Little Phnom Penh
Feature Film
Non Union
Logline: Spanning two sweeping decades and two continents, from post-Khmer Rouge Phnom Penh to early 2000s California, a Cambodian woman searches for family, home, and belonging, as her first love continues to resurface over time.
Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
CHHAY (late 20s-mid 30s) Cambodian male, to play 24, 35 and 46 — On the outside, solid and strong—the ideal man and husband on paper. On the inside, he’s being eaten alive by his own inner demons. *Must be fluent in Khmer — open to Cambodians worldwide*
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
(20s-30s) Cambodian male, to play 19, 30, and 41 — Charmingly awkward, wistful, disarming, and always the brightest smile in the room. Life hardens him over the decades, but it never truly stops him from wearing his whole heart on his sleeve. *Must be fluent in Khmer — open to Cambodians worldwide*
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
(late teen-early 20s) Cambodian female, to play 17 — Lost in America and full of clashing emotions, she lives in her own head and prefers to be left alone. Her identity is forming, but she doesn’t know who or where to turn to. *Preferably fluent in Khmer, but can be conversational — open to Cambodi... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
MA (55-70) Cambodian female, to play 53, 64, and 75 — The matriarch of her family and a widow of very few words, she carries the weight and grief of the past inside her body, and does not let anybody else in. *Must be fluent in Khmer — open to Cambodians worldwide*
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
Cambodian female, to play 28 and 39 — Quietly confident and big-hearted. Observant and eager. She wants so much out of this life. Over the 22 years, as she shifts from teenage years to married life to being a single immigrant mother in America, life eats at her as she becomes more and more self-prot... [See More]
More Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
CHHAY (late 20s-mid 30s) Cambodian male, to play 24, 35 and 46 — On the outside, solid and strong—the ideal man and husband on paper. On the inside, he’s being eaten alive by his own inner demons. *Must be fluent in Khmer — open to Cambodians worldwide*
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
(20s-30s) Cambodian male, to play 19, 30, and 41 — Charmingly awkward, wistful, disarming, and always the brightest smile in the room. Life hardens him over the decades, but it never truly stops him from wearing his whole heart on his sleeve. *Must be fluent in Khmer — open to Cambodians worldwide*
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
(late teen-early 20s) Cambodian female, to play 17 — Lost in America and full of clashing emotions, she lives in her own head and prefers to be left alone. Her identity is forming, but she doesn’t know who or where to turn to. *Preferably fluent in Khmer, but can be conversational — open to Cambodi... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
MA (55-70) Cambodian female, to play 53, 64, and 75 — The matriarch of her family and a widow of very few words, she carries the weight and grief of the past inside her body, and does not let anybody else in. *Must be fluent in Khmer — open to Cambodians worldwide*
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Submissions Due:
04/30/2026
Cambodian female, to play 28 and 39 — Quietly confident and big-hearted. Observant and eager. She wants so much out of this life. Over the 22 years, as she shifts from teenage years to married life to being a single immigrant mother in America, life eats at her as she becomes more and more self-prot... [See More]
