CamboFest, Cambodia Film Festival

The event, which is privately funded, showcases "international and local film and video makers in order to help revive a bona fide cinema industry and movie culture in Cambodia.

"[2] The festival also serves to "promote awareness of IP (Intellectual Property) practices in the Cambodian media and motion picture sector by securing public performance permissions for every movie we screen from copyright holders.

[2] Despite the efforts of foreign movie pirates who attempted to stymie the 2009 event with a series of phony press releases and fake classified ads in the Phnom Penh Post, the 2009 historically significant 'Royal' edition of CamboFest was held as planned, from December 4–6, 2009, reviving the once-defunct Cambodian cinema house with a custom screen and power plant installation.

(*no notable interference was sustained at the 4th edition) Notable undertakings at the festival's 4th edition included the training of a local Cambodian youth group, the Youth Association for Human Resource Development (YAHRD) [10], who set up and operated all equipment, changed screeners, greeted and informed guests, conducted outreach and publicity, and essentially ran the entire event.

[11] Their efforts culminated in the long-awaited official Cambodian premiere of Robert Flaherty's 'Nanook of the North' [12] [13], with live Khmer narration provided by the youth group.