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The office of Cambodia’s most celebrated filmmaker is filled with books on the Khmer Rouge. On his desk, on the walls, in the filing cabinets and in every corner of Rithy Panh’s dimly lit office are memories of his country’s greatest tragedy.

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