This post reflects on my enriching experience at Rimbun Dahan art residency, emphasizing increased focus on the Chaktomuk Short Film Festival amidst social isolation that connected them with nature. I formed valuable relationships with fellow residents and local figures, celebrated Eid for the first time, and left with rewarding connections and cultural insights.
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Five Key Life Lessons 2025 Teaches Me
In 2025, I experienced significant highs and lows, marked by professional challenges and personal struggles. Key lessons include the importance of recognizing problems without fixation, the impact of compromises on boundaries, financial realities, trusting processes while remaining cautious, and the decisive role of leadership. After all these sensations, I remain hopeful for future growth through 2026.
“S’Art” for Beautiful and Clean Battambang
Co-organized by Phare Ponleu Selapak, a Battambang art association, S’art Urban Art Festival showcases diverse modern art for its 05th edition in November 2025. Highlights include live performances, unique culinary experiences, and a nostalgic film screening in a vintage cinema, reflecting Cambodia’s vibrant artistic scene.
5 Days in Holland, 5 Experiences to Make Film Programming Whole!
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…… Continue reading 5 Days in Holland, 5 Experiences to Make Film Programming Whole!
Manila for “Many” Chances
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,…… Continue reading Manila for “Many” Chances
Another Year with CSFF, Another Round of Humbling Experiences
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…… Continue reading Another Year with CSFF, Another Round of Humbling Experiences
