Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman.
- Cambodia, France, USA
- 2025, 19 min
- Director: Chheangkea
- Director of photography: Shyan Tan
- Editor: Chheangkea
- Screenplay: Chheangkea
- Sound: Vincent Villa
- Cast: Bonrotanak Rith, Saroeun Nay, Sokun Theary Ty, Phalla Im
- Art Director: Bandiddh Prum
- Producer: Daniel Mattes,Karen Madar
- Production: Anti-Archive, NoMad Productions
Chheangkea
Chheangkea is a Cambodia-born filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a BS in architecture from MIT and an MFA in filmmaking from the NYU Tisch Graduate Film program, where he was a Dean’s Fellow. He is a former Marcie Bloom Fellow and a recipient of the Sundance Asian American Scholarship. Through his films, Chheangkea seeks to showcase the complexities and nuances of queer and Cambodian stories. His previous short film, Skin Can Breathe (2021), was a finalist in the 2022 HBO Max APA Visionaries competition.