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Find out more at http://www.camerado.comCAMERADOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283300991403653567noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11046946.post-67926029257752916132010-09-14T23:39:00.000-07:002010-09-15T00:02:14.293-07:002010-09-15T00:02:14.293-07:00POST- FESTIVAL STATEMENT From Jason Rosette, Director of BANGKOK INDIEFEST<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/TJBvW6IaDEI/AAAAAAAAAKM/97KzbBZ6xY4/s1600/160_square.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/TJBvW6IaDEI/AAAAAAAAAKM/97KzbBZ6xY4/s200/160_square.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517031982881180738" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; "><b>POST- FESTIVAL STATEMENT</b></span></div><div><b>From J Rosette, Director of BANGKOK INDIEFEST 1.0</b></div><div><b>August 6-8 2553/2010 (</b><a href="http://www.bangkokfest.com/"><b>www.bangkokfest.com</b></a><b>)</b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">August 14, 2553/2010</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Hello BANGKOK INDIEFEST 1.0 community, fans, press, and participating filmmakers!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Thanks again to all supporters for your generosity in participating in the first edition of our emerging festival. After a very intense effort in producing and wrapping the 1st edition, there</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">is now a bit of time at last to reflect on the event...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Just a little over two months ago, the protest situation here in Bangkok was at a critical juncture...parts of the city were burning and a curfew was in place...automatic weapons fire crackled through parts of town. As director of the festival</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">(Jason Rosette, aka J "J" R) I had, at one point, a bag packed with my passport inside, ready to head to a more stable environment in case the rumors of "civil war" in Thailand became reality.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">No one knew how, or when, the protest situation would be resolved. Our festival, which had progressed promisingly since its call for entries in August 2009 through pre-production, lost potential sponsorships and support as key potential sponsors ceased communications and closed their offices. Several potential venues - TK Park, the Siam theater - were physically shuttered or destroyed.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">There was doubt from many here that any international art, movie, or cultural event would be taking place in Bangkok for a long time.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Many other film and (pop) cultural events cancelled outright, and despite the stabilizing commercial commercial and investment situation here, a significant number of 3rd parties continued to perceive Bangkok as a troubled place.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Therefore, one of our primary goals - which we succeeded in accomplishing with a great deal of sacrifice and hard work - was to produce an attractive, fun</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">cultural event in Bangkok that would help re-establish an image of the city and Thailand as a safe, stable, attractive place to visit and to do business.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">As one of the first international film events to take place here following the protests, it's apparent that the Bangkok IndieFest has successfully 'broken the ice' or paved the way for many others to follow suit...we did this with a bare bones budget, thanks in large part to the participation of all the filmmakers and our volunteer driven efforts (including myself, as I worked a full year, part time, without salary to produce the event)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Despite concerted outreach via Thai and foreign festival associates before, during and after the event, we received no tangible support from the local Thai government, including the Tourism Authority and other agencies.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Considering the quantifiable level of international interest generated by the Bangkok IndieFest, which offset to whatever modest degree some amount of negative international press coverage sustained during the protests, it is notable that local government actors did not provide support for the effort, as the aims of the Bangkok IndieFest harmonize with their ostensible interests (i.e., to promote Thailand as attractive tourism, cultural, and investment destination).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">We would encourage interested filmmakers and members of the art and media community in Bangkok and Thailand in general to encourage the Thai government and relevant local agencies to support grass-roots undertakings such as Bangkok IndieFest and other similar events in the future.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Grass-roots (or ‘bottom-up’) undertakings tend to be more local, accessible, affordable, sustainable, practical, and beneficial for emerging practitioners in the media sector in particular. [*versus fewer “top-down”, heavily and selectively subsidized undertakings]</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">With their streamlined budgets and cost-accountability, such events also tend to be less prone to corruption and other funding anomalies which may plague larger, less transparent projects. This in turn helps boost the viability of the media sector overall, especially for local media practitioners.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">In other areas, the local Thai government and related agencies should be applauded for their lack of interference or monitoring (i.e., censorship) of any of the exhibited content at the Bangkok IndieFest.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">While we made our own diligent efforts to program content in an appropriate way, we received absolutely no suggestions or directives to modify or cancel of any of the films slated to exhibit at the Bangkok IndieFest 1.0 from any outside or Thai government agency whatsoever.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This practical, public demonstration of tolerance for freedom of expression is notable and worth highlighting.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Finally, it should be noted that we did not experience any form of shakedown from any private or public sector actor of any kind*.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">(* Not that we had a lot of cash or resources on hand to ‘shake’, but still, it’s worth noting... )</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">As our budget was extremely limited, we sought to secure low or no-cost subsidized exhibition venues as a high priority. We discovered that such venues were not readily available here in Bangkok. Most venues here are priced to accommodate the budget of significantly subsidized festival events; this exclusionary barrier does not appear to </span>contribute effectively to the cultivation of a sustainable, lateral, and diverse independent film industry.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Our recommendation would be for the local government in Thailand or other relevant agencies to support – via subsidy or other mechanism – affordable smaller venues or ‘microcinemas’ which are readily accessible, affordable, and most importantly transparently and democratically available to emerging filmmakers and media practitioners alike.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Private sector entrepreneurs may also consider establishing microcinema (60 seats or less) venues to address what appears to be a viable and significant niche, especially for the vital and vibrant ‘indie’ community. A cost-benefit analysis of the viability of any such venue should weigh accessibility by public transportation as an important variable, although the appropriately positioned neighborhood movie house may also be sustainable.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Our efforts to secure such an arts-friendly, subsidized (i.e., no cost) venue included diligent outreach to the Bangkok Art and Cultural Center; however, our numerous calls, emails, faxes, and personal visits following the submission of our proposal yielded no definitive, meaningful response from that organization or its staff.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">In order to fill the gap in our financing, and lacking any support from the Thai government, the Tourism Authority, the Bangkok Art and Culture Center, and other local agencies, the Bangkok IndieFest sought and received a small loan and other assistance from an ASEAN neighbor, the Cambodia-based regional movie festival event, the CamboFest (www.cambofest.com)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Additionally, a very modest, but vital, grant from the US Embassy in Bangkok covered the costs of renting the HOF art venue (30,000 Baht for 3 days, with a load in and load out period included on either side), leaving remaining funds to pay our only hired staff - our venue technician Supasek, aka, "Games" - to print posters and banners, to purchase ads, and to purchase our oversized festival birthday cake, amongst other essentials.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Filmmaker entry fees* were applied towards remaining costs, though even so these costs were not completely offset. [* only foreign, non-Thai filmmakers were required to remit an entry fee with their submission to Bangkok IndieFest]</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The rest of the festival operation was sustained through the essential in-kind, non-financial support of sponsors like EPSON (projectors), Apple iStudio (Mac workstations), Singha Light (Beer), Ratchada Resort and Spa (lodging), and Location Thailand (production services).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">We are, as of this writing, still seeking sponsors for post-festival activities such as: the preparation and mailing of posters and press clippings to participating filmmakers, and the creation of the festival awards for winners in each category. Please contact info@bangkokfest.com to discuss.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The 1st edition of the Bangkok Interest was, as stated, produced through primarily volunteer-driven efforts. The director of the production group, CAMERADO (www.camerado.com) took no salary whatsoever for the production of the first edition of Bangkok IndieFest, and only one part time Thai associate was retained for several months on salary* during pre-production.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">(*it’s notable that this associate left the IndieFest project early for a paid position which had been gained through contacts provided by the festival itself ! ...while such staff turnover is not necessarily desirable, this is nonetheless a practical example of the capacity-building qualities made distinct via the inclusive, participatory aspects of the Bangkok IndieFes )</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">We conducted photographic coverage of the event, using some of our remaining cash funds from the US Embassy grant to hire a dedicated photographer. This publicly viewable content includes behind the scenes, screenshots, and coverage of guests and filmmakers:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">PHOTOS CAN BE SEEN HERE ====></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">http://bangkokindiefest2553.shutterfly.com/</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">In summary, the production of the 1st BANGKOK INDIEFEST (www.bangkokfest.com) was an interesting and enlightening challenge to produce, given the distinct and real financial and political obstacles.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">A significant number of international filmmakers attended the event, and a similar number of local and emerging Thai filmmakers also attended to feature their work to a diverse Thai-foreign audience.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The festival was also successful in fulfilling a key aim: to produce a ‘fusion’ event, with balanced representation of foreign and Thai components, versus ‘foreigner-only’ or ‘Thai-only’ undertakings that often appear by default in the local environment.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It is my personal view that a culturally diverse, inclusive program with a relevant degree of local highlights, helps sustain and grow an industry more effectively than an insular approach, especially with regard to grass-roots/bottom-up models such as the Bangkok IndieFest.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">In other words: it’s better to be ‘Wiki’ than it is to be ‘Clique-y’...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Future editions of the Bangkok IndieFest, however, might best be executed with appropriate levels of support from the local government to ensure adequate outreach, staff salaries, hospitality, and primary production mechanism such as subtitlers, program materials, etc.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Thanks again to all the supporters, sponsors, volunteers, and participating filmmakers who made the 1st edition of the Bangkok IndieFest a success!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">All the Best,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Jason ‘Camerado’ Rosette</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Founder and Director, BANGKOK INDIEFEST</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">http://</span><a href="http://www.camerado.com/">www.bangkokfest.com</a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Produced by CAMERADO ~ http://</span><a href="http://www.camerado.com/">www.camerado.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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Journal<p /> "It’s the sort of film that would probably be a sleeper hit if it had the money behind it." - Rogue Cinema</em><p /> LOST IN NEW MEXICO: the Strange Tale of Susan Hero...the first dramatic feature from the director of the award winning feature docu, BOOKWARS ("Terrific" - LA Times).</p> <p>His 3rd feature, FREEDOM DEAL, is the never-before told dramatization of the US incursion into Cambodia in 1970 as part of the wider VN-US conflict. </p> <p>** The director has spent over half a decade living and working in Cambodia, researching material related to this little known and mysterious episode in US-Asian history **<p /> Contact: CAMERADO / <a href="mailto:camerado@camerado.com">camerado@camerado.com</a> / <a href="http://www.camerado.com ">www.camerado.com </a> for inquiries about all our projects!</p> <p><strong>LOST IN NEW MEXICO: the Strange Tale of Susan Hero (<a href="http://www.lostinnewmexicomovie.com">http://www.lostinnewmexicomovie.com</a>)</strong><p /> ====================================>>>><p /> <strong>LOST IN NEW MEXICO: The Strange Tale of Susan Hero (2009)</strong><p /> By Eric M. Armstrong, <a href="http://themovingarts.com/lost-in-new-mexico-the-strange-tale-of-susan-hero-review/">The Moving Arts Journal</a><p /> Jason Rosette’s no-budget tale of desolation, desperation and loss subtly weaves together the disparate lives of a group of struggling Southwesterners in “Lost in New Mexico.”<p /> Susan (Drea Pressley), grieving and aimless after the loss of her newborn daughter, thoughtlessly seeks out a rogue animal-cloning geneticist (Dr. Alan Rice) to reverse, or subvert, the most inevitable of human events — death. Along the way she encounters mysterious illegal immigrant, Javier (Jaime Estrada), and the two run away from their respective troubles together, forging an unlikely friendship of circumstance and innate understanding.<p /> Running parallel to this central storyline is a tandem of narratives: one, following a down-on-his-luck Native American pottery artist (David Paytiamo) scrambling to find money to send his daughter to college, and the other, a hapless FDA agent (Jason Rosette) tracking down the clone-doctor to break up his illegal operation.<p /> The narratives are eventually entwined quite nicely, although the characters aren’t necessarily aware when this happens, which makes it all the better.<p /> Rosette’s direction is mostly adept. He employs a number of small touches that bring the film’s mise-en-scène to life. The Southwestern setting properly reflects the desolation and intense desire to seek, which drives virtually every character in the film.<p /> The script is surprisingly consistent, with incrementally more substantial setups and payoffs plotted steadily throughout the unfolding story making it clear that a lot of care was taken in the writing process.<p /> Although the setting couldn’t be more apt for the players and their stories, the visual composition is noticeably lackluster. This is understandable and quite common in micro-budget films, but minor adjustments in color correction, framing and maybe even different shutter speed, lens filter and video rendering choices may have increased the film’s overall visual appeal.<p /> Sub-professional equipment can also artificially diminish an actor’s performance, which may have been the case here. No one stood out as particularly magnetic, though no one was bad enough to the point of distraction either. It would be interesting to see Rosette’s obvious abilities supported by a professional cast and crew and studio-grade equipment.<p /> The hook of “Lost in New Mexico” is its human cloning element and the ethical questions that very real dilemma raises. While controversial issues like this are certainly compelling, the film really shines when it explores the emotional implications of such drastic thinking. </p> <p>”Lost in New Mexico” wisely steers clear of the minutiae of genetics and cloning, using that hook as nothing more than a portal into the intimate and heartbreaking sphere of a mother’s loss. Everything else is merely ancillary to that central internal conflict. And though it could have used some minor tweaking, “Lost in New Mexico” is a unique and interesting take on the fluidity of technology versus the recurring commonality of the human condition. <p /> <br /></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/lost-in-new-mexico-rises-above-the-indie-pack">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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Armstrong</a> -- Published on Jul 4th, 2010 and filed under <a href="http://themovingarts.com/category/film-reviews/" title="View all posts in Film Reviews" rel="category tag">Film Reviews</a>, <a href="http://themovingarts.com/category/film-reviews/indie/" title="View all posts in Indie" rel="category tag">Indie</a>. You can follow any responses to this entry through the <a href="http://themovingarts.com/lost-in-new-mexico-the-strange-tale-of-susan-hero-review/feed/">RSS 2.0</a>. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry</p> </div> <p><a href="http://themovingarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lostinnewmexico.jpg" class="highslide"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2769" title="lostinnewmexico" src="http://themovingarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lostinnewmexico.jpg" height="283" alt="" /></a><br /> Jason Rosette’s no-budget tale of desolation, desperation and loss subtly weaves together the disparate lives of a group of struggling Southwesterners in “Lost in New Mexico.”</p> <p>Susan (Drea Pressley), grieving and aimless after the loss of her newborn daughter, thoughtlessly seeks out a rogue animal-cloning geneticist (Dr. Alan Rice) to reverse, or subvert, the most inevitable of human events — death. Along the way she encounters mysterious illegal immigrant, Javier (Jaime Estrada), and the two run away from their respective troubles together, forging an unlikely friendship of circumstance and innate understanding.</p> <p>Running parallel to this central storyline is a tandem of narratives: one, following a down-on-his-luck Native American pottery artist (David Paytiamo) scrambling to find money to send his daughter to college, and the other, a hapless FDA agent (Jason Rosette) tracking down the clone-doctor to break up his illegal operation.</p> <p>The narratives are eventually entwined quite nicely, although the characters aren’t necessarily aware when this happens, which makes it all the better.</p> <p>Rosette’s direction is mostly adept. He employs a number of small touches that bring the film’s mise-en-scène to life. The Southwestern setting properly reflects the desolation and intense desire to <em>seek</em>, which drives virtually every character in the film.</p> <p>The script is surprisingly consistent, with incrementally more substantial setups and payoffs plotted steadily throughout the unfolding story making it clear that a lot of care was taken in the writing process.</p> <p>Although the setting couldn’t be more apt for the players and their stories, the visual composition is noticeably lackluster. This is understandable and quite common in micro-budget films, but minor adjustments in color correction, framing and maybe even different shutter speed, lens filter and video rendering choices may have increased the film’s overall visual appeal.</p> <p>Sub-professional equipment can also artificially diminish an actor’s performance, which may have been the case here. No one stood out as particularly magnetic, though no one was bad enough to the point of distraction either. It would be interesting to see Rosette’s obvious abilities supported by a professional cast and crew and studio-grade equipment.</p> <p>The hook of “Lost in New Mexico” is its human cloning element and the ethical questions that very real dilemma raises. While controversial issues like this are certainly compelling, the film really shines when it explores the emotional implications of such drastic thinking. ”Lost in New Mexico” wisely steers clear of the minutiae of genetics and cloning, using that hook as nothing more than a portal into the intimate and heartbreaking sphere of a mother’s loss. Everything else is merely ancillary to that central internal conflict. And though it could have used some minor tweaking, “Lost in New Mexico” is a unique and interesting take on the fluidity of technology versus the recurring commonality of the human condition.