Khmer Mekong Films (KMF) is a major Cambodian film and television production company based in

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. Founded by Matthew Robinson, a former director and executive producer of the BBC television series ''

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'', KMF aims to help develop the Cambodian film industry, which was left moribund after the country was devastated by the

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(1967–75), the Khmer Rouge regime (1975–79) and occupation by Vietnam (1979–89).

History

Khmer Mekong Films grew out of the team created and trained by the BBC in 2004 to make a 100-episode TV drama about

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'' was funded by the

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through the

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and managed by the BBC World Service Trust. With funding finished in 2006, producer Matthew Robinson stayed in Cambodia to form KMF with the ''Taste of Life'' Khmer production team. KMF has produced dozens of television dramas, documentaries, information films, educational films, television commercials and public service TV spots. The company has also produced nine Cambodian cinema films, '' Staying Single When'' (2007), '' Vanished'' (2009), ''Palace of Dreams'' (2010), the three-part ''Day in the Country'' (2015-2019), ''Price of Love'' (2016), ''King Selfie'' (2017), ''Fear'' (2018), ''Move Out'' (2019) and ''360 Degrees'' (2019). A tenth movie, ''Dance Till You Drop'', had to be abandoned halfway through shooting in March 2020 due to the dangers to cast and crew of

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Filmography

Awards

In 2015/16 the first part of ''Day in the Country'' won a number of awards at four international film festivals: Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival; Los Angeles International Film Festival; New York City Indie Film Awards (including 'Best Actor' and second Best Foreign Feature Film); and the

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. In 2015 at the fourth Cambodian National Film Festival, ''Vanished'' won an award for 'Second Best Film' as well as 'Best Sound'. In 2016 ''Price of Love'' won four awards at the Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival. In 2017 at the fifth Cambodian National Film Festival, ''Price of Love'' won four top awards including 'Best Film', 'Best Actress' and 'Best Production'.

Television

TV Series

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'' (2007) * '' Peep 2'' (2009) * ''Upside Down'' (2009) * '' AirWaves'' (2010) * ''Upside Down 2'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2012) * '' The Promise'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' The Jade Elephant'' (2014)

TV Films

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References

External links

Khmer Mekong Films
website

in ''

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''Vanished'' review
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''Vanished'' review
in Cambodia's '

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