Govervment aims to attract intl film production

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

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 [...]

Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh’s adaptation of “The Sea Wall” out in French cinemas

Friday, January 9th, 2009

After a first film adaptation of the famous novel entitled The Sea Wall (Un Barrage Contre le Pacifique) by French film director René Clément, the Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh decided to take over by adapting it to the big screen too. The piece is one of the French author Marguerite Duras’ first novels and contributed [...]