AS the Cambodian film industry struggles with piracy and film closures, many local filmmakers have trouble finding their place in the industry. This hasn’t stopped 28-year-old filmmaker Kao Seiha from starting production of a drama that tackles some of Cambodia’s more sensitive subjects. Kao Seiha’s movie, High School Love’s Story, deals with the tale of [...]
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 [...]
THE government is hoping a little toilet humour will go a long ways in bringing its pro-sanitation message to the countryside, where millions live without access to running water and the nearest rice field often passes for the bathroom. Well-known television personality and comedian Chab Chean has been enlisted as the Kingdom’s pointman on hygiene [...]