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When the Short Film Becomes a School — CSFF 2026 Opens Its Doors Wide to Young Filmmakers
For its 15th edition, the Chaktomuk Short Film Festival is not just receiving films: it is training those who will make them. A look back at a season of knowledge-sharing, encounters, and illumination.

Editorial team
Jun 223 min read


Tradition: Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
Her Majesty Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk celebrates her 90th birthday on Thursday, June 18, 2025.

Youk Chhang
Jun 184 min read


Cambodia & Culture: Haing S. Ngor, the man who survived the impossible
A doctor, survivor of the Khmer Rouge, Academy Award winner—and ultimately shot down in an alley in Los Angeles. The life of Haing S. Ngor surpasses anything fiction could invent. It tells us about Cambodia in both its darkest and brightest aspects at once.

Editorial team
Jun 155 min read


Culture: Leakhena Ly, the Apsara who writes for the world, the story of a success
With Almost Love: A Past-Life Destiny, the Khmer novelist delivers a debut that travels across eight countries and two lifetimes—translated by the sheer force of a universal language: love.

Editorial team
Jun 154 min read


Artisans Festival: when Phnom Penh rediscovers the soul of its artisans
Thirty years in Siem Reap, and it is in Phnom Penh that Artisans Angkor has chosen to reinvent itself. The Artisans Festival, the first of its kind in the capital, was not just another event on the city’s cultural calendar. It was something else—something difficult to categorize.

Editorial team
Jun 104 min read


Phnom Penh & Culture: Artisans Angkor makes its entrance into art and beauty in the capital
Last night, more than 200 guests gathered at the Tribe Hotel in Phnom Penh for the inauguration of the Artisans Festival, the first event of its kind organized by the Khmer creative house in the capital.

Editorial team
Jun 63 min read


Cambodia & History: Étienne Aymonier, discoverer and mediator of the Khmer and Cham worlds
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, amid the turmoil of colonial conquests and the exploration of distant lands, a remarkable figure emerged, who was in turn a soldier, linguist, explorer and scholar: Étienne François Aymonier (1844-1929). A man of many talents, he was the first scientist to methodically survey the ruins and decipher the inscriptions of the ancient Khmer kingdom—now Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and southern Vietnam—and to study the little-known Cham civil

Editorial team
May 214 min read


Cambodia & Royalty: Birthday of His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni
Cambodia will celebrate the 72nd birthday of His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, son of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Norodom Monineath, on Wednesday, May 14.

Christophe Gargiulo
May 143 min read


Confluences Asia Spotlights Banger Event's Cultural Push in Cambodia.
For a few years now, the Cambodian cultural scene has been evolving rapidly, driven by a new generation of independent actors, creative spaces, and international initiatives.

Editorial team
May 114 min read


Opera for Peace: Cambodian Prince's Insights on Borders, Trade, Demographics, and Culture
Tensions on the Thai border, global trade crisis linked to Gulf conflicts, Europe's demographic aging, cultural diplomacy through opera… Prince Sisowath Ravivaddhana Monipong, ambassador of the Royal House of Cambodia and pioneer of lyric opera in Southeast Asia, gave a wide-ranging interview to journalist Luigi Galluzzo on TGCOM24. A conversation where geopolitics and musical passion converge with rare elegance.

Editorial team
May 74 min read


Cambodia & Culture : Satcha: Reviving Cambodia's Ancient Crafts Near Angkor
Just a stone's throw from the Angkor temples, a lush park houses the first incubation center for Cambodian craftsmanship. Here, dozens of artisans perpetuate millennial know-how, learn to pass it on — and make a living from it.

