As part of a decidedly sporadic series of blogs slowly unpacking the Big Stories process, here’s some more … The previous post was about Chieng from Phnom Village and I want to talk about another Phnom Village resident and Tampuon person Tel Thou, as well as introducing the idea of the Vertical Film. Tel Thou’s [...]
“Why do you want to walk into town with me? It’s such a long way and I have to leave so early!” This was Chieng’s response when we asked if we could film with her as she walked from Phnom Village into Banlung market – a distance of around 5 kilometres (according to Google Maps). [...]
Squatting on the corner of his son’s house, the old man rhythmically strips the bamboo of its green bark. We had met Peung, the Tampuon chief of Lunn Village a few times before. He’d given us a tour of the new site for Lunn village and talked about his frustrations at the slow pace of [...]
A selection of our films have been selected for the second Cambodian International Film Festival. Woo-hoo! If you’re in Phnom Penh between the 14th and 18th of December check it out. Big Stories Banlung filmmakers Smey and Ramon Sanchez Orense will be around for the screening and looking for free drinks, so be warned. After [...]
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