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Support the re-birth of cinema in a developing country: CAMBOFEST, Cambodia!

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Support Cambodia's Indie Film Festival, CAMBOFEST! Contribute to the rebirth of cinema culture in Asia: Support CAMBOFEST, Cambodia CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia ( http://www.cambofest.com ) enters its 4th edition on March 1-9, 2011! "CamboFest brings the magic of movies to the land of Angkor" -Julie and Roger Corman His Majesty the King-Father asked me to thank you on His behalf. He read with great interest your report about your activities in reviving the cinema industry in Cambodia."   - From the cabinet of H.M. The King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia CamboFest is Cambodia's first international movie event since the end of the Khmer Rouge era. Launched in 2550 (2007) by longtime Cambodia-based media producer and filmmaker Jason Rosette , and now entering its 4th year, CamboFest, Cambodia set out  to launch a functional entertainment and edutainment-oriented film festival platform in a country which cont...

CAMBOFEST, Cambodia uncovers another vintage pre-Khmer rouge cinema house

CAMBOFEST, Cambodia uncovers another vintage pre-Khmer rouge cinema house Here for the first time, CAMBOFEST, Cambodia ( www.cambofest.com ) staff present on mobile phone video one of the four original cinemas in Kampot, Cambodia. =>  Only three of the four original pre-Khmer Rouge era cinema houses remain in Kampot: the 'Maraka', the 'Royal' (re-discovered and brought back to life for the 2009 edition of CamboFest) ...and this one, formerly known as the __________________, to be unveiled for use as a possible venue at the 4.0 edition of CAMBOFEST: film and Video Festival of Cambodia. Despite a grass-roots budget and largely volunteer staff, CamboFest surprised UNESCO and others in the Cambodian context by re-discovering and bringing back to life the vintage 'Royal' cinema for its 2009 edition (as seen in our blog at => cambofest.blogspot.com ) Founded by media producer and filmmaker Jason Rosette in 2553 (2007), CamboFest is the longest ru...