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/new-review-for-lost-in-new-mexico-the-strange">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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href="http://www.bangkokfest.com/">www.bangkokfest.com</a></td> </tr> <tr height="27" style="height: 20.25pt;"> <td class="xl30" height="27" style="height: 20.25pt;"><em>Note: Schedule TBA; additional films may be added</em></td> <td class="xl32">August 6-8 2553 BANGKOK, Thailand</td> </tr> <tr height="34" style="height: 25.5pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="34" style="height: 25.5pt;"> <p> </p> <p>10 Years to Nashville</p> </td> <td class="xl25">Katarzyna Trzaska<span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">34 & Park</td> <td class="xl26">Cameron Pearson</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Amexica</td> <td class="xl26">Ron Krauss</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Born to Be Alive</td> <td class="xl26">Alexander Felsing & Tobias Sparrman</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Broken</td> <td class="xl26">Christian Doran</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Bye Bye Now!</td> <td class="xl25">Ross Whitaker, Aideen O'Sullivan</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Case Closed</td> <td class="xl26">Kevin Stocklin</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Correspondence</td> <td class="xl26">Oliver Waghorn</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Coup De Grace</td> <td class="xl26">Thymaya Payne</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Cravings</td> <td class="xl26">Andreas Lindergard</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Das Paket</td> <td class="xl26">Marco Gadge</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Dental Breakdown</td> <td class="xl26">Ian Power</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">D'entre les morts (Among the Dead)</td> <td class="xl25">Alain BASSO</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Die Entbehrlichen (The Dispensables)</td> <td class="xl25">Andreas Arnstedt</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Die Seilbahn (the Cable Car)</td> <td class="xl28">Claudius Gentinetta</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Dieu est Americain (God is American)</td> <td class="xl26">Richard MARTIN-JORDAN</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Dominoes and checkers competition</td> <td class="xl25">Alexander Gornovsky</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Door to Door</td> <td class="xl26">Ida Akesson</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Dried Up</td> <td class="xl25">Isaiah Powers</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Drown</td> <td class="xl26">Nottapon Boonprakob</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">EAST PLANET</td> <td class="xl26">Hiroshi Toda</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Eulogy</td> <td class="xl26">Ben Claremont</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Everything Is As It Should Be</td> <td class="xl26">Jennifer Ruff</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Father returning home</td> <td class="xl25">Imaad Shah</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Flip</td> <td class="xl26">Peter Allen</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Go For It</td> <td class="xl25">DEJAN AĆIMOVIĆ</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Insurgency of Ambition</td> <td class="xl26">Anya Belkina</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Intersection (Thai Version)</td> <td class="xl26">Jae Woe<span> </span>Kim</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">It Shines And Shakes And Laughs</td> <td class="xl25">Matthew Wade</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Kamikire Ichimai</td> <td class="xl25">Momi Yamashita</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Keeping Them Safe</td> <td class="xl26">Lauren<span> </span>Sandler</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">LA GLACIÈRE ROUGE</td> <td class="xl26">Michel Jr Tremblay</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">La Lampadina</td> <td class="xl26">Thai Pradithkesorn</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Last Night</td> <td class="xl25">Ed Park</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Le prix à payer (The Price to Pay)</td> <td class="xl25">Paul Gayard</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">L'Empire des enfants, une femme de Dakar en colère (The Children's Empire, an angry Dakar woman)</td> <td class="xl25">Gerard Moreau</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">les intestins de la terre</td> <td class="xl25">Barbier Olivier</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Little Jijar</td> <td class="xl25">Gun Sangkaew<span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">LIMINAL</td> <td class="xl26">Stephen Keep Mills</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Lollipop Man</td> <td class="xl25">Nils Gaard</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Lya</td> <td class="xl26">Nicolas Siegenthaler</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Make Me</td> <td class="xl25">John Ma</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Mannen med kulorna (the Man with all the Marbles)</td> <td class="xl26">Hans Montelius</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Massacrator</td> <td class="xl26">Pierre Ayotte</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Meltdown in Tibet</td> <td class="xl25">Michael Buckley</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Mørke Sjeler</td> <td class="xl26">César Ducasse</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Mu -emptiness-</td> <td class="xl25">RIA AMA</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">MUGS</td> <td class="xl25">Ronnie Cramer</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">My Asian Heart</td> <td class="xl25">David Bradbury</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Nobody's Business</td> <td class="xl25">Tyler Savage</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">North Horizon</td> <td class="xl26">Thomas Freundlich & Valtteri Raekallio</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Parking Space</td> <td class="xl25">David Bitton</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Pedaço de Papel (Piece of Paper)</td> <td class="xl25">Cesar Raphael</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Peel</td> <td class="xl25">Douglas Williams</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Puffer Girl</td> <td class="xl25">Joan Gratz</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Retour au pays des ames (Return to the Land of the Souls)</td> <td class="xl25">Jordi Esteva</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Return To Gaza</td> <td class="xl25">Michael Weatherhead</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead</td> <td class="xl25">Jordan Galland</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Run Granny Run</td> <td class="xl25">Nikolaus von Uthmann</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Scissu</td> <td class="xl25">Tom Bewilogua</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Sombras</td> <td class="xl25">Oriol Canals</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Sometimes I Dream of Reindeer</td> <td class="xl25">Tom Feiler</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Song of the River</td> <td class="xl26">Krissada Tipchaimeta</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl27" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Souvenirs</td> <td class="xl25">Andy Pearson<span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">star, dust</td> <td class="xl25">Karen Hanson</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Staubkaskade</td> <td class="xl26">Stefan Pautze</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Storm'n the Castle</td> <td class="xl26">Chris Timmons</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Suck 3/2 Seed</td> <td class="xl25">Siwawut Sewatanon</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Sweet Crude</td> <td class="xl25">Sandy Cioffi</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Takeo</td> <td class="xl26">Omar Samad</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Televisnu</td> <td class="xl25">Prithi Gowda</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">The Cockerels Egg</td> <td class="xl26">Peter Allen</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">The Hirosaki Players</td> <td class="xl26">Jeff Sousa</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">The Last Elephants in Thailand</td> <td class="xl25">Donald Tayloe</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">The Magnitude of the Continental Divides</td> <td class="xl25">Christopher Coleman</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">The Marina Experiment</td> <td class="xl26">Marina Lutz</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">THE MOVING TOWN</td> <td class="xl26">Alberto Nacci</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">The Package</td> <td class="xl26">Oliver Waghorn</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">The Quackening</td> <td class="xl25">Norm Fassbender</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Vitruvius' Toybox</td> <td class="xl25">Dennis Iannuzzi</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Wet Nana Dreamscape</td> <td class="xl26">Jimmie Wing</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Why Do You Have A Beard?</td> <td class="xl25">Paul O Donoghue</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">World Vote Now</td> <td class="xl25">Joel B. Marsden</td> </tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl24" height="20" style="height: 15pt;">Zwischen Licht und Schatten</td> <td class="xl25">Fabian Giessler</td> </tr> </table> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/lineup-announced-for-bangkok-indiefest-10-201">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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http://www.camerado.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11046946-3490301864457432057?l=bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CAMERADOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283300991403653567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11046946.post-68467545665422848042010-06-13T19:06:00.001-07:002010-06-13T19:06:51.006-07:002010-06-13T19:06:51.006-07:002 new media projects by CAMERADO seek your support!<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href="http://cameradosocialissue.blogspot.com/2010/06/contribute-to-camerados-current-ongoing.html" title="Camerado Contribution Page">From --> <a href="http://cameradosocialissue.blogspot.com/2010/06/contribute-to-camerados-current-ongoing.html">http://cameradosocialissue.blogspot.com/2010/06/contribute-to-camerados-curre...</a></a></p> <p> </p> <div style="color: #4c1130;"> <p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.camerado.com/">Camerado</a> is a</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNFukX-ajI/AAAAAAAAAC8/4snJ9mGwoyQ/s1600/camerado_portrait.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNFukX-ajI/AAAAAAAAAC8/4snJ9mGwoyQ/s320/camerado_portrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 180px;" /></a></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;"> media production and consultation group located in SE Asia.</span></p> </div> <p /> <div style="color: #4c1130;"> <p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;"> We are currently producing a variety of </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;">community-oriented and social issue video, film and media projects including our Phase III 2010 activities.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> </div> <div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"> <p><span><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">BANGKOK INDIEFEST &amp; FREEDOM DEAL</span></em></span></p> </div> <p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <p><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span><span>1)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> <span style="color: #cc6600;"><span><span>BANGKOK INDIEFEST</span></span> </span><span style="font-size: small;">(</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.bangkokfest.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">http://www.bangkokfest.com/</a>) - </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;">This new and emerging independent movie festival in Bangkok, Thailand, is in urgent need of the support of contributors, volunteers, and virtual volunteers now more than ever before.</span></span></p> <p class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNMZccWYQI/AAAAAAAAADI/3wR-hvrqahM/s1600/bangkok_indiefest_banner.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNMZccWYQI/AAAAAAAAADI/3wR-hvrqahM/s320/bangkok_indiefest_banner.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></p> <p><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /> <span style="font-size: small;">Following the Spring 2010 protests in Bangkok, the local sponsorship environment declined significantly as investors, visitors and sponsors shied away from the uncertainties of the evolving situation.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNanR0DqUI/AAAAAAAAADw/csS_D9QUoz0/s1600/4%29the_last_elephants_in_thailand.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNanR0DqUI/AAAAAAAAADw/csS_D9QUoz0/s320/4%29the_last_elephants_in_thailand.jpg" border="0" height="212" alt="" width="320" /></a></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">From 'The Last Elephants in Thailand', one of several hundred films in consideration for the 2010 Bangkok IndieFest.</span></span></em></p> </div> <p><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;">Now the protests have ended and Bangkok is once again a stable and fun place to be - yet intense and enduring media coverage of those events continues to dampen the cultural support climate.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /> <span style="font-size: small;">Many other events in Bangkok cancelled in the wake of the protests...but we believe it's more important than ever to sustain art and cultural events in any post-conflict environment. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: small;">The result will be a positive impact on tourism and the commercial sector, while facilitating reconciliation in the Thai civil society.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <div style="color: #b45f06;"> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">CURRENT IN-KIND SPONSORS INCLUDE:</span></strong></em></span></p> </div> <ul style="color: #38761d;"> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">EPSON, Thailand (Projection systems)</strong></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> Tourism Authority of Thailand (Promotion and outreach)</strong></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> Studio Asia, Ltd (Production services)</strong></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> British Council, Thailand (Electronic outreach)</strong></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> Media Alliance (Fiscal Sponsor - tax deductible contributions for US donors)</strong></span></li> </ul> <p><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #cc6600; font-size: small;">Please help sustain an emerging movie festival in Thailand, the new BANGKOK INDIEFEST, with a contribution: </span></span></span></p> </div> <p><span><span><br /> </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: left;"> <p><span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/Sg5lX_Fs3lI/AAAAAAAAACg/Wdrn02fJkBg/s1600-h/make_a_contribution.gif"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/Sg5lX_Fs3lI/AAAAAAAAACg/Wdrn02fJkBg/s320/make_a_contribution.gif" border="0" alt="" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 73px;" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Y7PPWB8MVSNXN"><span>Via Secure Online Gateway</span></a> - Our preferred method; <span>even 500 or 1000 Baht</span> will go a long way and is greatly appreciated.</span></span><span><p /> <br /> </span><span><a href="http://media-alliance.stores.yahoo.net/restoolandte.html"><br /> </a></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/Sgzir4r5B3I/AAAAAAAAABw/Ib2CShM0G_4/s1600-h/media-alliance_2051_4301.gif"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/Sgzir4r5B3I/AAAAAAAAABw/Ib2CShM0G_4/s200/media-alliance_2051_4301.gif" border="0" alt="" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 55px;" /></a><span><a href="http://media-alliance.stores.yahoo.net/crafmedmes.html" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;"><span>Through our</span><span> fiscal sponsor, Media Alliance; 501 (c) 3 tax deductible</span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;">- Slower for us, but better for you if you are a US-based citizen or company and would like the tax deduction.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;"> </span><br /> </span></span></p> <p class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNXJ_-a7VI/AAAAAAAAADg/z2OA62GQe9Q/s1600/horizontal_divider.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNXJ_-a7VI/AAAAAAAAADg/z2OA62GQe9Q/s320/horizontal_divider.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></p> <p><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span>2)</span> </span><span style="color: #cc6600; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span>FREEDOM DEAL</span> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">- <span style="font-size: small;">A social issue drama, ala "Blood Diamond", this will be Camerado's third feature, following our first award winning effort, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookwars" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">BookWars</a></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;">, and our second, the multicultural drama, </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lostinnewmexicomovie.com/" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Lost in New Mexico</a></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;">.</span></span></p> </div> <p /> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNVNv5F5AI/AAAAAAAAADY/xuyrC9mN9ck/s1600/freedom_deal_square.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/TBNVNv5F5AI/AAAAAAAAADY/xuyrC9mN9ck/s320/freedom_deal_square.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>FREEDOM DEAL</strong> is the story of the Cambodian people's experience during the US/ARVN incursion into Cambodia in 1970 during Nixon's attempt to locate and liquidate communist NVA and NLF (viet Cong) sanctuaries along the Cambodia-VN border. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">This action in turn sparked civil unrest in the States--leading ultimately to the shooting of student protesters at Kent State University.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The story is told primarily from the point of view of a Cambodian boy who makes his way from conflict along the border to the presumed safety of the provincial capital.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><img class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/video_object.png" alt="" style="background-image: ; height: 344px;" /></p> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scene sampler from FREEDOM DEAL, suggesting the look and feel of the movie (shot on location in Cambodia with principal talent, Vannara)</span></span></em></p> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><span><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/Shtn_gKAGUI/AAAAAAAAACs/TZTkPY5IijQ/s320/FREEDOM_DEAL_arclight.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; height: 320px; text-align: center;" /></span></p> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Cambodian story behind the US-VN conflict has never been substantially addressed as a feature film. The soundtrack potential for the movie is awesome, and we hope to utilize as much 1970 period rock music as we can in the soundtrack. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">DEVO co-founder Bob Lewis (and Kent State Alumnus) is onboard as advisor and story consultant for the US-stateside component of the film, while Cambodian rock and roll researcher Matt Caron is onboard as period Cambo-rock advisor. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We have already scouted and secured locations in Cambodia and have commenced significant steps in active development of the movie.</span></span></p> <p><span><br /> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">CAMERADO is currently seeking in-kind, financial support and advisors to commence a script workshopping session on location in the Cambodian-Vietnam border region, in support of current drafts of the original screenplay which are underway. The goal is to maximize the inputs and participation of actual community members who lived through the 1970 incursion. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span>[FREEDOM DEAL will be shot on location in Cambodia, Thailand, and the USA]</span></span></span></p> </div> <p><span><br /> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #cc6600;">Make a contribution to FREEDOM DEAL, the never-before-told story of a little known war in Cambodia:</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <p><span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/Sg5lX_Fs3lI/AAAAAAAAACg/Wdrn02fJkBg/s1600-h/make_a_contribution.gif"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/Sg5lX_Fs3lI/AAAAAAAAACg/Wdrn02fJkBg/s320/make_a_contribution.gif" border="0" alt="" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; float: left; 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height: 295px;" /><br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><em style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Supporters of the 2009 Camerado effort, <a href="http://www.cambofest.com/">CAMBOFEST</a>, received acknowledgement in the press, online, in venue promotional items, and in forms of exposure.