CAMBOFEST, Cambodia
International Film Festival Gears up for 5th Edition

CAMBOFEST, Cambodia International Film Festival,
the 1st international film festival in Cambodia since the end of the Khmer
Rouge regime, continues to gather sponsors and gear up for its historic 5th
edition.

CAMBOFEST, Cambodia International Film Festival,
http://www.cambofest.com, the 1st international film festival in Cambodia since
the end of the Khmer Rouge regime, adds to its existing sponsor base and gears
up for its historic 5th edition, heralding a half decade of international
festival programming in Cambodia.

Established in
2007/2550, CAMBOFEST is Cambodia’s first international movie festival event,
screening international, Cambodian, and Southeast Asian contemporary
independent features, documentaries, shorts, animation, and social issue movies.

Since the
festival’s inception in 2007, several other film festival events in Cambodia
have followed: the French government-funded Cambodia International Film
Festival (2010); the Angkor International Film Festival (2012); and numerous
other smaller showcases.

Yet the pioneering
international Southeast Asian film festival continues to operate as a
non-aligned, grass roots program, a rarity in the developing ASEAN nation.

According to the
pluralistic mission of the festival’s founder, filmmaker J Rosette and
co-organizer Phun Sokunthearith, CAMBOFEST seeks to help develop the
re-emerging Cambodian film industry by showcasing compelling movies “from
around the world”, regardless of donor or funding agendas.

From its launch
until its half-century mark today, CAMBOFEST  has relied on a significant
local and international filmmaker fanbase to drive the event forward from year
to year.

Sponsors,
filmmakers, and press can get more information at:  http://www.cambofest.com, and can subscribe to the CamboFest email list
at: http://eepurl.com/d5LQT  for updates, call for entry details, and more.