Directing
Mony Kann Darung
Born
1990-03-17 (36)
Place of birth
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Known for
Directing
Credits
3 titles
Mony Kann Darung is a Cambodian filmmaker and director who has worked in the film industry since 2012. He completed his filmmaking studies at Dongseo University in South Korea in 2018 and subsequently worked as a freelance commercial and film director. His work spans short films, commercials, web series, television productions, and music videos. Darung's early film work includes the short films Lily (2019) and Pkar Chouk (2021), which he directed and wrote. He also directed the television mini-series Yellow Light (2020). In 2026, Darung made his feature-film debut as director and co-writer with Far Away Close to You, a Khmer-language romantic drama produced by Tiny Films. He co-wrote the f…
Known for
6.0Seventeen-year-old Sota from the vibrant Phnom Penh, is sent to a quiet rural town to finish high school. Struggling to fit in, she feels adrift, until she meets Viphu, a kind-hearted boy whose determination to uplift his community sparks a bond neither expected. Together they discover friendship and love. But as graduation nears, ambition and circumstance begin to pull them apart. Misunderstandings deepen, silence grows, and their paths diverge. Yet even as distance separates them, a question lingers: is their story truly over, or only waiting to begin again?
Far Away Close to You
2026
6.0A long distanced couple tries to mingle and to save their romantic relationship
February Wind
2018
Behind the camera
6.0Seventeen-year-old Sota from the vibrant Phnom Penh, is sent to a quiet rural town to finish high school. Struggling to fit in, she feels adrift, until she meets Viphu, a kind-hearted boy whose determination to uplift his community sparks a bond neither expected. Together they discover friendship and love. But as graduation nears, ambition and circumstance begin to pull them apart. Misunderstandings deepen, silence grows, and their paths diverge. Yet even as distance separates them, a question lingers: is their story truly over, or only waiting to begin again?
Far Away Close to You
2026
6.0Seventeen-year-old Sota from the vibrant Phnom Penh, is sent to a quiet rural town to finish high school. Struggling to fit in, she feels adrift, until she meets Viphu, a kind-hearted boy whose determination to uplift his community sparks a bond neither expected. Together they discover friendship and love. But as graduation nears, ambition and circumstance begin to pull them apart. Misunderstandings deepen, silence grows, and their paths diverge. Yet even as distance separates them, a question lingers: is their story truly over, or only waiting to begin again?
Far Away Close to You
2026
6.0A long distanced couple tries to mingle and to save their romantic relationship
February Wind
2018