Skin Can Breathe

Skin Can Breathe

Directed By Chheangkea

USA | Narrative | 11 min

While living in America, a Cambodian teenager named Soda exists in two worlds. At the pool, he navigates the awkward and erotic nature of his swim team. With his mother, he walks on tiptoe, in constant fear of revealing too much of himself to her. Without a place to simply be, he seeks refuge from the outside world inside the water because he doesn’t feel at home within his current one.

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    Film Details

    1. English, Khmer

    2. English

    3. 2022

    4. 11 minutes

    5. Coming-of-Age, Drama, Family, Romance

    6. Narrative

    7. USA

      8. Chheangkea


      Chheangkea is a Cambodian-American filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in architecture and is currently a Dean’s Fellow at New York University’s Graduate Film Program. Chheangkea’s latest short film, SKIN CAN BREATHE, won an award at the 2022 HBO Max Asian Pacific American Visionaries Competition. Other current projects include a short film inspired by his late grandmother and a feature film about a Cambodian woman’s life post-Khmer Rouge.

      9. Karen Madar

        Jason Adam Maselle

      10. Chheangkea

      11. Peter Som

        Matt Zhang

        Sopheap Som

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