</em></span><p /> <p /> </p> <div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"> <p><span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/Sg5j6DHVE5I/AAAAAAAAACA/yT1GssrGQr8/s1600-h/contribute_to_camerado.gif"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tHpB2VdHDSs/Sg5j6DHVE5I/AAAAAAAAACA/yT1GssrGQr8/s400/contribute_to_camerado.gif" border="0" alt="" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 69px; text-align: center;" /></a></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><img class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/video_object.png" alt="" style="background-image: ; height: 344px;" /></p> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;">Camerado founder Jason Rosette teaches English to orphans and street kids in Phnom Penh, Cambodia</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></span></p> </div> <p /> <div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Trebuchet MS,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Your contribution to CAMERADO plays a vital role in our ongoing projects (all contributions are noted and credited where specified by contributor):</span></span></p> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/2-new-media-projects-by-camerado-seek-your-su">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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http://www.camerado.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11046946-6846754566542284804?l=bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CAMERADOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283300991403653567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11046946.post-37992043931644734362010-05-31T23:31:00.001-07:002010-05-31T23:31:09.512-07:002010-05-31T23:31:09.512-07:00Selections underway for BANGKOK INDIEFEST...<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>A thorough selection process in underway for the hundreds of movies submitted to year one of the BANGKOK INDIEFEST (<a href="http://www.bangkokfest.com">www.bangkokfest.com</a>) - take a look at some of our submissions in the accompanying video <div style='padding: 5px 5px 10px 5px; margin-top: 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fff;line-height: 16px;'> <div style="float: left; margin-right: 5px; overflow: visible;"><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-05-31/aEjucIGdoIBDJltdbdjByoeuaicifwplyvFdiEheFoqbqhtzgDlGjlyeCwkz/selection_process.3GP' style='color: #bc7134;'><img src='http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/unknown.png' style='border: none;'/></a></div> <div style="font-size: 10px; color: #424037;line-height: 16px;">Download now or <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/selections-underway-for-bangkok-indiefest" style="color: #bc7134">watch on posterous</a></div> <b><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-05-31/aEjucIGdoIBDJltdbdjByoeuaicifwplyvFdiEheFoqbqhtzgDlGjlyeCwkz/selection_process.3GP' style='color: #bc7134;'>selection_process.3GP</a></b> <span style="font-size: 10px; color: #424037;">(641 KB)</span> <br style="clear: both;"/></div> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/selections-underway-for-bangkok-indiefest">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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http://www.camerado.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11046946-3799204393164473436?l=bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CAMERADOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283300991403653567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11046946.post-76545282869380443072010-05-31T01:53:00.001-07:002010-05-31T01:53:49.698-07:002010-05-31T01:53:49.698-07:00BANGKOK INDIEFEST (http://www.bangkokfest.com) Dates & Venue Information!<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The first annual <strong>BANGKOK INDIEFEST</strong> (<a href="http://www.bangkokfest.com">www.bangkokfest.com</a>), featuring International and Thai independent movies of all kinds!<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><em><strong>WHEN:</strong></em><strong><p /> August 6-8*, 2010<p /> </strong>(*with possible extension, depending upon popular demand...) <strong><p /> <em>WHERE:</em><p /> </strong><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>HOF ART<br /> </strong>244, 248 Soi Vipawadee16/32<br /> Vipawadee Rangsit Rd., Dindang<br /> Bangkok 10400</span><strong></strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">...right next to the Ratchadapisek MRT (easy-to-find underground station)<strong><br /> </strong><br /> See the map and other info @ <a href="http://www.hof-art.net/">http://www.hof-art.net</a><p /> <strong>BANGKOK INDIEFEST</strong> is a new independent movie festival produced by both Thai and foreign filmmakers and movie lovers. Our goal is to create a fun and inclusive platform for emerging international and local films and filmmakers here in Bangkok.<p /> Since our call for entries last August, hundreds of movies have poured in from around the world, sent by international and Thai filmmakers who are eager to screen their work here.<p /> <strong>BANGKOK INDIEFEST</strong> showcases: International and local shorts, documentaries, dramatic features, animation, ‘Very Short Movies’ (under 10 min.), an open screen film jam, and our very special ‘Area 51’ showcase of strange, underground, and ultra-alternative movies.<p /> Although the lineup is still being finalized (to be announced on or before July 1st), many overseas filmmakers are excited to attend the festival, even despite the intense international media coverage of the recent protests.<p /> Despite the unfortunate destruction of several local venues due to arson, and the cancellation of many other Bangkok events due to a difficult sponsorship environment following the protests (* for example, we have <em>extremely</em> limited external funding)...</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #993366;">...<span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><em><strong>BANGKOK IS ONCE AGAIN SAFE for local and international guests! </strong></em></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><strong>BANGKOK INDIEFEST</strong> forges ahead to help celebrate the art of independent film in the creative hub of Southeast Asia!<p /> Check the <strong>BANGKOK INDIEFEST</strong> website @ <a href="http://www.bangkokfest.com/">http://www.bangkokfest.com</a> for updates, schedules, maps, and more information.<p /> We continue to welcome any interested contributors, supporters, and sponsors. Contributions still welcome to help cover venue costs and AV rentals; please consider making a contribution through our fiscal sponsor, the (global) Media Alliance --><p /> <a href="http://media-alliance.stores.yahoo.net/crafmedmes.html">http://media-alliance.stores.yahoo.net/crafmedmes.html</a><p /> <br /> Phee Chayakul * J “J” R * Wicky O’Rama * Et Al. <p /> <a href="mailto:info@bangkokfest.com">info@bangkokfest.com</a> / [66] 0843981382<br /> </span></span></span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/bangkok-indiefest-httpwwwbangkokfestcom-dates">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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http://www.camerado.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11046946-7654528286938044307?l=bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CAMERADOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283300991403653567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11046946.post-51030613736177910572010-05-28T00:43:00.001-07:002010-05-28T00:43:43.270-07:002010-05-28T00:43:43.270-07:00The challenges of making an Indie Film...in Cambodia!<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Independent filmmaking is tough; filmmaker J Rosette sold off all his belongings and left the US to head to Southeast Asia, where rent and cost of living are cheaper, in order to edit his second feature, 'Lost in New Mexico: the strange tale of Susan Herp'</p> <p>Although the movie was shot in New Mexico, little did anyone know that a distant, developing country - Cambodia - would play an instrumental role in the completion of the film.</p> <p>Listen to his story via the attached audio pressclip, and find out what it took to get this movie made - no matter what!</p> <p><a href="http://www.lostinnewmexicomovie.com" target="_blank">http://wwwlostinnewmexicomovie.com</a></p> <p>CAMERADO - <a href="http://www.camerado.com" target="_blank">http://www.camerado.com</a> <div style='padding: 5px 5px 10px 5px; margin-top: 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fff;line-height: 16px;'> <div style="float: left; margin-right: 5px; overflow: visible;"><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-05-28/owkEbErpkItptlnxpcmhGpkmwEaAijsguigjzjwmFwalDgkgokiFHcaoDkJp/presskit_08-15-06.m4a' style='color: #bc7134;'><img src='http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/unknown.png' style='border: none;'/></a></div> <div style="font-size: 10px; color: #424037;line-height: 16px;"> <br/>Download now or <a href='http://camerado.posterous.com/the-challenges-of-making-an-indie-filmin-camb' style='color: #bc7134;'>listen on posterous</a></div> <b><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-05-28/owkEbErpkItptlnxpcmhGpkmwEaAijsguigjzjwmFwalDgkgokiFHcaoDkJp/presskit_08-15-06.m4a' style='color: #bc7134;'>presskit_08-15-06.m4a</a></b> <span style="font-size: 10px; color: #424037;">(8660 KB)</span> <br style="clear: both;"/></div> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/the-challenges-of-making-an-indie-filmin-camb">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
Movies and Media in SE Asia
http://www.camerado.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11046946-5103061373617791057?l=bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CAMERADOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283300991403653567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11046946.post-92178984470628321302010-05-27T23:36:00.001-07:002010-05-27T23:36:54.060-07:002010-05-27T23:36:54.060-07:00Radio spot for 'Big Vendetta', the fictitious movie featured in LOST IN NEW MEXICO<div class='posterous_autopost'> <div style='padding: 5px 5px 10px 5px; margin-top: 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fff;line-height: 16px;'> <div style="float: left; margin-right: 5px; overflow: visible;"><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/camerado/Vd9zV80bwoRpI57HBHFgIybMFyiOeE1RlfhA8rW7NRGCdArqcz5n6FgSHc5h/final_wing_spot_III_IMA.wav' style='color: #bc7134;'><img src='http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/unknown.png' style='border: none;'/></a></div> <div style="font-size: 10px; color: #424037;line-height: 16px;"> <br/>Download now or <a href='http://camerado.posterous.com/radio-spot-for-big-vendetta-the-fictitious-mo' style='color: #bc7134;'>listen on posterous</a></div> <b><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/camerado/Vd9zV80bwoRpI57HBHFgIybMFyiOeE1RlfhA8rW7NRGCdArqcz5n6FgSHc5h/final_wing_spot_III_IMA.wav' style='color: #bc7134;'>final_wing_spot_III_IMA.wav</a></b> <span style="font-size: 10px; color: #424037;">(3696 KB)</span> <br style="clear: both;"/></div> <p>The attached radio spot can be heard playing in the background on TV <br />and on the radio in Camerado's 2nd feature, LOST IN NEW MEXICO: the <br />strange tale of Susan Hero. <p /> In the movie, the spot - featuring fictitious action star Chuck Wing - <br />has got a phone filter on it and is muffled - but here it is uncut and <br />unmodified for your listening pleasure! <p /> (*Trivia: while the movie takes place in New Mexico, much of it was <br />post produced in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; the spot features various <br />friends and expat colleagues of the director, J Rosette)</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/radio-spot-for-big-vendetta-the-fictitious-mo">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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http://www.camerado.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11046946-9217898447062832130?l=bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CAMERADOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283300991403653567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11046946.post-42655154442119974922010-05-27T09:45:00.001-07:002010-05-27T09:45:52.982-07:002010-05-27T09:45:52.982-07:00TechNYou talks about cloning in the movie "Lost in New Mexico"<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <h3><a href="http://twitter.com/gntis" class="left">Twitter</a></h3> <div class="aktt_tweets"> <ul> <li>How long do we want to live? Nature explores the scientific possibilities, but avoid much of the ethics <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yb67j4n" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/yb67j4n</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/TechNyou/statuses/11403820766" class="aktt_tweet_time">2010-04-01</a></li> <li>From GNTIS site:: Nano robots kill cancer…what the? <a href="http://technyou.edu.au/2010/03/nano-robots-kill-cancer%e2%80%a6what-the/" rel="nofollow">http://technyou.edu.au/2010/03/nano-robots-kill-cancer%e2%80%a6what-the/</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/TechNyou/statuses/10965985630" class="aktt_tweet_time">2010-03-24</a></li> <li class="aktt_more_updates"><a href="http://twitter.com/TechNyou">More updates...</a></li> </ul> <p>Posting tweet...</p></div>--> <p> <a href="http://gntis.edu.au/contact">Contact Us</a><br /> <a href="http://gntis.edu.au/about">About TechNyou</a><br /> <a href="http://gntis.edu.au/privacy-and-legal">Privacy and Legal</a><br /> <a href="http://gntis.edu.au/subscribe">Subscribe (email/rss)</a><br /> <a href="http://twitter.com/technyou/">Follow Us on Twitter</a><br /> <br /> <br /> </p></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://technyou.edu.au/2010/05/road-movie-about-cloning/">technyou.edu.au</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/technyou-talks-about-cloning-in-the-movie-los">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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http://www.camerado.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11046946-4265515444211997492?l=bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CAMERADOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283300991403653567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11046946.post-73121730867209069852010-05-27T09:35:00.001-07:002010-05-27T09:35:58.296-07:002010-05-27T09:35:58.296-07:00LOST IN NEW MEXICO: "Recommended" - Library Journal<div class='posterous_autopost'>Lost in New Mexico: The Strange Tale of Susan Hero. color. 85 min. <br />Jason Rosette, Camerado, dist. by amazon.com. 2008. DVD UPC <br />8-83629-27962-6. $39.95. Public performance. F <p /> This atmospheric and moody no-budget feature shot around the city of <br />Albuquerque is aptly marketed by its resourceful director as "a sci-fi <br />cloning road movie for the 21st century." Rosette's timely fusing of <br />diverse genre elements involves no less diverse a cast of characters: <br />Susan, a grieving young woman who robs the movie theater at which <br />she's employed so she can pay for the cloning of her recently deceased <br />daughter; Dr. Morell, a maverick geneticist bent on extending the <br />reach of his illegal cloning services; Javier, an illegal Mexican <br />immigrant accompanying Susan; Carl (played by Rosette), a <br />self-doubting FDA agent on the trail of Morell; and Lonnie, a Native <br />American potter trying to raise funds so his daughter can attend <br />college. Rosette (Bookwars, LJ 10/1/00) envelops these characters in <br />the evocative desert landscape, complemented by a wistful and spare <br />guitar soundtrack. Extras include a production slideshow with the <br />director eloquently detailing the film's difficult history. Recommend <br />for adventurous viewers.—Robert A. Sica, Eastern Kentucky Univ. Lib., <br />Richmond <p /> <a href="http://www.lostinewmexicomovie.com">http://www.lostinewmexicomovie.com</a> <br /><a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6643244.html?q=lost+in+new+mexico">http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6643244.html?q=lost+in+new+mexico</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://camerado.posterous.com/lost-in-new-mexico-recommended-library-journa">Camerado @ Posterous</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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As such it contains numerous insightful observations about the media sector in the Cambodian context, with applications relevant to E-E researchers and media practitioners alike.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Available now from </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Amazon/Createspace</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> -</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">coming soon to academic and other outlets:</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S8khPbO_DyI/AAAAAAAAAJM/4hyQlJ9LCro/s1600/createspace.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 47px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S8khPbO_DyI/AAAAAAAAAJM/4hyQlJ9LCro/s200/createspace.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460932572055801634" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3423487">Purchase Direct Here => https://www.createspace.com/3423487</a><br /><br /><br /></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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He read with great interest your report about your activities in reviving the cinema industry in Cambodia." </span> <i>- From the cabinet of H.M. The King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia</i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">"Interesting producing tale ..."</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">-Judy Henry, Gold'n Hen Prods, Beverly Hills, CA</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"I found the write-up, below, absolutely mesmerizing"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">- Mr. Balen, Indochine Law (KL/Bangkok/Phnom Penh)</span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S2Al87k6O5I/AAAAAAAAAIE/Xsx1oxGOkGk/s1600-h/CamboFest_Poster_Web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 481px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S2Al87k6O5I/AAAAAAAAAIE/Xsx1oxGOkGk/s320/CamboFest_Poster_Web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431382879323700114" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.cambofest.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia</span></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">Year 3 / 2009 Edition </span>(<a href="http://www.cambofest.com/">http://www.cambofest.com</a> /<a href="http://www.blogger.com/cambofest.blogspot.com"> http:cambofest.blogspot.com</a>), Cambodia’s first international independent movie festival - now entering its 4th year - took place on December 4-6 in Kampot, Cambodia.<br /><br />This year's festival met or exceeded most achievement goals set from the previous editions: the all-digital throughput was the first of its kind for a festival environment in the region, and the festival attracted more international guests than previous years.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S2AZ7rtLCOI/AAAAAAAAAHs/wWmKW7z6ZCY/s1600-h/exterior_royal_big_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 421px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S2AZ7rtLCOI/AAAAAAAAAHs/wWmKW7z6ZCY/s320/exterior_royal_big_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431369663743985890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The 'Royal', Kampot, Cambodia (CamboFest Year 3 - 2009 Edition)</span><br /></span></div><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >One additional met goal which was not originally anticipated, was the discovery and revival of the pre-Khmer rouge cinema house in Kampot, the ‘Royal’, on Cambodia’s South Coast, which had lain unused since 1988. This revival required the installation of a custom-made screen and power system, as both components were absent in the cinema house itself. Ambient light issues, from the mostly-destroyed roof, necessitated the use of a large venue projection system.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S2AakB6ZPcI/AAAAAAAAAH8/uEHZToOzMPI/s1600-h/ambient_light_best_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 432px; height: 323px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S2AakB6ZPcI/AAAAAAAAAH8/uEHZToOzMPI/s320/ambient_light_best_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431370356899790274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Significant ambient light issues necessitated a 7000+ lumens large venue projector loaned from the US Embassy in Phnom Penh</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S11CV_k7jzI/AAAAAAAAAFc/x9ZsoSiBJro/s1600-h/APE_pondering.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 408px; height: 230px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S11CV_k7jzI/AAAAAAAAAFc/x9ZsoSiBJro/s320/APE_pondering.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430569671289704242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">CamboFest staff (above) innovate to produce a film festival in the challenging LCD Cambodian environment; screenshot from '2001: a Space Odyssey' (fair use / for demonstration purposes)</span> </span></div><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >One <span style="font-style: italic;">unfortunate</span> aspect of CamboFest’s 3rd year event in Kampot, however, was the unprecedented level of <span>interference originating from foreign expatriates</span> (“Barangs”), who were determined to undermine the event.