“Enemies of the People,” a documentary that demonstrates the Khmer Rouge chain of command, will show at the Sundance Film Festival in the US in January. The film was selected out of 782 film documentaries in the World Cinema Documentary category and will compete with 11 other films at the prestigious festival, held each year [...]
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Filmmaker Hopes to Bring Justice in Acid Attack
November 5th, 2009 
admin Skye Fitzgerald, whose recent documentary, “Finding Face,†chronicles the life of acid attack victim Tat Marina, hopes support built from the film will go toward punishing the perpetrators and finding justice for his subject. “One of our strategies with releasing the film here in the United States is to garner more support,†Fitzgerald told VOA [...]
Producers Recall ‘Golden Age’ of Film
October 22nd, 2009 admin At its height, Cambodia’s film industry produced movies that could be seen in neighboring countries. But that was a long time ago. Following its destruction under the Khmer Rouge, the industry never recovered. “We need to do much better, otherwise our movies cannot compete with foreign films,†said Ly Bun Yim, a producer from the [...]
‘Elephants’ Music Composer Looks Ahead
August 3rd, 2009 admin Following the success of the Cambodian rock opera “Where Elephants Weep,†composer Him Sophy is back to work on new music. “Where Elephants Weep†was a contemporary show unlike anything Cambodians had seen, and Him Sophy spent seven years producing it. Now, the composer told VOA Khmer in an interview, he is creating new musical [...]