Buoyancy (film)

Buoyancy is a 2019 Australian drama film directed by Rodd Rathjen. It was selected as the Australian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Plot
Inspired by actual events, a 14-year-old Cambodian boy becomes a victim of human trafficking when he is enslaved on a Thai fishing trawler.

Cast

 * Sarm Heng as Chakra
 * Thanawut Kasro as Rom Ran (first trafficker)
 * Mony Ros as Kea
 * Saicheer Wongwirot as Kadir (second trafficker)

Release
The film's premiere took place at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival.

Critic Paul O'Callaghan assessed the film as a "terse minimalist thriller" about slavery in southeast Asia. Screen Daily's Sarah Ward credited Heng with "a captivating lead" with "a rawness to his performance".