A Cambodian Spring

A Cambodian Spring
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Christopher Kelly
Produced by
  • Christopher Kelly
CinematographyChristopher Kelly
Edited by
Music byJames Holden
Production
companies
  • Dartmouth Films
  • Eye Steel Films
  • Little Ease Films
  • Zanzibar Films
Distributed byDartmouth Films
Release dates
  • June 2016 (2016-06) (Sheffield DocFest)
  • May 2018 (2018-05) (UK and Ireland)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$19,405 (£14,068)

A Cambodian Spring is a 2016 British documentary film directed and produced by Christopher Kelly, focusing on a conflict over plans to develop the Boeung Kak lake in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. The film premiered under the title The Cause of Progress at the 2016 Sheffield DocFest. It also showed at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto, Canada in May 2017. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 18 May 2018.