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S12irsl-HAI/AAAAAAAAAGM/MyGzgslqYLE/s1600-h/APE_foreigners_briter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 428px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S12irsl-HAI/AAAAAAAAAGM/MyGzgslqYLE/s320/APE_foreigners_briter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430675597267180546" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Malevolent foreigners attempting to disrupt Cambodia's IP-friendly, government approved international cinema event: CAMBOFEST</span>, year 3 (2009 Edition)<br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">The interference at the 2009 edition took many forms:</span><br /><br />1) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hoax classified ads</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">placed on online bulletin boards</span> and forums with CamboFest staff phone #’s listed, presumably in an attempt to harass or tie up phone lines.<br /><br />2) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hoax classified ads printed in one of the local daily newspapers</span>, announcing the fake 'cancellation' of the event<br /><br />3) <span style="font-weight: bold;">A phony press release</span> sent to publications in Cambodia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Japan announcing the fake 'cancellation' of this year’s CamboFest, a Cambodian government-approved project – and currently, still Cambodia’s only currently functioning international film event<br /><br /></span><p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >4) The usual <span style="font-weight: bold;">spying and backbiting</span> that occurs within art scenes around the world - Cambodia/Phnom Penh being no exception. </span></p><p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >These qualities may be aggravated in Cambodia due 1) to the high concentration of expatriates living in a relatively small area in the Phnom Penh enclave and 2) the enormous density of international agencies and groups active in Cambodia which are vying for geo-political influence in the region.<br /></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />5) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Physical attacks,</span></span><strong><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></strong><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">initiated by local foreign (non-Cambodian) movie pirates against CamboFest staff</span> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >after the wrap of the event.<br /><br />CamboFest 2007 venue manager Barry Vis, visiting from Amsterdam in mid January 2009, upon hearing the incredible tales of intrigue which surrounded the 2009 festival, was at first in utter disbelief.<br /><br />Only when actual copies of emails and text messages were produced could the whole campaign of attempted sabotage be comprehended.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">“I thought the foreigners here wanted to develop the cinema industry in Cambodia, not to destroy it”.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />(Barry Vis, CamboFest 2007 Venue Manager)</span></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />At the urging of movie fans in Cambodia and abroad who want to understand the behind-the-scenes dimensions of producing an independent movie festival in the current Cambodian context, elements of the “CamboFest Story” are herewith presented.<br /><br />This timeline may be seen as a testament to the challenges involved in working to revive the flagging motion picture industry in one developing county, challenges that were offset in part this year by distinct signs of progress – the revival of a defunct vintage Cambodian cinema house, for instance, during our most recent edition.<br /><br />As might be seen in the following reconstruction of events, the most notable (and unexpected) challenges in producing the Cambodian government-approved 2009 event stemmed not from corruption in the Cambodian government, or lack of motion picture industry infrastructure, but from <span style="font-weight: bold;">concerted, coordinated attempts at undermining the event, carried out by foreigners living in Cambodia.</span><br /><br />These incidents, while obviously not helpful, did not derail or stop this year’s <span>CamboFest.</span> To the contrary, the incidents are noted and “held aloft” – like shrunken, trophy heads - as enduring mementos from Cambodia’s international independent movie festival, CamboFest.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">“It’s a compliment to the festival – some foreigners in Cambodia wanted to bring it down. They threw everything they had at it, but it still went on as planned. And it was a remarkable event”</span></span> </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(CamboFest 2007 Venue Manager Barry Vis</span>)</span><br /><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >For those movie fans who didn’t attend the CamboFest 2009 event due to the phony classified ads or other misinformation (see below) – our apologies, we wish you could have been there with the rest of us!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Mr. Phun Sokunthearith (aka, Mr. Tol)</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Suong Sambath</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">J Rosette</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Mr. Narith Hoo</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />All our volunteers...and the rest of The CamboFest Team</span><br /><br /><br /></span><div face="arial" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >WINNERS OF CAMBOFEST 2009</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Feature Documentary - ‘Agent Orange: 30 Years Later’ Dir., John Trinh<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Feature Fiction - ‘Sky in December’ Dir., Hiroshi Toda<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Short Documentary - ‘Schritt fur Schritt’ Dir., Vojtech Pokorny<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Short Fiction - ‘Surprise!’ Dir., Fabrice Maruca<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Local Cambodian Showcase - ‘Shadow of Darkness’ Dir., Yvon Hem<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Universal Language - ‘Mime vs. Junkie’ Dir., Olesia Shewchuk<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Social Issue Movie - ‘Meltdown in Tibet’ Dir., Michael Buckley<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Very Short Movie - ‘LoopLoop’ Dir., Patrick Bergeron<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Animation (Int’l) - ‘INK’ Dir., Justine Wallace<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >Animation (Local) - ‘Mosquito in Dreaming’ Dir., Phanith Norm</span><br /><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOVEMBER 23, 2009</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Hello XXX -</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />We are CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia.</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">We'll be holding our movie festival in Kampot this year from December 4-6, and we'd be </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">able to offer your group a space to make an announcement or equivalent at our festival, </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">in order to promote awareness about your activities. (pro bono)</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />If you are interested, pls contact us by email at info@cambofest.com</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />All the Best,</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />JR CFEST</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:15:25 +0700 [11/23/2009 07:15:25 AM CST] </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />From: xxx </span><xxx com=""> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />To: The CamboFest Team </span><info com=""> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Subject: Re: Hello xxx from CAMBOFEST </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Headers: Show All Headers </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Thanks for thining of us, but we have some rather large projects going on in PP at that </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">time and wont be able to participate this year. We are really disappointed that our </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">dates clash</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I wish you the very best with your programme.<br /><br /></span></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S11FCcyJ8rI/AAAAAAAAAF0/09F73Sx-7Ac/s1600-h/APE_art_scene.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 458px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S11FCcyJ8rI/AAAAAAAAAF0/09F73Sx-7Ac/s320/APE_art_scene.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430572634067301042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rivalries and territorial behavior in the expatriate art scene can lead to conflicts, or "clashing"</span> </span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOVEMBER 26, 2009</span><br /><br />It’s the leadup to CamboFest 2009. A lot of prep work is still at hand as we wrangle venues, locate and build gear, train staff, and do other preparations.<br /><br />Although we had set our dates over a year ago, and had originally intended to hold the festival in Phnom Penh, we’ve changed locations due to the unexpected discovery of a vintage cinema house in Kampot that would provide some great magic for our 3rd edition.<br /><br />The new location: the 'Royal', a popular local landmark in its heydey in the 1960’s, which sputtered to a halt during the Lon Nol regime, and then fell into the into the abyss during the Pol Pot era.<br /><br /></info></xxx></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S11G8IDlMwI/AAAAAAAAAF8/834uSSrhASY/s1600-h/exterior_kr_cinema.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 361px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S11G8IDlMwI/AAAAAAAAAF8/834uSSrhASY/s320/exterior_kr_cinema.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430574724447286018" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The 'Royal' in Kampot, Cambodia: built in the 1950's, it enjoyed its heydey in the 1960's. The movie house was shuttered during the Khmer Rouge era, minus roof and one wall (destroyed during the war). The 'Royal' briefly re-opened from 1985-1988, but was shuttered again until its revival for the 2009 Edition of CamboFest</span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">** Our goal this year: to bring the old cinema house back to life **</span><br /><br />Few local foreigners know about the ‘Royal’: we only just stumbled upon it accidentally while scoping out other vintage cinema houses in the area.<br /><br />No other foreigner I’d talked to knew of the existence of the ‘Royal’, at least none that I had talked with in Phnom Penh or Kampot - not even long time expats. (Of course, local Cambodians in Kampot knew it well…)<br /><br />Most Barangs, even including some longtime Kampot residents, assume our intended venue to be the larger, more decrepit (on the inside) vintage cinema house, the 'Makara', on Kampot’s main street. (Even the Phnom Penh Post publishes a photo of the 'Makara' in one of their issues, believing it to be the 'Royal').<br /><br />I’m now busy running around the ricefields and outskirts of Kampot, sometimes with my trusty staffers Narith Hoo or Phun Sokuntearith (aka ‘Mr. Tol’), sometimes on my own. I find myself haggling and dealing with pleasant but corrupt local Sangkat officials, speaking in Khmer as best I can, while handing out a little under-the-table payola as needed.<br /><br />After living in Cambodia for nearly 5 years, I can speak fairly well, but not fluently, so it’s still a bit of a challenge for me to deal with these guys when I need to on my own –<br /><br />But I have no choice: the show must go on. I’ve got a commitment to the participating filmmakers and my Cambodian colleagues and staff, and a strong desire to help develop the movie industry in my adopted home country - or, the country that 'adopted' me.<br /><br />It’s tough, puzzling work though. No one knows anything, not even folks in the local government. We hire one local motodop to take us to the Sangkat office, but he soon gets lost, vanishing down a dusty trail which leads to Kampot’s 'Tit Mountain'*<br /><br />(*our nickname, not Cambodian translation)<br /><br />We still can’t find a couple of the crucial Sangkat offices. One of them is vaguely said to be somewhere out on the edge of town beyond one of the ricefields, but that’s all we have to go on.<br /><br />We call the inscrutable Kampot Culture Department to get directions; they inform us they don’t actually know where it is - but that we should “go left”.<br /><br />CamboFest staffer Narith Hoo (who will later helm our custom made CamboFest loudspeaker-moto promotional efforts during the festival) and I set out to find it. After many dead ends, we arrive at last at a small wooden house with a Cambodian flag on the far side of a local ricefield: the missing Sangkat office!<br /><br />It’s closed til 2 or 2:30, so we rest a bit. We’re tired but satisfied that we almost have the final stamp we need.<br /><br />The rice looks great – it’s luscious, green, and cool. The whole field rustles and waves to us.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOVEMBER 27, 2009</span><br /><br />The first of a series of coordinated efforts to harass the festival appear about a week before the actual event. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hoax classified ads</span> are placed by prankster third parties on the local <a href="http://www.bongthom.com/">BongThom.com</a> wesite, a Cambodia-based online forum and bulletin board where users can advertise items for sale, make job and events announcements, and conduct and pursue other services.<br /><br />It's a handy website, and I've used it plenty of times myself to promote CamboFest locally.<br /><br />Callers ring and send me text messages asking about iPods, cars, and other 'Phantom items' I have for sale. Inquiries much later with helpful Krawma general manager Ken White, owner of the BT website, indicate that – with the sheer number of new ads normally coming in and bumping out the old – a new ad would only stay “fresh” a number of hours.<br /><br />Therefore, some dedicated misanthrope(s) were actually sitting there, nothing better to do than to post a continuous stream of fake ads to try to harass CamboFest.<br /><br />8:17 AM - Someone from phone #85515832XXX text messages to inquire:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">“Hi sir, I saw ur advertising for sell iPhon, <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="iphone" leohighlights_url="http%3A//thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/highlights/keywords?keywords%3Diphone">iPhone</leo_highlight> 3G or 2G? How is the capacity? Thanks” </span><br /><br />Others call inquiring about other phantom items “for sale”, with my own phone numbers listed as the contact – the intention apparently being to tie up and harass our phone lines.<br /><br />I call BongThom.com and kindly ask them to remove any ads with my number listed…the Cambodian staff say they will try to handle.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">On the plus side</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">:</span> some positive coverage of CamboFest appears in the Phnom Penh Post “7Days” lifestyle section that day as well. The article is entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Kampot rolls out the red carpet</span>, by freelance reporter Dianne Janes. (It will be the only story coverage of CamboFest to appear in any of the local newspapers from that point on.)<br /><br />The article is truncated somewhat from my original responses to Dianne’s email interview questions. My responses regarding the actual, factually true dysfunctional state of the movie industry in Cambodia (with which later <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0057d33">BBC coverage</a> concurs) do not appear in the final interview.<br /><br />This is not surprising; the overall trend to date by most (foreign) journalists, lifestyle writers, and “what’s happening in Cambodia” websites and guidebooks is to maintain a notion that that the movie industry in Cambodia is robust, is alive and well, is “making a comeback”.<br /><br />The fact is: <span style="font-style: italic;">the film industry in Cambodia is currently not viable for a variety of structural reasons</span>. This is not just my position, it’s also the position of numerous Cambodian producers I’ve spoken with as well – legendary Cambodian filmmaker Yvon Hem states as much in a recent interview.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Piracy</span>, against which CamboFest has consistently taken an activist stand – to the point that the fest and its founder have taken a lot of heat in the expat “art scene” in Cambodia where pirate screenings are the majority*– is the number one killer of the movie industry here.<br /><br />====================================>>><br /><br /></info></xxx></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">update 2/03/10</span>: after writing the original version of this story, I (the author / CamboFest founder Jason Rosette) have decided that I no longer actually care about the IP/piracy issue, at least here in Cambodia, to a degree that I'm inclined to be significantly activist about it any longer. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The Cambodian government doesn't care; the WTO and other int'l media IP agencies, such as the MPAA don't care; most folks living in Cambodia don't care; and so, outside of our own festival and media efforts, I no longer care either...</span>!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">While I personally won't run a festival or other media platform without securing rights from media producers, and while I disagree with others who don't secure rights and operate in a bona-fide way, I'm not interested in propagating any more activism in an area that should rightfully be the responsibility of IP media agencies and the Cambodian government<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">]</span><br /><br />Ahem - and Amen. The original article continues below:<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >====================================>>></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(*occurring either in a direct, commercial way, as with <a href="http://ladypenh.com/flicks.html">The Flicks</a> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">moviehouse, which openly charges an admission for IP-bogus screenings; or in an indirect commercial way, such as at <a href="http://www.meta-house.com/news.php"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Metahouse a</span></a></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.meta-house.com/news.php">rt center</a> in Phnom Penh - not charging an admission, but selling concessions to generate revenue, while also deriving "value" via an enhanced profile in the unsuspecting international and domestic art communities.)</span><br /><br />One of the main goals of CamboFest is to attempt to introduce some normalcy to the Cambodian industry here by producing an “actual movie festival”, an event which gains the permission of all participating filmmakers, producers, or authorized copyright reps, i.e., distributors.<br /><br />This is standard in the international film festival world, but is actually considered to be an oddity in Cambodia and in the Barang/expat enclave of Phnom Penh. As mentioned, the great proportion of venues in Cambodia </info></xxx></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com="">are not always (or often) diligent in this area.<br /><br />Basically, few folks bother gaining the rights to screen movies, or to even simply<span style="font-style: italic;"> ask</span> the filmmaker/producer, who would often agree to a reduced rate or pro-bono screening in Cambodia, understanding that the territory is probably not able to pay full price for film rentals.<br /><br />Why don't they ask? Because it's a hassle: it's easier to screen it without asking or securing permissions. "No one knows and no one cares". "This is Cambodia".<br /><br />Anyone who is activist or speaks out against it - like CamboFest - takes heat as a result.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Lest guests in Cambodia complain about not being able to watch movies on the big screen otherwise, use the following approach: gather some friends, set up as big a screen as you want, and screen a movie – that’s fine, it’s considered “home use”. What’s problematic is when a movie title is publicly advertised in an organized way as an attraction in order to generate profit from it either at the door or by selling food or drinks/concessions - or to attract grant money from unsuspecting donors.)</span><br /><br />An understanding of the mechanics of a properly functioning motion picture industry is generally lacking in Cambodia: some educational interventions could be useful to raise awareness in this area.<br /><br />Basically, the product (the movie) costs money to produce and therefore must recoup its expenses via exhibition or sales of units, ie, DVDs or VCDs. If the product is being copied or otherwise sold (i.e., through bogus exhibition or institutionalized replication of a DVD or VCD), then the producers can’t recoup their costs – and they won’t produce more product.<br /><br />As a corollary, when piracy is as rampant as it is in Cambodia – whether through replication and sale of DVDs/VCDs, illegal broadcasts, or through bogus overt commerical IP-abuse (better known as "piracy") by foreign-run exhibition venues, the motion picture industry centers outside of Cambodia look towards this minor territory, weigh the apparently significant risks of operating here versus the potential (modest) revenues, and hesitate to invest or even to allow normal licensing of their first-run titles.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And so the cycle continues…</span><br /><br />Many guests in Cambodia observe the increasing number of venues and screens and “movie events”, especially in Phnom Penh, and proceed to equate that perception with the establishment of a bonafide cinema "industry” - not knowing (or bothering to know) that the great bulk of exhibition here is bogus, and so that the existence of a real movie industry is a mirage.