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Les Ruines d'Angkor | The Ruins of Angkor (1913)
One of the first (silent) documentaries on Angkor, produced for a French educational film program.
In English & French
Jungle Bound: Angkor, Cambodia
by Travel Film Archive & Deane H. Dickason
A smart compilation of Angkor daily life and artistic activities in the late 1930s.
In English
Tourism in the Kingdom of Cambodia, 1960s
A valuable visual document on tourism in Cambodia in the 1960s offering some glimpses on the cultural scene of Cambodia's "Golden Age."
Princess Buppha Devi's Apsara Dance in 1966
The Apsara Dance re-created by Queen Kossamak and performed by her grand-daughter Princess Buppha Devi.
In Khmer
រឿង ព្រះប្រជាកុមារ-Le petit prince du peuple-The Little Prince
by Sihanouk Norodom
The third feature film directed by Prince Norodom Sihanouk in Cambodia.
In Khmer
The Royal Ballet in the 1960s
Rare film footage of The Camboidian Royal Ballet performances, with Princess Buppha Devi as leading dancer.
In English
"Ankor Wat" read by Allen Ginsberg (1969)
by Allen Ginsberg
The Beat Generation forward-thinker spent five days in Angkor during his 1963 journey from India to Japan. Here is his voice.
In English
Crépuscule | Twilight
by Sihanouk Norodom
A lyrical invocation to the ancient history of Cambodia, intertwined with a love story set in Angkor
In French & Khmer
Princess Margaret of England in Angkor, November 1969
The last stately (and glamorous) visit to Angkor before the March 1970 anti-royalist coup that hastened Cambodia's political and social implosion.
In English
Thanh Pho Co Nguoi [City with People]
Angkor and Phnom Penh taken back from the Khmer Rouge in 1979: a rare and highly documented feature movie from Vietnam.
In Vietnamese
Biographie filmée du Roi Norodom Sihanouk, 1941-1963 | King Norodom Sihanouk Biopic, 1941-1963
by Pannakar Ieu
An official yet quite lyrical filmic summary of Modern Cambodia's Golden Age.
In French & Khmer
Le secret des temples d'Angkor (Secrets of the Angkor Temples)
by Didier Fassio & Maxime Prodromidès
A well-documented retrospective of the lives and achievements of major French archaelogists and architects in Angkor through the 20th century.
In French & Khmer
Norodom Sihanouk, Roi-Cinéaste
The 'King-Father' as a filmmaker and composer.
In English, French & Khmer
Visit of HM Queen Norodom Monineath to the 1997 Grand Palais "Angkor" Exhibition in Paris
A royal visit to a major exhibition of Khmer art in Paris
In Khmer
The Tale of Inav and Bosseba by The Royal Ballet of Cambodia
The Khmer version of the Panji and Candra Kirana story in a rare performance by the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, 2000.
In Khmer
Raja Bori រាជបូរី (2002)
A lesser-known feature movie dealing with serious matters - art looting, perpetuation of art traditions - at the start of Cambodia's "Second Kingdom" period.
In Khmer
Buppha Ratree | Horror Ghost Movie | บุปผาราตรี
by Yuthlert Sippapak
How a Thai classic horror movie turns to a Cambodian shaman as last recourse against a female ghost as enduring as true love.
In Thai
ល្ខោនគែន រឿងក្រៃថោង, Lakhon Ken Rare Filmed Performance, 2000
A rare film document on the art form of lakhon ken.
In Khmer
Nectar in Stone | The India-Cambodia Artistic Connection
An Indian TV film devoted to Indian-Cambodian connection in visual arts
In English
Un Islam Insolite | An Unusual Islam, the Bani Cham in modern Vietnam
by Agnès De Féo
A particular example of Brahmanist-Muslim syncretism in modern Southeast Asia, and what it tells us about the ancient Cham civilization
In French