Cambodia’s Sastra Film Makes Cannes Debut With English & Khmer-Language Horror Slate 

EXCLUSIVE: Cambodian production house Sastra Film International is attending Cannes for the first time with a library of horror titles, including its first push into English-language production with supernatural horror title Faceless. 

Directed by Jeremiah Kipp, the film stars Bella Mraz, James Preston, Holley Johnson and Ryan Bertorche, who travelled to Cambodia to shoot the film. Based on a story by Sastra Film founder Bun Channimol, the film follows a group of YouTube ghost-hunters who encounter an evil force in the Cambodian jungle. 

Sastra is in talks with global distributors for the recently completed film. Kipp is known for Shudder Original Slapface (2021), while recent credits include The Mortuary Assistant, also released on Shudder. The film marks Sastra’s first collaboration with Western horror talent. 

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