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In the last few years, I have purposely expanded my knowledge based beyond film disciplines. That was how I got connected with other Cambodian artists and arts managers over the years, especially thanks to Cambodian Living Arts. Last year, CLA’s then-Grant Manager, Sinath, shared her graduation from Asia Peace Innovators Forum. Although I don’t describe…
As Let’s Document Cambodia (LDC) has been an integral part of Sunflower Film Organization (SFO), with the current grant call proposed by Movies that Matter Festival (MtM), I am applying for our mobile screening project in 12 indigenous communities, across Cambodia. Since the same festival announced their recruitment of festival programmers from the Global South…
As I have taken up a new challenge this year, Southeast Asian Video Festival for Children (SEAVFC), I was supposed to be attending our 4th edition kick-off meeting in Hanoi. I thought then that, although the destination country is not new to me, at least, Hanoi feels fresh to my experience. As serendipity has it,…
Yeah, I’ve been back to (South) Korea, within five years after I graduate from Busan Asian Film School (AFiS)! This trip, however, sent me/us to Seoul for our advanced arts education course in last December. Out of my sheer curiosity, I had applied for the basic course back in September and was selected to attend…
Although I have heard a lot about this wide concept of “community arts”, little did I know my practices had anything to do with such disciplines. Yet, I applied for Mekong Cultural Hub’s call for “Community Collaboration Experiment” in last April. You got it right: an “experiment”, not a “project”, as I have “implemented in…
If you’ve followed my blog very closely, you notice Chaktomuk Short Film Festival (CSFF) has always been my annual highlight. For me, its new edition brings about new challenges. In this post, I’m going to share with you with five, which may benefit your event management skills or life experience in general! If you are…
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I kept thinking CSFF X-Edition was unconventional in that we hosted it all online, just owing to COVID19 side-effects. Little did I know recovery from that crisis would affect this year’s festival. The pandemic aside, Xi-Edition was faced with numerous challenges, both in human and financial terms. So what you’re going to read is about…
After two long years of hiatus, Cambodia has finally opened its borders, especially with Thailand, since early this year. My first overseas trip was made for a medical checkup with my father, by a hired taxi from Phnom Penh to Surin, Thailand. My second trip was experienced with my extended family to Nakhorn Rachsima on…
As you have followed my blog (or personal website now down for a while!), half of my posts would be to review the last place or country I traveled. This time around, explore Sri Lanka or Colombo, to be exact, with me through “our” accelerated workshop of Asia Peace Innovators Forum (APIF). Which I attended…
2024 was obviously overloading for me, but rich in experiences and perspectives. Four of which, I’d like to share with you here, after my long hiatus, due to some technical calibration! Last year, I seemed to take on more than I could “chew”, but manage to make them through. Besides my regular mission with SFA…