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 2024:
- 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 annually renew membership and leadership for greater youth empowerment in filmmaking and human/soft skills.
- 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.
- 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 the seedling to strategically connect with CSFF, mainly targeting adult filmmakers.
Ms. SIEN Sokny, our LDC indigenous alumni rep, shares her experience from our Docu Colab project back in 2022.
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.
Group photo after CFI (2023 format) conducted by our CSFF 2022 co-champion, Mr. SOK Chanrado
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.
WeNus, one of the two crews of SFA 2023, blocks their actress for the short film titled “The Fortune Teller”.
Golden Sun, one of the two crews of SFA 2023, follows their cast in the short film titled “Deserted”.
This year, SFA has expanded their scope of “passion” (if not, work) to child-friendly platforms like SEAVFC, helping campaign for more and better entries to represent Cambodia for its upcoming regional competition this November in Thailand.
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.