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I am just pleased to see its focus is on reviving Khmer cinema -- an area which I am a big fan. With that in mind, I like many other Khmer Film makers would love to return to our motherland and offer a helping hand in reviving the Film industry. I know our Khmer people are genetically gifted in the creative field as seen on Angkor Wat walls and ancient sculptures and statues our ancestors left behind to remind us of who we are and who we wil ... Read More

MARIAM ARTHUR wrote an informative letter to the editor of Phnom Penh Post on the issues of Khmer Film making industry. I have always been impressed by many working actors in Hollywood, especially with their ability to completely immerse themselves in the characters they portray without allowing a trace of themselves to emerge onto the screen. I know Khmer actors are honing their craft and one day their craft will put them on par with the acting abilities of living legends working in Hollywoo ... Read More

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Troubled water, near and far

Silverdocs

The annual Silverdocs documentary Film festival runs through June 27 in Silver Spring. This year's lineup of 102 films from 54 countries includes a few films with science themes, such as "Born Sweet," a heartbreaker about Vinh, a Cambodian boy with arsenic poisoning. In his rural village, tainted drinking water has given someone in almost every family arsenic poisonin ... Read More

The beleaguered populace of Thailand, wracked by political turmoil and violence and chaos in the streets for the past month, finally got some news to cheer about Sunday. A Film by celebrated Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Long Boonmee Raluek Chat), was awarded the Cannes Film Festival’s top Palme d’Or prize. The award by the festi ... Read More

Film making has always been my passion, my calling in life. There was never a day went by where my mind wasn't occuppied by the thought of movie making.

Due to circumstances and financial situations, I was unable to bring feature films under my direction to fruition. So instead of focusing on feature length, high concept films, I am now diverting my focus and concentration to shorts, perhaps five to ten minutes in length with absolutely no budget just to assuage my grief. ... Read More