CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia - Media Center
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CamboFest 2009 Schedule & Program
Topics:
Broadband/Internet, Community networking, Media Arts Centers, Public Infrastructure & Access, Universal Access
Target Audience:
Asian Americans, Broad-based public audience, college students, communication practicioners, community groups, Community journalists and local audiences, Community Video, Documentarians / Storytellers, educators, engaged artists and non-profits, festivals & events, filmmakers, government agencies, govt. agencies, historians, immigrant groups, libraries, philanthropic community, Public school students, researchers, schools, Social media technology, underserved communities , women
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Budget
Raised to date: $9,000.00
Estimate to complete: $32,000.00
Total Estimated Budget: $41,000.00
The budget numbers above are accurate as of 03/01/2011
Key Personnel
Jason Rosette
Co-Director
Jason Rosette is a filmmaker, and media producer and consultant who has lived and worked in Cambodia for the past 5 + years. Along with Cambodian colleagues Phun Sokuntheartih, Narith Hoo, Suong Sambath, and others, he as helped direct, program, fundraise, promote, and manage the event since its inception in 2007.
He has a BFA in Fiilm & TV from New York University, and an MA (Masters in Development Studies) from the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Mr. Rosette received a Fullbright Hayes grant for CamboFestrelated activities for the years 2008 & 2009, with current applications pending for 2010 / 2011.
Phun Sokunthearith
Festival coordinator & co-producer
Mr. Phun Sokunthearith ~ Coordinator & Co-producer ("Mr. Tol") started assisting CamboFest in 2007 as a screener coordinator and associate producer. Dueto his fluency in English, I had approached him initially to assistwith live Khmer lanugage narrations of selected movies--which is theprevailing style here in Cambodia, versus subtitling, due to literacy issues.
Mr. Tol is currently in charge ofviewing short form movie submissions, and he is currently onboard as anassociate producer and possibly co-director for the 2010-11 CamboFest.
Oneof our fundraising goals is to raise the money for a regular salary forall CamboFest staff, versus having them work on a freelance/contractbasis.
Loak Gon
Facilitator
Loak Gon
Loak Gon is the owner of the once-majestic 'Royal' cinema in Kampot, Cambodia, on Cambodia's South Coast - the key venue for CamboFest 2009 Edition.
Gon was battalion leader with the Cambodian Republican Army fighting the Khmer Rouge (and NVA/VC) forces in the early 70's. After the capitulation of the Republican army to the KR, the 'Royal' fell into disrepair, and Gon worked on a labor camp in Battambang.
Following the liberation of Cambodia to intervening Vietnamese forces, Gon returned to Kampot and took over the old 'Royal' cinema house and, per the government's encouragement, operated the theater again from 1985-1989, when dwindling audience numbers (due to the VCR) caused the Royal to be shuttered.
The 'Royal' was re-opened again for CamboFest 2009 edition, after having been unused as an active cinema for 20 years.
CamboFest 2010-2011 edition will once again take place at the 'Royal' along with other local and rural venues in Kampot and Kep.
[See pictures of the 'Royal' on the CamboFest blog with his soupped-up mobile megaphone moto, used as a grass-roots PR device]
Funders
| Name | Amount | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Contributors | $4,500.00 |
Short Synopsis
CAMBOFEST is Cambodia's first internationally recognized independent movie festival, and is Cambodia's longest running international movie festival event.
We are currently seeking to establish, aside from normal annual event-oriented festival operations, a year-round administrative and media center which can serve as the home for CamboFest in the offseason and as a location for special screenings, lectures, and workshops.
Description/Treatment
In 2007 Camerado, launched Cambodia's first independent film festival, CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia--see www.cambofest.com for more information.
As an independent effort in an emerging democracy, CamboFest continues to be an essential venue for independent media in a part of the developing world where truly independent media forums are still being established.
Over 200 international and local filmmakers have eagerly submitted and shown their work to entirely new Cambodian audiences (some of whom have never seen a documentary, for instance). Cross-cultural understandings have been greatly enhanced, and a new generation of film and media makers have been turned on to the possibilities of expression and sharing of ideas through film and video.
Now entering our 4th year, CamboFest is one of the few venues in all of Southeast Asia which is 100% IP-friendly as well. In a country with a 95% piracy rate, CamboFest seeks and secure permissions to screen films from all participating filmmakers.
CamboFest is striving to create a bona fide independent film festival in a nation which is still rebuilding itself from years of civil war and oppression under the Khmer Rouge regime. In many ways, though, we're starting from scratch: the film culture and other arts in Cambodia were completely destroyed, with most students and trained professionals fleeing the country or being removed from civil society altogether.
As part of a goal concurrent with our 4th edition, we are seeking to secure a dedicated, year-round venue. This permanent venue will serve as:
- a multipurpose screening room and administrative center
- production facility with capability to dub and narrate foreign produced films into Khmer language.
We're also seeking to improve the infrastructure of the festival component. To date, equipment has been utilized from a variety of ad-hoc sources and loans, which has impacted production quality of events.
We are therefore seeking, in this current 4th year, to improve our festival exhibition component as follows:
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improved AV system and generators
- high-impact portable screen systems
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multi-format, high-lumens HD capable projection system
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basic safety additions to older/vintage venues (lighting for the stairs and entrance, and a more 'inviting' and modern public restroom are)
- dedicated exhibition workstation with mixing inputs and mics for live narrations
Once again his year we're happy to announce that we have the 501 (c) 3 fiscal sponsorship of Media Alliance (www.media-alliance.org).
We hope that this will make our project more attractive to US based donors and funders, while we continue to cherish the support of all our non-US and local in-kind and financial contributors.
[See pix and some video from the 2009 Edition of CamboFest at http://cambofest.blogspot.com/]
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