<br /><br />Ironically, various government agencies, cultural institutions, and foundations, in seeking venues to conduct their programs in Phnom Penh, will look the other way even when their venue of choice is commonly involved in bogus exhibition: it's a matter of geopolitical expediency.<br /><br /></info></xxx></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Many journalists, who might otherwise serve a useful purpose of investigating and highlighting the issue, tend to whitewash or ignore it (for whatever reasons). </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com="">As a case in point: the Phnom Penh Post hailed the opening of Phnom Penh's first openly commercial, IP-abusing venue, <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://ladypenh.com/flicks.html">The Flicks</a> </span>, providing significant coverage upon its launch. The actual effect of such coverage is to undermine – to whatever degree - the efforts of legitimate cinema practitioners in Cambodia and the emergence of a legitimate movie industry.<br /><br />But my own experiences in producing CamboFest over the past three years have led me to conclude that standard industry models, when applied in the Cambodian context, may not prove to be workable here for a number of years* to come. <span style="font-style: italic;">[5 -10+ years]</span><br /><br /></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S12gha-L5XI/AAAAAAAAAGE/K3UujloeF7U/s1600-h/APE_5.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 421px; height: 237px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S12gha-L5XI/AAAAAAAAAGE/K3UujloeF7U/s320/APE_5.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430673221714961778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Differing perspectives on rights issues in motion picture exhibition in Cambodia can lead to conflict; CamboFest founder Jason Rosette fights to ward off IP-abusing rivals</span> </span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anyway, back to the story</span>: while I’m in Kampot, hustling to get all the permissions for the festival, Post Reporter Dianne Janes requests a screener for one of the movies selected to play on Day 3. (“In Transit” by Leigh Rodgers).<br /><br />I tell Diane that I’m not in Phnom Penh now, that had to head back to Kampot to deal with the permissions again unexpectedly, but I’ll get her something to look at when I get back to Phnom Penh.<br /><br />Soon after, I get a text about one of the BongThom.com ads. Someone’s asking if “my car is still for sale”.<br /><br />I respond that there is no car – somebody’s placing the ad as a joke or prank.<br /><br />I ask who it is. The reply: “It’s “DJ Devi Vanhon from Love FM”, (a local Phnom Penh English language radio station) and she adds:<br /><br />“Have a safe trip home”.<br /><br />I thought that was a bit strange. The only person I’d spoken with – <span style="font-style: italic;">the only person </span><span style="font-style: italic;">who knew I was in Kampot</span> - was Phnom Penh Post freelance reporter Dianne Janes.<br /><br />I reply to the DJ:<br /><br />“I am home” - (I feel at home in Kampot as much as I do in Phnom Penh)<br /><br />A few more calls come in about different items for sale, but it’s nothing more than a minor hassle at this point.<br /><br />I even begin texting callers back:<br /><br />“We will be displaying all the items for sale at CAMBOFEST, December 4-6 see www.cambofest.com for info!”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOVEMBER 27, 2009, Cont.</span><br /><br /></info></xxx></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S12kIFt6fJI/AAAAAAAAAGU/txiscw6ogSc/s1600-h/honda_dream.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S12kIFt6fJI/AAAAAAAAAGU/txiscw6ogSc/s320/honda_dream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430677184559348882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br />That same day, in the ‘7 Days” section, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">first of two hoax classified ads</span> appears in the Phnom Penh Post. This first ad is relatively harmless: a fake ad for a Honda Dream (motorcycle), with a too-good-to-be-true offer of $550 and an apparently urgent need to sell.<br /><br />As with the BongThom.com ads, my phone number* is listed as a contact, in an apparent attempt to tie up our phone lines. (*I find out later that both of my only two phone numbers are listed – so there’s no chance that it’s a random typo).<br /><br />At this point it seems like someone with too much time on their hands are undertaking some kind of prank routine - not sure why at this point, because so far the hoaxes are just minor irritations, with no real "message", apparent purpose, or effect on operations.<br /><br />I send an email inquiry to the Post’s business manager, Stephane Davos:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">J Rosette<br />Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 1:53 PM</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Someones apparently placed an ad in the Post's 7 days section with my</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">phone # listed (011 736 206); though not terribly troubling, it's</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">either a typo or a prank, because I placed no such ad</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Can you pls look into this? It's a bit distracting, though I'm</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">flattered folks think I have the means to possess so many items for</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">sale...</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />I think the ad is for a Honda Dream - not sure maybe some other items.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Can you pls also tell me who placed this ad, I'd like to drop them a</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">line to discuss ;)</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Thanks,</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Jason Rosette</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"># 011 736 206</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Add star</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Stephane Devos<br /><br />Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:09 PM</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Hi Jason,</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Sorry for the mishap. It will probably be a typo.</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I don't see how this person would sell his stuff otherwise.</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I'll have someone look into it.</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Thanks for your understanding.</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Stephane Devos</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Business Development Manager<br /><br /></span>I also send an SMS to the editor of the Post, Seth Meixner, asking him what’s up with the ad.<br /><br />At 1:53PM he texts back:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">“which page?”</span><br /><br />Idea: when we get back to Phnom Penh, we’ll buy some walkie talkies. We'll use the radios to bypass any problems from the stream of phone calls coming in due to the hoax ads.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOVEMBER 29, 2009</span><br /><br />SMS text message from Seth Meixner, Phnom Penh Post re: the first hoax classified that had been placed<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">“I’m chking w/ the ad people tomorrow”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOVEMBER 30, 2009</span><br /><br />SMS from Seth Meixner, Phnom Penh Post:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">“I’ve chked about the ad and was told it was removed.”</span><br /><br />Back in Phnom Penh, and too busy making final preparations for the festival to inquire further into what had been going on at BongThom.com or the Post.<br /><br />We've go all our permissions now from the Kampot authorities...all the running around has finally paid off:<br /><br /></info></xxx></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S15-IIWyC8I/AAAAAAAAAHE/XeVaEN0L0Wk/s1600-h/stamps.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 292px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S15-IIWyC8I/AAAAAAAAAHE/XeVaEN0L0Wk/s320/stamps.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430916878802488258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">CamboFest 2009 has complete permission from the Kampot authorities<br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br />We acquire a set of walkie-talkies as the best workaround in order to circumvent the hoax ads.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DECEMBER 1, 2009</span><br /><br /></info></xxx></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S12lJAYEyLI/AAAAAAAAAGc/hOGMw6zXsAc/s1600-h/cambofest_cancelled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S12lJAYEyLI/AAAAAAAAAGc/hOGMw6zXsAc/s320/cambofest_cancelled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430678299817068722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br />Despite earlier outreach to the Post's Stephane Davos regarding the first hoax classified that appeared in their classified section, a <span style="font-weight: bold;">new, second hoax ad</span> headed “CamboFest cancelled” appears.<br /><br />This ad is more problematic than the first ad for the 'phantom' Honda Dream, for obvious reasons. It’s hard to argue that the appearance of this ad in “Cambodia’s newspaper of Record” can be beneficial, even if its negative impacts are debatable.<br /><br />Even though the ad is placed in the events classified section, a significant number readers in Phnom Penh (as I’d find out later) take it to be the truth, or are at least confused by its appearance.</info></xxx></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br />Fortunately, a large audience demographic in Kampot, Kep, and the South Coast doesn’t read the Post. They are travelers and tourists, generally not following the daily news in Cambodia, and are also fundamentally not involved in any of the rivalries or hostilities that may be found in the expat community in Cambodia.<br /><br />The hoax ads are both written by, and presumably placed by, a long-term foreigner (expat), definitely not a native Cambodian.<br /><br />I wondered which was more disturbing: that someone had actually found personal value in devoting the time and effort to write and place the ads in the first place; or that the ads had made it through the Post’s editorial gauntlet, assuming that such a gauntlet existed.<br /><br />While there is the argument that a newspaper can’t be expected to effectively vet or screen every single classified ad, we weren’t talking about an innocuous typographical error in this instance - i.e., an 8 gig iPod that should have been listed as a 16Gig iPod.<br /><br />The ad is referring to Cambodia’s only (at the time, at least) functioning international movie festival, already in its 3rd year. As of December 1st, 2009, there were at least ten newspapers in Cambodia, and many more magazines - <span style="font-weight: bold;">but only one international film festival</span>.<br /><br />Sure, we’re underfunded and grass-roots - and actually not able to afford a red carpet so far - but we’re well known domestically and internationally, having hosted the work of over two hundred filmmakers. And now we're striving to undertake a historical and symbolic event in Cambodian cinema by reviving the defunct Kampot cinema house, the ‘Royal’, even if we sustain a financial loss (which is likely).<br /><br />I wondered if the Post or the hoaxster(s) were aware of the impact the ad may have on the livelihoods of our Cambodian colleagues who were helping to produce the festival…I thought back again to all the recent press about the state of the cinema industry in Cambodia, with many foreigners and journalists bemoaning its decline, and yearning for its return.<br /><br />Yet, here were foreigners – living in Cambodia, as guests of the Cambodian government – making concerted attempts to thwart one of the few valid efforts to bring a viable motion picture industry back to Cambodia.<br /><br />All the rhetoric had gone out the window...<br /><br />Would the Post have permitted the printing of a hoax classified ad announcing the ‘cancellation’ of the local, French-run <span style="font-style: italic;">PhotoPhnomPenh</span> </info></xxx></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""> festival – an event which had already cited by some to be “clashing” with CamboFest?</info></xxx></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br />Anyway, I heard about the fake ad from a colleague. I contacted the Post’s editor, Seth Meixner to see what was up with this new, second hoax ad to be printed in just a few days. Seth said they’d make a correction. I assumed, as per normal journalistic standards and all reasonable expectation that the correction would be made the next day.<br /><br />I contacted the public affairs officer at the US Embassy, the embassy being one of several supporters of CamboFest 2009 (as well as the 2008 edition) and mentioned the situation to him.<br />He agreed the ad should be corrected as soon as possible, and said he'd also talk to Seth in person later that day.<br /><br />While I wasn’t thrilled with the ad being placed in the first place, I was satisfied in knowing that adequate damage control would occur as a result of a quick correction. I'd considered actually buying a small ad in the Post to make the correction myself (since a pro-bono ad wasn't forthcoming, which would have been appreciated). But our budget was already strained...we still had to pay for rooms in Kampot for all the visiting filmmakers, for example.<br /><br />I decided to rely on the Post making a prompt correction*, and went back to focusing on the task at hand: the development of the movie industry in Cambodia, via CamboFest edition 3.0.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(*As we'd find out later...this didn't quite happen as planned)</span><br /><br />We’d continue plowing ahead, despite the interference from these foreigners who – like malicious elves - were busy at work to try to thwart the event.<br /><br /></info></xxx></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S16BdS6BSfI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ORUdrAPSOsU/s1600-h/APE_12.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 253px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S16BdS6BSfI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ORUdrAPSOsU/s320/APE_12.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430920540946778610" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br /></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">CamboFest staff after the second hoax ad appears in the Post; the situation calls for robust countermeasures.</span> </span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Dianne Janes</span> <xxxx com=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />To: xxxx@gmail.com</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Hi Jason,</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I saw the ad in today's Post - is it true Cambofest is cancelled? What happened?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Dianne Janes</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Film Writer</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Phnom Penh Post<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">J Rosette</span> <xxxx com=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:30 PM</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Reply-To: xxxx@gmail.com</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">To: Dianne Janes </span><xxxx com=""> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Hmm...heard about this bad prank. Dianne, do you really think that,</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">after working on this fest for three seasons, and prepping a long time</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">for this event, that we'd announce its cancellation in a free ad in</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">the Post?</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Why not actually investigate what's really going on behind the scenes</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">here, in terms of Cambodia's transition to a normal media environment</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">- with eventual real movie theaters, etc - given that resistances<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*</span> like</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">these are flying around in an attempt to discredit or diminish</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Cambodia's only currently functioning movie festival?</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Could be a great investigative report - if you're willing to take that on!</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Have addressed this via various channels, no worries, CFEST still on</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(of course)!</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />G'luck,</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Jason<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[* by 'resistances', I'm referring to the concept of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">resistances in the media environment</span>, an idea proposed by Arvind Singhal and Everett Rogers in their groundbreaking work, "<span style="font-style: italic;">A Theoretical Agenda for Entertainment-Education</span>", <a href="http://www.camerado.com/RUPP/RUPP_MDS_Jason_Rosette_CAMERADO_E-E_Cambodia_Public.pdf">cited in my report for RUPP</a> ]</span></span><br /><br />It is generally agreed around Phnom Penh that the Phnom Penh Post tends to cover the more sensational stories happening in Cambodia, while its competitor, the Cambodia Daily tends to be more tempered in this approach.<br /><br />It’s interesting, therefore, that the Post hasn’t explored one of the more sensational culture/art stories to happen all year: the attempted sabotage of Cambodia’s only film festival at the hands of malicious foreigners - with <span style="font-style: italic;">their own newspaper</span> being used as a device in those efforts.<br /><br />Hmm...<br /><br /><diannejanes com=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:50 PM</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />To: xxxx@gmail.com</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete |<br /><br />Show original</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">It sounds more like a petty personal vendetta than a resistance movement.</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Best of luck with the festival, I'm glad to hear it's still on.</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Cheers</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Di</span><br /><br />But then, at the same time, the <a href="http://www.camerado.com/">Camerado</a> (producer of CamboFest) user account was<span style="font-weight: bold;"> blocked</span> at the unaffiliated <a href="http://www.expat-advisory.com/">Expat Advisory Service</a>, a local website where event announcements and other forum discussions can be made.<br /><br />We'd made announcements regarding CamboFest and other activities already on the EAS website many times; and while it wasn't the only forum-based website of its kind in Cambodia, it was a handy resource.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Expat Advisory Services</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Bookmark and Share</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br />The username camerado has not been activated or is blocked.</span></span><br /><br />I send an email to the proprietor, Anthony Galloway – but receive no response.<br /><br />It’s a notable item, since the EAS is a moderated system. Unlike the Bongthom.com or Phnom Penh Post classified ads, which enable public participation (no matter how maligned), being blocked from the EAS website is only something that can happen 1) if the EAS site had been hacked, or 2) if it had been done from the inside, for whatever reason<br /><br />In any case, two strong local web resources remain friendly for CamboFest's continued promotion within Cambodia: the <a href="http://www.khmer440.com/">Khmer 440</a> website and the <span style="font-style: italic;">Cambodia Parents Group</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>at Yahoo - arguably occupying opposite ends of the Cambodian "wholesomeness" spectrum, yet united at least by their non-interference with CamboFest.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DECEMBER 2, 2009</span><br /><br />It’s the day before the launch of CamboFest 2009, and we're finally on our way to Kampot.<br /><br />Suong Sambath is at the wheel, while I ride shotgun. CamboFest staffers Mr. Tol and Narith Hoo are as excited as I am to be finally heading down for our 3rd annual festival.<br /><br />We've got all our gear: the generator, equipment, custom-made screen and frame (specially designed to fit the 'Royal'), large venue projector on loan courtesy of the US Embassy, expendables…bags of clothes, various AV and electrical gear...even a visiting filmmaker.<br /><br />We’re on our way at last, despite all the challenges in getting this far: from the open call for film submissions over a year ago, to the hunt for the Sangkat offices in the ricefields of Kampot…from the fortuitous discovery of the ‘Royal’, to the selection of the final program from the mad heap of movie submissions…from the notification of participating filmmakers, to the preparation of programs.<br /><br />So I’m telling our filmmaker about the strange goings-on surrounding this year’s CamboFest: I can tell he finds most of it hard to believe.