Vincent Villa

Vincent Villa is a French sound designer, based between France and Cambodia.

In 2007, he launched Soundies Studio in Paris, but it was in 2010 that he visited Cambodia for the first time, while working on the documentary “GOLDEN SLUMBERS” directed by Davy Chou (Busan Film Festival, Forum Berlinale). “CAMBODIA 2099” (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight), “DIAMOND ISLAND” (Cannes Critic's Week) and the recent “RETURN TO SEOUL” (Cannes Official Un Certain Regard), all directed by Davy Chou.

His meeting with filmmakers from Southeast Asia, have allowed him to sound design acclaimed films from the region, such as “MOTEL ACACIA”, “THE TAPES”, “TASTE”, “THE PREY”, “WHITE BUILDING”, and “FAN GIRL”, for which he won the Best Sound Award at the 2020 Eddys Awards in the Philippines.

Vincent Villa is a major collaborator of the Cambodian production company ANTI-ARCHIVE. Apart of the feature length films, he has worked with directors making their first short films, such as Danech San with "A MILLION YEARS" and "SUNRISE IN MY MIND", Sreylin Meas with “CALIFORNIA DREAMING” and with Ly Polen’s short "FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY" (Berlinale Short Competition).

In 2018 he met the French-Cambodian producer Loy Te, and created Kongchak Studio, an audio post-production studio equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and certified Dolby Atmos Theatrical Studio.