‘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...