Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s no sensationalism in Denis Do’s “Funan,” a harrowing animated drama about a family struggling to survive the Khmer Rouge ...

The Annecy and Animation Is Film award winner, which explores the cruelties of the Khmer Rouge, will get a 2019 theatrical release. Indie distributor GKids has added “Funan” to its slate of animated ...

The mainstream perception that animated films are intended for children still make films like Persepolis, Grave of the Fireflies, and the newly released Funan come across as anomalies. The medium ...

Funan, the upcoming GKIDS release from co-writer/director Denis Do in his feature directorial debut, tells a deeply personal tale from Do’s own family history. The story follows a Cambodian family who ...

The GKids political drama takes a deep dive into the horrors of the Khmer Rouge, courtesy of director Denis Do's personal family history. “Funan” (currently in limited release) represents GKids‘ best ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Cambodia, a nation once scarred by the Khmer Rouge's brutality and the ...

There’s no sensationalism in Denis Do’s “Funan,” a harrowing animated drama about a family struggling to survive the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia in the late 1970s. It’s a film about dulling the ...