<br /><br />We’re just outside Takeo when I get a call from Christi Hang, a culture/arts reporter at the Cambodia Daily.<br /><br />“Hi is this CamboFest?”<br />“Yea, hi”<br />“This is Christi Hang from the Cambodia Daily, I’m just calling to see why CamboFest was cancelled this year”<br /><br />“Huh?”<br />'We received your email announcing the cancellation of the festival"<br /><br />I’d only just been telling our visiting filmmaker about all the weird interference that’d been going on with the festival this time round – so I kind of smiled and winked at him before telling Christi:<br /><br />“Uh, it’s not cancelled. That’s probably another prank, we’ve been getting quite a few of them. We’re actually heading down to Kampot right now. I've got a filmmaker in the van. Would you like to talk to him?”<br /><br />“Sure”.<br /><br />I handed over the phone. He spoke with Christi for a while. Of course she soon realized that the “press release” had indeed been another hoax.<br /><br />I asked Christi to forward me a copy of the email when she had a chance. She said she would (and she did).<br /><br /></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S16GL92rKGI/AAAAAAAAAHU/otdXqbjj0uk/s1600-h/CamboFest_email_cancelled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S16GL92rKGI/AAAAAAAAAHU/otdXqbjj0uk/s320/CamboFest_email_cancelled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430925740795963490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S2ApDbtizgI/AAAAAAAAAIM/ccnCg4_PYNU/s1600-h/CamboFest_email_cancelled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 499px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S2ApDbtizgI/AAAAAAAAAIM/ccnCg4_PYNU/s320/CamboFest_email_cancelled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431386289563946498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Hoax email sent to the Cambodia Daily and others; examination of the email headers later reveals a fairly sophisticated Phishing attack, with the the email 'laundered' through the IP address of a dedicated spamming host.<br /><br /></span></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com="">I thanked Christi for the diligent followup, which prevented this instance of misinformation from being publicly printed - and we continued on our way to Kampot, to the historic CamboFest 2009 Edition at the 'Royal'.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">From: Microsoft Customer Support </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />To: The CamboFest Team </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Subject:<br />RE: XXX1119185448ID - </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Part(s): Download All Attachments (in .zip file) </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Headers: Show All Headers </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />Alternative parts for this section: </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> unnamed [text/html] 8.53 KB </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />Thank you for patiently waiting for our response.<br /><br />This is Dvenz and I am</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">a Subject Matter Expert from Windows Live Hotmail Customer Support. Your</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">message was escalated to me and I would like to assist you with your</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">report on the cambofest@hotmail.com account...<br /><br /></span></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><span style="font-size:100%;">According to Microsoft and the technical data in the email headers on the message, the 'Secret Phisher' <span style="font-weight: bold;">has made one critical mistake</span> which may lead to the identification of that guilty party.<br /><br />Announcement of the identity of the 'Secret Phisher' will be announced at CamboFest 2010 / 4th Year Edition!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >(See Part 2 of the 'CamboFest Story' , TBA, for more info on 'The Secret Phisher' )</span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DECEMBER 4-6 : CAMBOFEST 2009 </span></span><br /><br />Despite the local corruption*, the lack of funding, the lack of cinema infrastructure in Cambodia, the absence of a cinema culture and trained staff (all this because of utter annihilation of the industry during the Khmer Rouge era)…<br /><br />…despite an overall lack of coverage of Cambodia’s only international film festival (as of the time of this writing) in the local press…despite the hoax classifieds printed in the Phnom Penh Post and the annoying phone calls coming from fake ad listings on Bongthom.com…despite the snooping in the art scene and the “clashing of dates” with the other event taking place far away in Phnom Penh…<br /><br />...and of course, despite the persistent, maligned interference from maligned, foreigner non-Cambodians:<br /><br /></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">CamboFest 2009 kicks off as planned!</span></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S11D8GRazII/AAAAAAAAAFs/FRbT2JyMZz0/s1600-h/APE_vicorious.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 424px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S11D8GRazII/AAAAAAAAAFs/FRbT2JyMZz0/s320/APE_vicorious.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430571425433570434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">CamboFest staff celebrate a successful launch of the 2009 edition, despite all the challenges</span> </span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><br />(*I would like to point out that the instances of corruption we experienced came from the most local level in Kampot; the Kampot governor’s office neither asked for nor suggested – and nor did we provide - any sort of “fee” whatsoever)<br /><br />“Loak” cinema, the proprietor of the ‘Royal’ is happy to see us – it’s as if he’s the gatekeeper to the promised land…we made it through the </diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com="">Scylla and Charybdis of bent foreign intervention, into the land of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">raw Cambodian cinema power</span>.<br /><br />As soon as we hit Kampot-dirt, we commence a vigorous, grass-roots, local outreach in Kampot and Kep to scoop in the traveler/tourist demographic which had likely not been impacted by the hoax ad in the Post.<br /><br />We rent a local moto, and Narith Hoo attaches our mega-loudpeaker to it. We fill Narith’s basket with flyers to hand out , and off he goes, smile beaming on his face, megaphone beckoning to all the prime cinema-goers in Kampot town and srok srei alike: “CamboFest movie festival today at Royal Cinema’: Eggman -style (in English and Khmer).<br /><br /></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S16KNPfzHYI/AAAAAAAAAHc/gtn2dm9Tf68/s1600-h/narith_moto.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 402px; height: 269px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S16KNPfzHYI/AAAAAAAAAHc/gtn2dm9Tf68/s320/narith_moto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430930160758234498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">CamboFest staffer Narith Hoo, and his magnificent grassroots festival promotion machine</span></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><br />Fueled on fried noodles and coconuts (as we all are) Narith refreshes his basket with flyers and posters on a continuous basis…all day long, postering and flyering, Kampot and Kep, handing out flyers to travelers, guests, Cambodians in the rice fields. He passes his flyers to the movie fans who are already filtering towards the South coast and the magic-magnet of the ‘Royal’ cinema.<br /><br />“Loak” cinema - the owner of the 'Royal' - is happy, beaming. Days later, after the festival wraps, and stunned by its exstacy and hardship, we are all sitting at Kampot’s “Year 2000” restaurant with <span style="font-style: italic;">Da Boyz</span> – all Cambodian, his friends in the army and government and police.<br /><br />He’s proudly regaling them with tales of his rejuvenated cinema house. His pal with the long fingernail on his pinky finger concurs, nodding sweetly, before paying for all our drinks and heading off in his LEXUS.<br /><br />Cutting back to the actual CamboFest event: now that the generator is chugging, and the brilliant beam of Uncle Sam’s projector is tossing photons against the furthest wall, and the ‘Royal’ itself is groaning awake from its years-long slumber, our staffer Narith’s eager, boyish expression belies no knowledge of the recent rash of interference propagated by foreign guests in his Kingdom.<br /><br />Narith knows nothing yet of the persons who have labored to thwart his movie event, <span style="font-style: italic;">his</span> CamboFest, Cambodia’s only functioning international movie festival* (*at the time, at least).<br /><br />Narith just continues to patiently tend to the generator, to ride his moto-loudspeaker without being hassled by the Man, to hand out invitations to the guests: to play his part in conjuring cinema back to Cambodia.<br /><br />In between raw cloves of garlic (for health and power, of course), and plenty of smokes, I engage in constant blogging with my puny netbook, undertaking web outreach with one hand,and text messaging festival updates with the other.<br /><br /></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S16MfBHjiTI/AAAAAAAAAHk/3O1IIHp4M6Q/s1600-h/APE_clubbing.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 435px; height: 244px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQHPMqbfsA/S16MfBHjiTI/AAAAAAAAAHk/3O1IIHp4M6Q/s320/APE_clubbing.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430932665159354674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Using the latest technology to bypass problems with this year's print media coverage<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><br />It’s true that the hoax classified printed in the Phnom Penh Post may have impacted attendance, the question is: how much? While many local expats in Phnom Penh were confused about the status of the festival, travelers and tourists, especially those outside of the expat enclave of Phnom Penh, touring through Kep and Kampot are showing up in increasing numbers.<br /><br />A convoy of Tuk Tuks arrive in front of the ‘Royal’. I almost forgot they were coming - it’s the group of university students who’ve come out all the way to Kampot from Ho Chi MInh City.<br /><br /></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.raffles-international-college-hcm.edu.vn/cms/en/cambo-fest-2009.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com="">[See the students' blog here]</diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span></a><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><br />They all look clean, neat, fabulous, squeaky…the young women are well-styled and gorgeous.<br /><br />They all have large new cameras around their necks; they chatter excitedly and snap pictures of the ‘Royal’s old façade, before heading inside to catch the next movie session.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the gear is working remarkably well. The custom screen we built for the ‘Royal’ is perfect, nearly seamless despite its three-panel construction. The 7000+ lumens projector – a business-like, dense, 25kg square of media-machine on loan from the US Embassy, unfurls it beam across the old Cambodian cinema house.<br /><br />The alchemic rectangle shimmers brightly despite ambient midday light which streams in through the ‘Royal’s broken roof...<br /><br /></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cambofest.blogspot.com/2009/12/initial-pix-content-from-cambofest-2009.html"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com="">[See pix, videos and more at the dedicated CamboFest 2009 Blog]</diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span></a><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><br />The ‘Royal’: who sat here and watched back in 1966, before the region fell into the crucible of War? I have no time to think it: I’m Kurz’s boiler-keeper, tending only to the ship with no time to greet them (til later, at least, til now)<br /><br />CamboFest staff are still using radios to communicate, but by now the hoax ads, announcing the Phantom items for sale, are tapering away now that the show has begun.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DECEMBER 6, 2009</span><br /><br />Seth Meixner, editor of the Post, confirms by SMS message that a correction of the 2nd hoax ad (‘Cambofest cancelled’) was indeed printed.<br /><br />On our side, we all assume that the correction had been placed the next day…we’re all too busy wrapping Day 3 to think about it much more.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DECEMBER 6, 2009, Cont.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CamboFest 2009 wraps!</span> – after the final show and the Cooling of the Great Bulb, we all head to Kampot's “Bushmeat Restaurant” (unnamed Cambodian grilled beef joint). I insist that Narith Hoo - CamboFest staffer, motodop, colleague and friend of mine, who speaks no English, yet understands everything when I speak my mixed Khmer – must come to the bushmeat restaurant to be regaled as a hero.<br /><br />He is the nuts and bolts of the festival, the gristle, the marrow, the real ‘srok srei’ Cambodian.<br /><br />We eat and drink and smoke: filmmaker James Speck is there, various travelers, Chuunly Puy (winner of the 2007 CamboFest Golden Buffalo) ‘Simongoloid’ Toffanello (Phnom Penh photographer)…and the exhausted, but flushed, CamboFest staff.<br /><br />I’m tired, zonked. I can only think of watching Mega Fish on NatGeo back at the Little Garden guesthouse, and falling into the arms of Sleep (Brother of Death...)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DECEMBER 7, 2009</span><br /><br />Originally planned as our awards day, but we don’t have enough time to tabulate the audience choice ballots. We’re all toasted from the effort of producing the event. Instead, we go to Kep and wallow in the sea at Crown o’clock and enjoy a seafood lunch - we head back to Phnom Penh in the mid afternoon.<br /><br />I can see, along the sunset roads of Kampon Trach, the vast fold of fields and accompanying, unknown mounds of the Cambodian countryside. Mr. Sambath is stoic at his wheel, while Mr. Tol shares some kind of Japanese peanut snack with us all.<br /><br />And Narith, skinny and tough as a bamboo stalk, ever smiling, smiles as placidly as Lord Buddha himself:<br /><br />I know that every kid who glides by on his bicycle is riding with us.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DECEMBER 8, 2009</span> – After a day off to sleep after wrapping this year's CamboFest, I need to shift gears immediately to write the final draft of <a href="http://www.camerado.com/RUPP/RUPP_MDS_Jason_Rosette_CAMERADO_E-E_Cambodia_Public.pdf">my Masters report for Royal University of Phnom Penh</a>, an effort that had actually been ongoing throughout the production of CamboFest itself with whatever scraps of time I could find between managing and damage-controlling the event.<br /><br />I'm curious to look into all the intrigue and interference that happened at this year's CamboFest, to find out more about who was behind it all.<br /><br />But I won't have time until after I deliver the report on January 1st...<br /><br /></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">End of the 'CamboFest Story' (Part 1)</span></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hello Cambofest,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Congrats on the success of this years edition (I made the Massacrator movie).</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> As bad as they were, it seems to me that hoaxes and interferences might be the best things to happen to you; it makes for an interesting follow up and great drama. A small Asian festival that succeeds is ok, but a small Asian festival that succeeds despite conspiracies is memorable.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> You'll likely get some more press with that one item!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Regards and keep up the good work,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pierre Ayotte</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Director, Massacrator</span><br /><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Part 2 Coming Soon and Includes: </span></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><xxx com=""><info com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><xxxx com=""><diannejanes com=""><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">The 'Investigation' Begins * Hand-to-Hand Battle with Movie Pirates in the Streets of Phnom Penh * Confronting 'The Wizard' * The 'Secret Phisher' </span></span></diannejanes></xxxx></xxxx></xxxx></info></xxx></span><br /></div><center><br /><a href="http://media-alliance.stores.yahoo.net/sep11uswarbe.html"><img src="http://www.camerado.com/cambofest_assets/CAMBOFEST_year_4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />......or <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=h8DFTk0ku-yiq2RW0o8UNUXuAP7FGFBRAviMC4FOs55i2r5FLbsVTjqcSXy&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1ffc45dc241d84e953c6c47237de2bc4f5b43fafc6513a8a86">make a secure contribution through our online contribution 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http://www.camerado.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11046946-1622784083071473216?l=bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CAMERADOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283300991403653567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11046946.post-18579446176488218152009-12-13T00:11:00.000-08:002009-12-16T22:24:08.096-08:002009-12-16T22:24:08.096-08:00:: Stills, Video, and Other Content from CAMBOFEST 2009 ::<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dLEfzDKa2ss&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dLEfzDKa2ss&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">CamboFest pre-show intro video (above) which also </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br />thanks all our sponsors and supporters</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> - see video</span><br /></div><br />CamboFest was held this year (our 3rd), in the vintage 'Royal' cinema house in Kampot, Cambodia, a pre-Khmer Rouge era Cambodian cinema hall which we brought back to life especially for CamboFest 2009. Not even longtime local foreigners living in Kampot realized that the 'Royal' had once been a cinema house; CamboFest staff stumbled upon it by accident while scouting another vintage venue nearby.<br /><p>Photos from our pro photographer are now viewable below, along with stills and video taken by staff and volunteers - contact info@cambofest.com with any inquiries re: reprinting and other uses.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scores have been tabulated for winners of Grabay Meas ('Golden Buffalo') awards - we will announce the winners, via video,<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">here on the top of this blog on<span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Sunday, December 20,<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">with the clip (below) going live around 8PM Cambodia Time.</span></span></p><br /><p></p><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8231831&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8231831&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8231831">CF2009</a></p><br /><br /><br /><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">CamboFest 2009 winners announcement brought to you by:</p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.camerado.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 36px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SycmHkskeEI/AAAAAAAAAjw/1NCUsV9_hso/s400/FREEDOM_DEAL_CROPPED.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415338988487866434" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">(in case of 'technical difficulties' - see stories of intrigue and adventure further down in this blog, below - backup URLs are as follows)</p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CAMBOFEST Website -> </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cambofest.com/">http://www.cambofest.com</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">CAMBOFEST BLOG -> <span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://cambofest.blogspot.com/2009/12/initial-pix-content-from-cambofest-2009.html">http://cambofest.blogspot.com/2009/12/initial-pix-content-from-cambofest-2009.html</a></span><br />CAMERADO BLOG -> <span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com/2009/12/stills-video-and-other-content-from.html">http://bloggeradocamerado.blogspot.com/2009/12/stills-video-and-other-content-from.html</a></span><br />BACKUP BLOG - > <span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://cambofest2009.blogspot.com/2009/12/stills-video-and-other-content-from.html">http://cambofest2009.blogspot.com/2009/12/stills-video-and-other-content-from.html</a></span></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Stills in the series below by top Phnom Penh photographer,<br /></p><p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Simon Toffanello of Monsoon Pictures</p><p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.monsoonpictures-asia.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 52px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyIAR6UlvdI/AAAAAAAAAio/0Wmj56Mcqlk/s400/monsoonpictures-logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413890009766149586" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >To cross-reference movie stills against schedule and description, pls see the<a href="http://www.camerado.com/cambofest_assets/CAMBOFEST_2009.pdf"> PDF of schedule and lineup here</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">(pls note that schedule changed at the end of the last day due to technical reasons regarding "All that She Wants', with 'Hill City' and 'SlipDream' filling in)</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH_EiIxBUI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/8CKcbaHMaEY/s1600-h/_MG_9932.