THE stories of Khmer Rouge cadres and survivors will be performed on stage this Friday at the National Institute of Education, as the Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) and Amrita Peforming Arts bring a dramatisation of a DC-Cam documentary to Phnom Penh for the final leg of a travelling tour.
Seven actors portray the victims and [...]
Forty years after King Sihanouk’s attempt to challenge Cannes and Berlin with his own Phnom Penh International Film Festival, Cambodia’s film industry is languishing and cinemas are closing across the country.
A lack of funding, trained personnel and especially a shortage of creative ideas mean the industry is developing at a snail’s pace, Western experts say.
But [...]
The government last week urged the Ministry of Culture to do more to promote the Kingdom as a destination for international film crews as the ministry hopes to welcome growing numbers of foreign film productions.
Culture Minister Him Chhem said the focus of ministry efforts was to make Cambodia a better choice for international film productions [...]
THE BBC World Service Trust released a 30-minute drama last week called The Village Nurse’s Charms, which is aimed at educating Cambodians on how to better protect themselves against malaria.
In the short film, Samphors - a beautiful young nurse - returns to her village and finds herself caught in a love triangle between an ice [...]
