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Year-end appeal to support Cambodia's only independent movie festival!

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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...

Back by popular demand - behind the scenes at a film festival in Cambodia, CAMBOFEST

Jason 'Camerado' Rosette   Back by popular demand! An amazing behind the scenes look at the making of an independent movie event in Cambodia: The CamboFest (Cambodia) Story (Part 1) ~ http://cameradomoviesandmedia.blogspot.c   om/2010/01/cambofest-story-part-1.html Posted via email from Camerado @ Posterous

Cambodian filmmaker Yvon Hem receives his Grabay Meas ('Golden Waterbuffalo') trophy from CAMBOFEST, Cambodia

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A photo with late, great Cambodian  ‪#‎ filmmaker‬  Yvon Hem, who we awarded the Grabay Meas 'Golden Buffalo' trophy for his  ‪#‎ movie‬  'Shadow of Darkness' at the CamboFest, Cambodia Film Festival . He was also an advisor for our ongoing movie project, 'Freedom Deal' . Despite his monumental life's work, Mr. Yvon Hem had at the time not yet been awarded any kind of official recognition...so it was our honor and pleasure to provide him with this award trophy!

‘NANOOK OF THE NORTH’ to premiere in Cambodia...88 years after its initial release at CAMBOFEST, Cambodia

‘NANOOK OF THE NORTH’ to premiere in Cambodia...88 years after its initial release at CAMBOFEST, Cambodia Robert Flaherty’s ‘Nanook of the North’, considered to be the first feature-length documentary, will at last officially premiere in Cambodia, no less than eighty-eight years after its release. CamboFest: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia ( www.cambofest.com ) has confirmed with the permission of The Flaherty/International Film Seminars, Inc. that Flaherty’s classic 1922 arctic documentary will have its long awaited Cambodian theatrical premiere at the upcoming 4th edition of CamboFest, scheduled to run March 1-9, 2011, with selected previews in Phnom Penh in December 2010. A grass roots, private sector event, CamboFest is the longest running international movie festival in Cambodia. Documentaries, animation, shorts, features, and local Cambodian films are programmed in broad-themed, ‘primarily entertaining’ strands, with the in...

The CamboFest Story: a behind the scenes look at Cambodia's first internationally recognized film festival, CamboFest

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THE CAMBOFEST STORY ...regarding the unusual and mysterious events surrounding  the 3rd Edition of CAMBOFEST, Cambodia Film Festival - www.cambofest.com "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 "I found the write-up, below, absolutely mesmerizing" - Mr. Balen, Indochine Law (KL/Bangkok/Phnom Penh) CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia Year 3 / 2009 Edition ( http://www.cambofest.com / http:cambofest.blogspot.com ), Cambodia’s first international independent movie festival - now entering its 4th year - took place on December 4-6 in Kampot, Cambodia. 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 re...