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH_EiIxBUI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/8CKcbaHMaEY/s400/_MG_9932.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413888680424179010" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >From 'Slipdream', a CamboFest 2007 favorite, which played as a "Best of CamboFest" selection (screening out of competition due to schedule change)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH_D2LF3sI/AAAAAAAAAiA/_ZXtxdIyoss/s1600-h/_MG_9926.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH_D2LF3sI/AAAAAAAAAiA/_ZXtxdIyoss/s400/_MG_9926.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413888668622773954" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-oA4LPoI/AAAAAAAAAh4/EzQsMogSTyg/s1600-h/_MG_9925.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-oA4LPoI/AAAAAAAAAh4/EzQsMogSTyg/s400/_MG_9925.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413888190459887234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-ngXBUmI/AAAAAAAAAho/7JmnD9FMjo8/s1600-h/_MG_9919.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-ngXBUmI/AAAAAAAAAho/7JmnD9FMjo8/s400/_MG_9919.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413888181730890338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-nBeUTeI/AAAAAAAAAhg/h0zCVY116os/s1600-h/_MG_9907.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-nBeUTeI/AAAAAAAAAhg/h0zCVY116os/s400/_MG_9907.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413888173439995362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-JdDhNXI/AAAAAAAAAhI/tEFVkMpr3BY/s1600-h/_MG_9888.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-JdDhNXI/AAAAAAAAAhI/tEFVkMpr3BY/s400/_MG_9888.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413887665447712114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-IpzsZOI/AAAAAAAAAg4/7STjKMYXt6k/s1600-h/_MG_9854.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-IpzsZOI/AAAAAAAAAg4/7STjKMYXt6k/s400/_MG_9854.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413887651691128034" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >From 'Hill City' screening as a short before 'SlipDream'<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >(also screening out of competition due to last minute schedule change)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH9RRgm3xI/AAAAAAAAAgg/whX4rs8YJaU/s1600-h/_MG_9843.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH9RRgm3xI/AAAAAAAAAgg/whX4rs8YJaU/s400/_MG_9843.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413886700275818258" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-IXr9b1I/AAAAAAAAAgw/Gt8bMEfzX38/s1600-h/_MG_9849.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH-IXr9b1I/AAAAAAAAAgw/Gt8bMEfzX38/s400/_MG_9849.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413887646826852178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Filmmaker John Trinh ('Agent Orange: 30 Years later'), in town for his screening at CamboFest</span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH9PpMHHQI/AAAAAAAAAgI/oGwvX4ZJkAg/s1600-h/_MG_9822.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH9PpMHHQI/AAAAAAAAAgI/oGwvX4ZJkAg/s400/_MG_9822.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413886672272563458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">From 'Death in Charge'</span><br /></span></span></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH81Iuj5SI/AAAAAAAAAgA/WqSA_9mVygY/s1600-h/_MG_9820.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH81Iuj5SI/AAAAAAAAAgA/WqSA_9mVygY/s400/_MG_9820.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413886216882087202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH80ygHmeI/AAAAAAAAAf4/NbiulPjT_sU/s1600-h/_MG_9818.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH80ygHmeI/AAAAAAAAAf4/NbiulPjT_sU/s400/_MG_9818.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413886210915932642" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH80Y2YWQI/AAAAAAAAAfw/0lmO8QKjuKE/s1600-h/_MG_9805.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH80Y2YWQI/AAAAAAAAAfw/0lmO8QKjuKE/s400/_MG_9805.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413886204029982978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">From 'Schritt fur Schritt'</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH80MmoIbI/AAAAAAAAAfo/SbJowiJfzPA/s1600-h/_MG_9786.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH80MmoIbI/AAAAAAAAAfo/SbJowiJfzPA/s400/_MG_9786.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413886200742683058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">From 'Sky in December'</span></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8z2jyMmI/AAAAAAAAAfg/4LLbgElucbw/s1600-h/_MG_9791.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8z2jyMmI/AAAAAAAAAfg/4LLbgElucbw/s400/_MG_9791.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413886194825179746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8cMGCB9I/AAAAAAAAAfY/w6LQU2OygC4/s1600-h/_MG_9783.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8cMGCB9I/AAAAAAAAAfY/w6LQU2OygC4/s400/_MG_9783.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413885788289107922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH_FCGqPJI/AAAAAAAAAig/BYvQcSGLoGc/s1600-h/_MG_9673.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH_FCGqPJI/AAAAAAAAAig/BYvQcSGLoGc/s400/_MG_9673.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413888689005280402" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">From 'Survive'</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8b_bbKaI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/D8kmbv7RB7Q/s1600-h/_MG_9779.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8b_bbKaI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/D8kmbv7RB7Q/s400/_MG_9779.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413885784889174434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Staffer Narith Hoo engaging in Cambodian-style promotion: with leaflets and loudspeaker (see 'Behind the Scenes' video, elsewhere on this blog, to watch him in action)</span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8bcgpFqI/AAAAAAAAAfI/NXO_H7ffWqM/s1600-h/_MG_9772.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8bcgpFqI/AAAAAAAAAfI/NXO_H7ffWqM/s400/_MG_9772.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413885775515817634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8bECL_YI/AAAAAAAAAfA/GkACmBw8vIo/s1600-h/_MG_9764.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH8bECL_YI/AAAAAAAAAfA/GkACmBw8vIo/s400/_MG_9764.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413885768945630594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH7_2uMR3I/AAAAAAAAAew/ufpeL9YQ_W0/s1600-h/_MG_9755.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH7_2uMR3I/AAAAAAAAAew/ufpeL9YQ_W0/s400/_MG_9755.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413885301515634546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH7_SePoNI/AAAAAAAAAeo/mNRB_MzLnI4/s1600-h/_MG_9746.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH7_SePoNI/AAAAAAAAAeo/mNRB_MzLnI4/s400/_MG_9746.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413885291785068754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH7_OmWsYI/AAAAAAAAAeg/rQzM8D0PcZM/s1600-h/_MG_9745.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH6xYEE7oI/AAAAAAAAAeI/6QF63Ah9pUM/s400/_MG_9736.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413883953256132226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH6wxgdahI/AAAAAAAAAeA/PWjk19uCVFU/s1600-h/_MG_9734.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH6wxgdahI/AAAAAAAAAeA/PWjk19uCVFU/s400/_MG_9734.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413883942906194450" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH6wNzbf5I/AAAAAAAAAd4/ctj33YTWs6U/s1600-h/_MG_9718.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH6wNzbf5I/AAAAAAAAAd4/ctj33YTWs6U/s400/_MG_9718.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413883933322084242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Tomas, editor of 'Schritt for Schritt' (left) delivering a package of info regarding short German films to CamboFest founder Jason Rosette (right)</span></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH6vwm3-vI/AAAAAAAAAdw/sxm_TkFFkLg/s1600-h/_MG_9713.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH6vwm3-vI/AAAAAAAAAdw/sxm_TkFFkLg/s400/_MG_9713.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413883925484796658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH6vtXPgfI/AAAAAAAAAdo/3K1xgh5J9zk/s1600-h/_MG_9674.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyH6vtXPgfI/AAAAAAAAAdo/3K1xgh5J9zk/s400/_MG_9674.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413883924613923314" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(End of Monsoon Pictures Series; this has been a selection, there are several additional stills of each screening taken by top Phnom Penh photographer, Simon Toffanello- pls contact <a href="mailto:info@cambofest.com">info@cambofest.com</a> for hi-rez stills and other uses)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Additional stills and behind the scenes coverage from CAMBOFEST staff and volunteers</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">:</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx-sDoiD-BI/AAAAAAAAAcs/EYVD6_IvKRo/s1600-h/DSC02408.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx-sDoiD-BI/AAAAAAAAAcs/EYVD6_IvKRo/s400/DSC02408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413234455542495250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(...contrary to some local rumors which were flying around, we obtained all permissions well in advance from various local Sangkat offices and the Kampot authorities - above)</span><br /><p></p><br /><center><br /><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYG1xg4A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="432" height="351"></embed><br /><br /><br /><i>Take a look behind the scenes at CAMBOFEST 2009 (video, above)</i><br /></center><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bmD3UODmKCw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bmD3UODmKCw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><i>Visiting UK/Taiwan based filmmaker Leigh Rodgers ("In Transit") talks about his film and his experiences at CamboFest 2009</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9djhIzzjI/AAAAAAAAAas/ZA3eDFGsFh4/s1600-h/DSC02243.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9djhIzzjI/AAAAAAAAAas/ZA3eDFGsFh4/s400/DSC02243.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413148141894749746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dBBLGEUI/AAAAAAAAAaU/Op5ttQ1OrJo/s1600-h/DSC02240.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dBBLGEUI/AAAAAAAAAaU/Op5ttQ1OrJo/s400/DSC02240.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413147549198848322" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9bgtHQA_I/AAAAAAAAAX8/eK_yNHEL_GU/s1600-h/DSC02095.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9bgtHQA_I/AAAAAAAAAX8/eK_yNHEL_GU/s400/DSC02095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413145894546572274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Filmmaker Ilya Batuev ('Guided by Spirit') en route with us from Phnom Penh to Kampot </span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cBkDiFHI/AAAAAAAAAYk/6yuK59Pw-Ss/s1600-h/DSC02105.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cBkDiFHI/AAAAAAAAAYk/6yuK59Pw-Ss/s400/DSC02105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413146459050742898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Climbing the rafters of the old 'Royal' cinema to set up the screen</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9biKp4dFI/AAAAAAAAAYc/1IzBlABHyYY/s1600-h/DSC02103.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9biKp4dFI/AAAAAAAAAYc/1IzBlABHyYY/s400/DSC02103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413145919656326226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Setting up the screen, custom made to fit the 'Royal' (but suitable for other venues - contact CamboFest at info@cambofest.com for local rental inquiries) - lack of rental houses and equipment infrastructure makes improvisation an essential part of CamboFest</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9bh_-ioUI/AAAAAAAAAYU/udkM1HzBui8/s1600-h/DSC02101.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9bh_-ioUI/AAAAAAAAAYU/udkM1HzBui8/s400/DSC02101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413145916790186306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9bhefJerI/AAAAAAAAAYM/xhFY1u--0zI/s1600-h/DSC02099.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9bhefJerI/AAAAAAAAAYM/xhFY1u--0zI/s400/DSC02099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413145907800144562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9bg27aVrI/AAAAAAAAAYE/K1cJhixSfYU/s1600-h/DSC02098.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9bg27aVrI/AAAAAAAAAYE/K1cJhixSfYU/s400/DSC02098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413145897181271730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cafd8XiI/AAAAAAAAAZs/sBTqsOUgBH8/s1600-h/DSC02164.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cafd8XiI/AAAAAAAAAZs/sBTqsOUgBH8/s400/DSC02164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413146887316069922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Ambient light situation due to 'Royal's' damaged roof necessitated the use of this 7000 + lumen projector, courtesy the US Embassy in Phnom Penh.</span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9caHTgyDI/AAAAAAAAAZk/UoUDu_83URk/s1600-h/DSC02156.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9caHTgyDI/AAAAAAAAAZk/UoUDu_83URk/s400/DSC02156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413146880829868082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Testing the gear with a live audience...</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cZ8UJYWI/AAAAAAAAAZc/BrkO3vuJevc/s1600-h/DSC02147.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cZ8UJYWI/AAAAAAAAAZc/BrkO3vuJevc/s400/DSC02147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413146877879738722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cZi5C78I/AAAAAAAAAZU/PjtOn5s7Zv8/s1600-h/DSC02144.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cZi5C78I/AAAAAAAAAZU/PjtOn5s7Zv8/s400/DSC02144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413146871055183810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cDEoAczI/AAAAAAAAAZE/lvTJIweSEpc/s1600-h/DSC02140.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cDEoAczI/AAAAAAAAAZE/lvTJIweSEpc/s400/DSC02140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413146484973531954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cCkZNX2I/AAAAAAAAAY8/0APyy6Izfm8/s1600-h/DSC02135.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cCkZNX2I/AAAAAAAAAY8/0APyy6Izfm8/s400/DSC02135.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413146476321529698" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Suong Sambath (left) and Mr. Tol (right) - essential staff who learned on the job in current and previous editions of CamboFest</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cCdfGDDI/AAAAAAAAAY0/c8HiCuNp_S8/s1600-h/DSC02134.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cCdfGDDI/AAAAAAAAAY0/c8HiCuNp_S8/s400/DSC02134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413146474467167282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cCNZm74I/AAAAAAAAAYs/fvKSO6zeDPc/s1600-h/DSC02110.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9cCNZm74I/AAAAAAAAAYs/fvKSO6zeDPc/s400/DSC02110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413146470149189506" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Mr. Tol sets up an info booth at a nearby Guesthouse...</span><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9LnHF8L3I/AAAAAAAAANE/7D0H1eRalrg/s1600-h/DSC02117.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9LnHF8L3I/AAAAAAAAANE/7D0H1eRalrg/s400/DSC02117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128412413570930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">CamboFest 2007 Grabay Meas award winner, Harri Anenden, (' The Cathedral') in town<br />all the way from Mauritius</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XO6NiYFI/AAAAAAAAAWU/7wS4J3WvD34/s1600-h/DSC02349.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XO6NiYFI/AAAAAAAAAWU/7wS4J3WvD34/s400/DSC02349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413141190778445906" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Hanging out at a Cambodian roast-beef restaurant after the show -<br />visiting filmmaker James Speck is at the left<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">*** BOGUS Spoofed email, Below ***</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyID01jWVDI/AAAAAAAAAiw/cd4J5MSIC0I/s1600-h/Spoof_email.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 455px; height: 588px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/SyID01jWVDI/AAAAAAAAAiw/cd4J5MSIC0I/s400/Spoof_email.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413893908316181554" border="0" /></a>...copy of a spoof email (above) sent here in Cambodia in an attempt to disrupt CamboFest 2009! The Cambodia Daily received this and called us to check up on it - thanks to Christi Hang at the Cambodia Daily for diligent followup, which prevented such a story from actually being (wrongfully) printed.<br /><br />What maligned forces were behind all this interference? The evidence is still coming in, but the rumors are flying; the only other event happening at the time was a local photography festival taking place a long way from Kampot, in Phnom Penh. Until Microsoft comes through with their assessment (sent from bogus "cambofest@hotmail.com" address) , folks can only speculate, but the general consensus is it was the work of foreigners in the local 'art scene' here in Cambodia.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">Folks at Microsoft advise us that spoofing and Phishing, such as had taken place here, are</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">** jailable offences **</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"> for offenders; for the foreign, non-Cambodians who attempted to try to damage the development of Cambodia's motion picture and media sector via this email and other interference...</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">we'll cross that bridge when we get to it (<span>if the Cambodian government doesn't address this issue first</span>)</span><br /></div><br />In any case, the various spoofed emails and prank classified ads did little damage to CamboFest, as can be seen in the content here, and via the historical fact that CamboFest - a grass roots endeavor with an extremely limited budget - did nonetheless successfully resurrect a vintage pre-Khmer Rouge era cinema house, to the benefit of Cambodian civil society, the province of Kampot, and the motion picture industry here.<br /><br />Visiting guests and filmmakers - now and in the future - should be aware that the local Cambodian authorities, once they approve an event such as CamboFest, will go to significant lengths to ensure that security remains strong.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9ZaVm1hJI/AAAAAAAAAXc/IUGEyOi7UvE/s1600-h/DSC02360.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9ZaVm1hJI/AAAAAAAAAXc/IUGEyOi7UvE/s400/DSC02360.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413143586134131858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Celebrating a successful launch of year 3 of CAMBOFEST, Cambodia's only currently functioning annual international movie festival. Note the use of radios, which allowed us to bypass interference caused by 3rd party foreign pranksters. The presumed intention was to tie up our phone lines via fake classified ads placed in local web forums, etc.</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XOCKfqBI/AAAAAAAAAWE/QCJtJ2mm-Qc/s1600-h/DSC02336.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XOCKfqBI/AAAAAAAAAWE/QCJtJ2mm-Qc/s400/DSC02336.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413141175733299218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Taking a break in between films...</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9ME2A4TvI/AAAAAAAAAOM/rqdbXDChhsw/s1600-h/DSC02133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9ME2A4TvI/AAAAAAAAAOM/rqdbXDChhsw/s400/DSC02133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128923225018098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Typical evening audience at Cambofest 2009, sitting on ubiquitous Cambodian-style plastic chairs. Daytime crowds tended to be thinner due to lack of air con and other factors; attendance was also boosted in any case by a large group of Vietnamese university students, visiting from Raffles International college in Ho Chi Minh city (showing up in their army of Tuk Tuks especially for CamboFest)</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9UUJShQGI/AAAAAAAAAV0/Uf9yIiHumE0/s1600-h/DSC02327.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9UUJShQGI/AAAAAAAAAV0/Uf9yIiHumE0/s400/DSC02327.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413137982190338146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">From 'The Playground'</span><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9UUUe-lDI/AAAAAAAAAV8/dHyf3bfDPT0/s1600-h/DSC02328.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9UUUe-lDI/AAAAAAAAAV8/dHyf3bfDPT0/s400/DSC02328.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413137985195381810" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9UGvFc0rI/AAAAAAAAAVs/ptATS-UHKU0/s1600-h/DSC02312.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9UGvFc0rI/AAAAAAAAAVs/ptATS-UHKU0/s400/DSC02312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413137751817900722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Unsure of this one...</span><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dkBC5ZOI/AAAAAAAAAa8/Hhn8j5KVxMw/s1600-h/DSC02252.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dkBC5ZOI/AAAAAAAAAa8/Hhn8j5KVxMw/s400/DSC02252.