Editorial team
Apr 254 min read


Asian Film Festival 2026 in Rome: Best Actor Award Goes to Piseth Chhun
At 7.30 PM on 15th April 2026, the 23rd edition of Asian Cinema Festival in Rome has come to an end with its traditional awards ceremony. The president of the jury this year was famous television journalist Francesco Maesano and the Kingdom of Cambodia was honoured with the Best Actor Award granted to Piseth Chhun, a young and talented actor for his moving and sensitive interpretation of Hai, a journalist who meets a young girl’s spirit,(played by young and talented Savorn Se

Editorial team
Apr 191 min read


Cambodia & History: Pol Pot, that smiling, polite monster and dunce
Pol Pot, born Saloth Sar on 19 May 1925 in the Cambodian province of Kompong Thom, remains one of the most infamous figures in history...

Christophe Gargiulo
Apr 163 min read


17 April 1975: How Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge
On 17 April 1975, Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, marking the end of the Cambodian civil war and the beginning of one of the darkest...

Editorial team
Apr 165 min read


Cambodia & Tradition: Ten things to know about the Khmer New Year
Cambodia's most popular festival is fast approaching. Mark your calendars for the Khmer New Year (NAK), which this year will take place from

Sotheavy Nou
Apr 95 min read


Tradition: The legend of Khmer New Year – Chaul Chnam Thmey (បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី)
A long time ago, the four-faced god Preah Prom heard about a young human, named Thomabal Komar, whose intelligence was apparently...

Editorial team
Apr 92 min read


30 Years Later, the Remains Reunite with the Family during Khmer New Year Season
Mrs. Chea Thida has finally found the remains of her husband, Ing Sokha, after they were lost for over 30 years. His remains were among 464 urns kept in the Urn Library at Wat Langka, preserved by the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam). These urns date back to Cambodia's civil war period, spanning the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

Youk Chhang
Apr 72 min read


Brushes Against Bombs: The Chromatic Chant of 70 Artists in Phnom Penh
While the echoes of war still resonate at the Kingdom's borders, the capital becomes the sanctuary of a new kind of resistance. Facing the Botum Vattey pagoda, a monumental fresco 35 meters long and 5 meters high was completed on March 3, uniting 70 Cambodian artists in a peaceful response to Thailand's military aggression.

Emmanuel Pezard
Mar 55 min read


Cambodia : Art Blossoms from Palm Tree Trunks in Battambang.
In Battambang province, works of art emerge from an unlikely support: the trunk of a palm tree. Reaching more than two meters in height, this ordinary-looking tree houses the striking drawings of Keo Sobin, a local artist.

Partenaire Presse
Mar 33 min read


History & Cambodia : The Last Painter of Cambodia's Golden Age Cinema
As a teenager, the self-taught artist Moeun Chhay earned the tidy sum of 900 riels per month painting advertising hoardings for Cambodian films shown in Battambang. Disappeared in 2018, the artist was probably the last living representative of this pre-Khmer Rouge craft.

Editorial team
Mar 24 min read


Three Franco-Khmer Stars Shine for Miss Cambodia in France 2026
In the buzz of preparations for the March 28, 2026 gala, three candidates already shine with their unique brilliance, ready to embody the essence of bold femininity. Maéna, Elena, and Angelina unite intellectual ambition, cultural passion, and generous hearts to claim the Miss Cambodia in France crown. See them under the spotlights for an unforgettable evening – support them!

Editorial team
Mar 22 min read


Yeay Mao: The mysterious guardian of the Cambodian coast
In the misty highlands of Cambodia and along the winding roads that run along the southern coast, a unique spirit reigns: Yeay Mao, the legendary matriarch and protector of travellers, fishermen and hunters.

Editorial team
Mar 14 min read


Cambodia & Royalty: King Ang Duong, clairvoyant monarch, founder of the Tical currency
King Ang Duong, who ruled Cambodia from 1841 to 1860, is considered a central figure in the kingdom's history. His reign marked a significan

Editorial team
Feb 263 min read


Koh Khsach Tunlea, Koh Memeay or the Island of Widows on the Tonle Bassac
On the Tonle Bassac lies an island that the Khmer Rouge used to intern the wives of the regime's victims.

Christophe Gargiulo
Feb 267 min read
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