Daniel MATTES is an American-born producer and partner at the Cambodian production company Anti-Archive. He first joined as a co-writer and associate producer for White Building, director Kavich Neang’s first narrative feature film which later won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. He also produced Kavich Neang’s documentary Last Night I Saw You Smiling (2019), Nontawat Numbenchapol’s debut feature film, Doi Boy (2023), and short films from Kavich Neang, Danech San, Sreylin Meas, Polen Ly, Boren Chhith, and Chheangkea. He manages Anti-Archive’s distribution and communications, and he supports the company’s other initiatives, including the Southeast Asia cinema magazine MARG1N, the Kampung Film Festival, and Karre Mouy, a lab for new Cambodian producers. He has also served as producing mentor for Purin Short Film Camp 2022 in Bangkok and Objectifs x Momo Short Film Incubator 2024 in Singapore.