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413148150459884770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Filmmaker Leigh Rodgers, visiting from the UK especially for CamboFest 2009, introduces his extremely likeable movie, "In Transit". (See a video with Leigh earlier in this blog)</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dj4ZvsyI/AAAAAAAAAa0/Y0uSPDEq89c/s1600-h/DSC02250.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dj4ZvsyI/AAAAAAAAAa0/Y0uSPDEq89c/s400/DSC02250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413148148139799330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dAneOieI/AAAAAAAAAaE/AWQdvz9e1uU/s1600-h/DSC02206.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dAneOieI/AAAAAAAAAaE/AWQdvz9e1uU/s400/DSC02206.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413147542299773410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">From 'Netherworld', which drew nearly all curious Cambodian viewers</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dAT3oILI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/WLim2oXGVdQ/s1600-h/DSC02196.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9dAT3oILI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/WLim2oXGVdQ/s400/DSC02196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413147537037598898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Various onesheets and support materials sent in by filmmakers...</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9c_9vydKI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/DEFHBTp14Ro/s1600-h/DSC02195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9c_9vydKI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/DEFHBTp14Ro/s400/DSC02195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413147531099141282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9UGd076QI/AAAAAAAAAVk/HZW71jrD6t4/s1600-h/DSC02311.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9UGd076QI/AAAAAAAAAVk/HZW71jrD6t4/s400/DSC02311.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413137747185232130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">From 'Sky in December'</span><br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XOCKfqBI/AAAAAAAAAWE/QCJtJ2mm-Qc/s1600-h/DSC02336.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XOCKfqBI/AAAAAAAAAWE/QCJtJ2mm-Qc/s400/DSC02336.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413141175733299218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9LnYaxNoI/AAAAAAAAANM/qv8Jo-1mTbs/s1600-h/DSC02121.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9LnYaxNoI/AAAAAAAAANM/qv8Jo-1mTbs/s400/DSC02121.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128417064334978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9YYbXs98I/AAAAAAAAAWs/56tQiB14TNg/s1600-h/DSC02353.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9YYbXs98I/AAAAAAAAAWs/56tQiB14TNg/s400/DSC02353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413142453809903554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Cambodian animator Chuunly Poy, winner of the Grabay Meas award in the 2007 edition of CamboFest, at local roast beef restaurant after the show.</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XPZuD3YI/AAAAAAAAAWk/hyew_KTe2e4/s1600-h/DSC02351.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XPZuD3YI/AAAAAAAAAWk/hyew_KTe2e4/s400/DSC02351.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413141199236357506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">These guests had started travelling in Mongolia, and were only planning to be in Cambodia a few days - but they still stuck around for most of CamboFest! Apparently Narith had gotten to them with his megaphone moto.</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XPDrSoxI/AAAAAAAAAWc/82jN77q-Yr8/s1600-h/DSC02350.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XPDrSoxI/AAAAAAAAAWc/82jN77q-Yr8/s400/DSC02350.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413141193319162642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XORtALkI/AAAAAAAAAWM/JcbpUO5MGSk/s1600-h/DSC02347.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9XORtALkI/AAAAAAAAAWM/JcbpUO5MGSk/s400/DSC02347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413141179904568898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Tomas (editor of 'Schritt fur Schritt), left, visiting from Germany to rep his film; Cambodian animator Panith Norm and CamboFest staffer Narith Hoo next to him.</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9ZZ9vigbI/AAAAAAAAAXU/psR4jMMN4_o/s1600-h/DSC02359.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9ZZ9vigbI/AAAAAAAAAXU/psR4jMMN4_o/s400/DSC02359.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413143579728183730" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Monsoon Pictures photographer Simon Toffanello and his gal Mum, down from Phnom Penh for the weekend to catch some flicks (and shoot some stills) at CamboFest 2009.</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eINA7cJI/AAAAAAAAAbk/MXCDh60AwZA/s1600-h/DSC02297.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eINA7cJI/AAAAAAAAAbk/MXCDh60AwZA/s400/DSC02297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413148772148146322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Mr. Tol takes a well-earned nap between shows</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eHsEft4I/AAAAAAAAAbU/PlMi4CKwJ6Q/s1600-h/DSC02272.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eHsEft4I/AAAAAAAAAbU/PlMi4CKwJ6Q/s400/DSC02272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413148763304736642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Visiting feline creeps across the rafters of the old 'Royal' cinema, and below</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eHSXqj-I/AAAAAAAAAbM/TDuxqNGYh9A/s1600-h/DSC02270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eHSXqj-I/AAAAAAAAAbM/TDuxqNGYh9A/s400/DSC02270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413148756405817314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Ty2GMCYI/AAAAAAAAAU8/_ZvK96sEMcQ/s1600-h/DSC02305.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Ty2GMCYI/AAAAAAAAAU8/_ZvK96sEMcQ/s400/DSC02305.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413137410102659458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >From 'Neil Reinu'</span><br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TyTXr3GI/AAAAAAAAAUs/ZeecYUaSlSI/s1600-h/DSC02302.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TyTXr3GI/AAAAAAAAAUs/ZeecYUaSlSI/s400/DSC02302.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413137400780807266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">From 'Revenge of the Nail' </span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TyCzEm_I/AAAAAAAAAUk/87uPzUJk0Y8/s1600-h/DSC02300.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TyCzEm_I/AAAAAAAAAUk/87uPzUJk0Y8/s400/DSC02300.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413137396332272626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TYPOgveI/AAAAAAAAAUM/va5tClRatr4/s1600-h/DSC02288.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TYPOgveI/AAAAAAAAAUM/va5tClRatr4/s400/DSC02288.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413136952991989218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">From 'Milking the Rhino'</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TX1IZ5SI/AAAAAAAAAUE/ziTGcl0E_Vo/s1600-h/DSC02286.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TX1IZ5SI/AAAAAAAAAUE/ziTGcl0E_Vo/s400/DSC02286.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413136945987052834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TXm5bQGI/AAAAAAAAAT8/BP89yv34U5k/s1600-h/DSC02283.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TXm5bQGI/AAAAAAAAAT8/BP89yv34U5k/s400/DSC02283.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413136942166130786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9epX7xJYI/AAAAAAAAAcM/B3voARmezrk/s1600-h/DSC02338.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9epX7xJYI/AAAAAAAAAcM/B3voARmezrk/s400/DSC02338.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413149342014973314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Volunteers David (in green), and Koala (in doorway), materialized from nowhere to help throughout the fest</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eo_4pP3I/AAAAAAAAAb8/SeiefO5XxbI/s1600-h/DSC02333.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eo_4pP3I/AAAAAAAAAb8/SeiefO5XxbI/s400/DSC02333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413149335559421810" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eokmW0CI/AAAAAAAAAb0/G012NEaE9po/s1600-h/DSC02332.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eokmW0CI/AAAAAAAAAb0/G012NEaE9po/s400/DSC02332.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413149328234958882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Illya Batuev and local Kampot movie fan after the show</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eocBMHJI/AAAAAAAAAbs/Yc1d8LUd-Rc/s1600-h/DSC02298.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9eocBMHJI/AAAAAAAAAbs/Yc1d8LUd-Rc/s400/DSC02298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413149325931584658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Panith Norm, left, CamboFest's Jason Rosette (center), and Leigh Rodgers (right)</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TFCBnXFI/AAAAAAAAATc/6vNSpfK1VFc/s1600-h/DSC02269.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9TFCBnXFI/AAAAAAAAATc/6vNSpfK1VFc/s400/DSC02269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413136623030721618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >From 'Lumia'; lack of aircon on this day in particular had some impact on the first session show, but diehard fans</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> still came to watch this very unique doc.</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9SKloJGjI/AAAAAAAAASk/i32Tzgthdz8/s1600-h/DSC02247.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9SKloJGjI/AAAAAAAAASk/i32Tzgthdz8/s400/DSC02247.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413135618975275570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Visiting filmmaker John Trinh (left) and CamboFest's J Rosette at a great breakfast and lunch hangout, the "year 2000 restaurant*" (* real name unknown)</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9SKPOFW0I/AAAAAAAAASc/tltzh-hHrFc/s1600-h/DSC02239.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9SKPOFW0I/AAAAAAAAASc/tltzh-hHrFc/s400/DSC02239.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413135612960398146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Legendary Cambodian filmmaker Yvon Hem's 'Shadow of Darkness brought in a great crossover audience of local Khmer and foreigners; although we charged an admission fee per session, we made things as affordable as we could. Local women seated in the back paid in banannas (which came in handy for busy staff)</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9SJn1eWmI/AAAAAAAAASM/PnOKaT8vKWM/s1600-h/DSC02236.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9SJn1eWmI/AAAAAAAAASM/PnOKaT8vKWM/s400/DSC02236.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413135602388195938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >From 'Shadow of Darkness'; a quick phone call with the filmmaker before the screening welcomed all guests to this one-of-a-kind movie, one of the first features to be made in Cambodia following the Pol Pot regime.<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Ryr-Z6_I/AAAAAAAAAR0/y2_p6lgbET8/s1600-h/DSC02230.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Ryr-Z6_I/AAAAAAAAAR0/y2_p6lgbET8/s400/DSC02230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413135208362404850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Rx91FKqI/AAAAAAAAARk/x2zkfvowwE8/s1600-h/DSC02228.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Rx91FKqI/AAAAAAAAARk/x2zkfvowwE8/s400/DSC02228.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413135195975264930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9RxhHmdqI/AAAAAAAAARc/wRTgsEijYY4/s1600-h/DSC02226.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9RxhHmdqI/AAAAAAAAARc/wRTgsEijYY4/s400/DSC02226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413135188268316322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">From 'Survive', filmmaker Roshane Saidnatter's compelling documentary - and the first Cambodian film to be nominated for a 'Best of' award at the annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (see www.asiapacificscreenawards.com) ; movie was submitted by CamboFest as an organization repping Cambodia with the APSA.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Q7a4PxnI/AAAAAAAAARU/sjzvXnYMS7Q/s1600-h/DSC02221.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Q7a4PxnI/AAAAAAAAARU/sjzvXnYMS7Q/s400/DSC02221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413134258880366194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Panith Norm's 'Mosquito in Dreaming' , below</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Q6boN7zI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/FSo1_SctNTo/s1600-h/DSC02216.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Q6boN7zI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/FSo1_SctNTo/s400/DSC02216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413134241901702962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Q5wp-FsI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/KxBvRyiGoHs/s1600-h/DSC02211.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Q5wp-FsI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/KxBvRyiGoHs/s400/DSC02211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413134230366328514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9QSMy5TxI/AAAAAAAAAQc/uAhrnK568uY/s1600-h/DSC02201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9QSMy5TxI/AAAAAAAAAQc/uAhrnK568uY/s400/DSC02201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413133550725189394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >From "Netherworld'</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9QR4w74wI/AAAAAAAAAQU/jEhlGSzO6Y4/s1600-h/DSC02200.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9QR4w74wI/AAAAAAAAAQU/jEhlGSzO6Y4/s400/DSC02200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413133545348260610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OV9bU6AI/AAAAAAAAAQE/uw4DV9mh79k/s1600-h/DSC02187.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OV9bU6AI/AAAAAAAAAQE/uw4DV9mh79k/s400/DSC02187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413131416296024066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >From 'Up and About Again' - the snow-covered car mesmerized local Cambodian viewers</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OVo4AF5I/AAAAAAAAAP8/6Qp7zYhiRF0/s1600-h/DSC02185.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OVo4AF5I/AAAAAAAAAP8/6Qp7zYhiRF0/s400/DSC02185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413131410779150226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OVPZz1BI/AAAAAAAAAP0/b9y_QHwaFeA/s1600-h/DSC02182.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OVPZz1BI/AAAAAAAAAP0/b9y_QHwaFeA/s400/DSC02182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413131403941630994" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">'Massacrator' evoked responses of all kinds...</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OUzxJqZI/AAAAAAAAAPs/ueAPFN_cULc/s1600-h/DSC02181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OUzxJqZI/AAAAAAAAAPs/ueAPFN_cULc/s400/DSC02181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413131396523338130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OUvMRtNI/AAAAAAAAAPk/NQnFVP58Gr0/s1600-h/DSC02180.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9OUvMRtNI/AAAAAAAAAPk/NQnFVP58Gr0/s400/DSC02180.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413131395294934226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Nsw0E0wI/AAAAAAAAAPU/PYA_ZjdhR-E/s1600-h/DSC02178.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Nsw0E0wI/AAAAAAAAAPU/PYA_ZjdhR-E/s400/DSC02178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413130708535530242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NsvP4w0I/AAAAAAAAAPM/wjwT3TMVDYk/s1600-h/DSC02177.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NsvP4w0I/AAAAAAAAAPM/wjwT3TMVDYk/s400/DSC02177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413130708115309378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >From 'Urban Knots'</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NsZT4PdI/AAAAAAAAAPE/sv_dbbrBfIM/s1600-h/DSC02176.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NsZT4PdI/AAAAAAAAAPE/sv_dbbrBfIM/s400/DSC02176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413130702226472402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >From 'Transylvania Timber' </span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Nrwnu-jI/AAAAAAAAAO8/AO3pSudwZS8/s1600-h/DSC02175.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Nrwnu-jI/AAAAAAAAAO8/AO3pSudwZS8/s400/DSC02175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413130691303897650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NdoaKpDI/AAAAAAAAAO0/IgOY5tJtpzw/s1600-h/DSC02174.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NdoaKpDI/AAAAAAAAAO0/IgOY5tJtpzw/s400/DSC02174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413130448581338162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Ncx5FnrI/AAAAAAAAAOk/zv-nqnZeYdE/s1600-h/DSC02172.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9Ncx5FnrI/AAAAAAAAAOk/zv-nqnZeYdE/s400/DSC02172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413130433947082418" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NcUlSbpI/AAAAAAAAAOc/exqrRfT_7tg/s1600-h/DSC02150.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NcUlSbpI/AAAAAAAAAOc/exqrRfT_7tg/s400/DSC02150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413130426079407762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Filmmaker Roshane Saidnatter, visiting from France for the Cambodian premiere of her striking docu, 'Surviveand , with CamboFest's Jason Rosette</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NcDiNDYI/AAAAAAAAAOU/vWt_LWfJKuI/s1600-h/DSC02148.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9NcDiNDYI/AAAAAAAAAOU/vWt_LWfJKuI/s400/DSC02148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413130421503069570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9MEktSmMI/AAAAAAAAAOE/snwUoNKzXcc/s1600-h/DSC02132.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9MEktSmMI/AAAAAAAAAOE/snwUoNKzXcc/s400/DSC02132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128918579452098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Filmmakers Leigh Rodgers, visiting from Taiwan, and John Trinh on the right, visiting from the USA</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9MEQyV4fI/AAAAAAAAAN8/MbuzlGR8SlU/s1600-h/DSC02130.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9MEQyV4fI/AAAAAAAAAN8/MbuzlGR8SlU/s400/DSC02130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128913231929842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >S. Korean punk flick, 'Bangham Staion' plays before a welcoming audience - movie was well received, scoring well with the audience during our surveys to determine winners of the Grabay Meas ("Golden Buffalo")</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9MEIWFIUI/AAAAAAAAAN0/-e8w3v-4EHI/s1600-h/DSC02128.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9MEIWFIUI/AAAAAAAAAN0/-e8w3v-4EHI/s400/DSC02128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128910965907778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Filmmaker John Trinh (left), Mr. Tol, two moviegoers from South Africa, and filmmaker Ilya Batuev</span><br /></span><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9YZOIC_XI/AAAAAAAAAW8/qv8J_ml30T4/s1600-h/DSC02356.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9YZOIC_XI/AAAAAAAAAW8/qv8J_ml30T4/s400/DSC02356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413142467434446194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9MDpSwJXI/AAAAAAAAANs/GtTFE7NfKqk/s1600-h/DSC02127.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9MDpSwJXI/AAAAAAAAANs/GtTFE7NfKqk/s400/DSC02127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128902630450546" border="0" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9LoVM_E9I/AAAAAAAAANk/kaoyJpv8fZ8/s1600-h/DSC02126.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9LoVM_E9I/AAAAAAAAANk/kaoyJpv8fZ8/s400/DSC02126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128433381086162" border="0" /></a><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9LoHJKBsI/AAAAAAAAANc/oqlLm9Olu1U/s1600-h/DSC02125.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YAXFqp3Tblc/Sx9LoHJKBsI/AAAAAAAAANc/oqlLm9Olu1U/s400/DSC02125.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413128429606930114" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-style: italic;">Update</span>: we're optioning the CamboFest story to a New York City, USA, based publisher about our experiences putting together a film festival out here in the Cambodian context. No title yet, but will include everything: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the whole 3-year adventure in detail. Look out for all the juiciest (and sometimes controversial) bits which took place behind the scenes during the course of this season's CamboFest...<br /></p><p>Anyway, hope you enjoyed the blog and feel free to email us at <a href="mailto:info@cambofest.com">info@cambofest.com</a> with any inquiries.<br /></p><p>All the Best,</p><p>The CAMBOFEST Team<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cambofest.com/">http://www.cambofest.com</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">*** Screen, gear, generator, and other hardware which were used at CamboFest 2009 all available for rent - contact <a href="mailto:info@cambofest.com">info@cambofest.com</a> **</span><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">:: CAMERADO ::
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