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Sunflower Film Organization (SFO) has been officially registered at the Ministry of Interior as a non-profit organization since 13 March 2019, according to the notice 1398 Pr.K. Its affiliate projects include the following as of 2025: 

  • Sunflower Film Alliance (SFA), founded since 2017, gathers volunteer members, across Cambodia, with film interest and skills, aged between 15 and 40. This youth collective is mandated to empower Cambodian youth with filmmaking class, practical short film production, and equip them with human/soft skills, through film-related event management.  
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SFA 2024 members follows cinematography training by Mr. HAN Wathanak (far right in black).

  • Chaktomuk Short Film Festival (CSFF), founded since 2012, showcases emerging filmmakers’ creative works without heavy investment to the mass. CSFF’s impact is known to celebrate the culture of short films, in Cambodia for Cambodian youth who love films, to showcase their works, to gain more knowledge about the film industry, and to bridge them with this sector for its improvement and expansion in the future and also for international markets.
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CSFF 2024 Closing group photo featuring our champion, Mr. CHHEN Pisen, standing forth from left, holding our trophy and certificate

  • Southeast Asia Video Festival for Children – Cambodia (SEAVFC-Kh), founded in 2019 in the Philippines by Anak TV (Foundation), celebrates and honors the best youth and children’s programs, created by professionals whose works have been aired either on free TV, cable, digital TV, internet or mobile services, across the region. SFO sees SEAVFC as a pivotal seedling to strategically connect with CSFF, mainly targeting adult filmmakers and better represent Cambodia on this regional video/film landscape. 
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Our Cambodian delegation attends the 4th SEAVFC, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, featuring Cambodian children rep SENG Soliheng (in blue silk).

SFA’s main portfolio is built on past works of Kon Khmer Koun Khmer film collective (4K), founded since 2009 by Cambodian-French filmmaker, CHOU Davy. 4K has been widely known for their great works since 2009 and featured by local and international media. Our past achievements include: “Twin Diamonds” (2009), “Golden Re-Awakening Exhibition of Cambodian Movies in the 60’s and 70’s” (2009), “Cambodian Youth Art Festival” (20011), “Kon Khley” (2012), “Chaktomuk Short Film Festival” (2012-now), “Pram Ang” omnibus series (2016), and other exciting short film projects. 

SFA itself has produced, since late 2017, “Family and You” omnibus series (2017), “Kon Khnhom” TV show with TVK and a few short films, like “akumu project” and others. It pursues the annual flagship festival and trains young filmmakers to produce their debuts for the showcase within the ensuing CSFF. SFO, in turn, has implemented since 2019, among others, Let’s Document Cambodia, to equip provincial and indigenous youths in documenting their communities.

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Our trainer, Mr. PAY Bunarath (first left) checks on the latest footage by our indigenous participants, during our LDC 2025 (Exposing the Invisible).

Both SFO and SFA share the ambition to build a more robust film industry in Cambodia, by adding values to its provincial and indigenous allies with further technical film training. Monetization, reflected through Sunflower Media, has been an essential part of the next activities as to support the alliance’s operations and and provide more resources and growth opportunities to its members, affiliates and young/child filmmakers in general.

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Our SM participants in Kampong Thom edit their videos after their training by AL&D/SAAMBAT, and shoot in early 2025.