If you would like to order your own copy of the documentary please use the following information...

To order your dvd copy of the 90 minute version of the Hollywood Film Festival Award Winning "My Khmer Heart", you can contact I Kandy Films direct.

50% of all sales will go direct to Sunrise orphanage.

Costs are as follows:

• Australian Orders:$50.00 (includes gst and postage).
• Overseas orders: $80.00 AUD (includes postage).

Please email your order to janineh@bigpond.net.au.
Upon receipt of order, payment options will be sent to your email address.

Geraldine with the makers of the documentary, Janine Hosking and Leonie Lowe, at the Hollywood fundraiser in January 2002.

Just to complicate Geraldine's life further, a documentary about her and the children called My Khmer Heart, directed and produced by two Australian women, Janine Hosking and Leonie Lowe, partners in the film company, Icandy, were notified that the Hollywood Film Festival had nominated it to be considered with 5 others for the Documentary of the Year Award. Geraldine and the girls were invited to attend a Gala Dinner in Hollywood in August 2000 where My Khmer Heart, much to everyone's delight, won!

Then, it was discovered that the film made it to the last 10 of those nominated for the 2002 Oscars. The first Australian film of any kind to have made it this far in the Oscars, ever!

Just days after Geraldine was reeling from the shock of this, she learnt of a second nomination at the Montreal Film Festival in Canada. And another nomination was in the One World Broadcasting Trust International Awards, in London, where films highlight humanitarian issues.

The documentary was bought by Home Box Office (HBO) and was screened throughout America in February and will enjoy further screenings throughout the year. It is hoped this wider exposure might bring in more friends who might want to donate towards Sunrise.

Another sale was made to the English Discovery Channel which screened the documentary all over Europe and South America. Sunrise is really getting around!

Geraldine says that she has received a lot of emails from viewers who loved the story, but very few of them have been able to donate funds.

AWARDS
Best Documentary, Hollywood Film Festival, 2000
Best Documentary, Gracie Allen Awards, United States 2003
Best Documentary, NAMIC Television Awards, United States (celebrates programming about disadvantaged and minority groups around the world) 2003
Nomination: Independent Spirit Awards, Australia, Most Popular Documentary 2002

FILM FESTIVALS
Hollywood Film Festival, 2000
Montreal World Film Festival, 2000
Full Frame Festival, New York, 2001 (HBO festival)
Sydney Women Who Make Movies Festival, 2001
Melbourne International Film Festival, 2002
Women’s Film Festival Italy, 2003