Oscar-nominated feature film ' The Missing Picture' were screened at two cinemas in capital Phnom Penh on Thursday after it failed to win the award for best foreign film at the 86th Oscars in Hollywood on Sunday.

The film is shown at Legend Cinema and Platinum Cineplex from March 6 onwards with a 3 U.S. dollars ticket. It is screened in Khmer language with English subtitles.

'The Missing Picture,' produced by Rithy Panh, was the first- ever Oscar-nominated film from Cambodia.

The film tells the story of the four years Rithy Panh spent in labor camps during the Democratic Kampuchea, or known as the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979.

In the film, Rithy Panh enlisted about 700 clay figurines to re- create scenes from the dark period of the Khmer Rouge regime.

"The Missing Picture" had won the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival in France in May.

Rithy Panh could not be reached for comments on Thursday. He told local media early this week that the film was a big pride for Cambodia and the Cambodian people though it did not win the Oscar. Endi

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