(11 min, USA, 2022)

Winner of HBO MAX APA Visionaries Short Film Competition - currently available to stream on MAX.
OFFICIAL SELECTION AT HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION AT NEWFEST
OFFICIAL SELECTION AT MONTAUK FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION AT SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
SCREENED IN METROGRAPH’S “THE SHORT LIST: NYC FILM SCHOOL SHOWCASE”

“Skin Can Breathe” is a lyrical short film about a boy coming-of-age and coming-of-worlds. It is about our longing to understand our own complex network of identities that gets very confusing very fast when they collide with one another.

Writer/Director/Producer: Chheangkea
Cast: Peter Som, Matt Zhang, Sopheap Som
Producers: Karen Madar, Jason Maselle
Assistant Camera: Charlie Theobald
Gaffer: Ajai Vishwanath, José Manuel Vélez
Grips: Kaitlyn Busbee, Sara Balghonaim
Colorist: Ayumi Ashley
Assistant Director: Anndi Jinelle Liggett
Production Design: Lexx Onigbanjo
Music: Adam Weiss