Norodom Sihamoni received the European Cultural Trebbia Foundation awards for contribution to the development of culture and arts

MONGOLIAN WRITER AWARDED

2009-07-08

Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/ The European Cultural Trebbia Foundation awards every year people who create prominent works significantly contributing to the development of culture and arts, with a special prize. It is the award for the support of the Arts and cultural activities. The foundation's headquarters are located in Prague, the Czech Republic.

This year's awarding ceremony has taken place in Prague. The prizes have been awarded to Norodom Sihamoni, a king of Cambodia; Czech's "Skoda Auto" company; and to Norbert Auerbach, a former producer of Hollywood for their activities to promote arts and culture.

For artistic creations, Ch.Galsan, Mongolia's writer; Marcus Luperz, a German painter, and Olbram Zoubek, a Czech sculptor received the Trebbia award.

Mr Galsan did not attend the awarding ceremony in Prague. On Wednesday, a Minister of Foreign Affairs S.Batbold handed the prize to Ch.Galsan.

B.Khuder

Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Retirees

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

Cambodian king pardons half-brother [after receiving the green light from Emperor Hun Sen]

Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Associated Press

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Prominent Cambodian politician Prince Norodom Ranariddh on Thursday was granted a pardon for his embezzlement conviction by his half-brother, King Norodom Sihamoni, paving the way for his return from exile.

Ranariddh, who is living in Malaysia, will come home Sunday to resume his political career, said Suth Dina, a spokesman for the party named after the prince.

The king signed a royal decree pardoning "the convicted person named Norodom Ranariddh, who the court has sentenced to 18 months in prison."

In July, a Supreme Court judge upheld a lower court's ruling from last year that found Ranariddh guilty of breach of trust and sentenced him in absentia to 18 months in prison.

The lawsuit was filed by the prince's former colleagues in the royalist Funcinpec party, which he once led.

The court also ordered him to pay US$150,000 in compensation to the party.

The Funcinpec party, which ousted Ranariddh as president in October 2006, sued the prince on a charge of embezzling some US$3.6 million from the sale of the party's headquarters in August that year.

The prince now leads his own Norodom Ranariddh Party, which won two parliamentary seats in this year's general election two months ago.

His party has said the court ruling was politically motivated. He had been living in exile, mostly in Malaysia, long before the court case was initiated against him.

The prince is "happy" about the pardon, Ouk Phalla, Ranariddh's consort, said by phone from Malaysia. She declined to elaborate.

It was not clear what prompted the pardon. But local media have recently reported about behind-the-scenes maneuvering between Prime Minister Hun Sen's government and the prince's party to end Ranariddh's legal trouble.

The two politicians are known for having an on-again, off-again political relationship. They once served as co-prime ministers until Hun Sen staged a coup to unseat his rival.

When Ranariddh was still the leader of Funcinpec, Hun Sen encouraged the royalist party's followers to get rid of the prince for his weak leadership.

Ranariddh fired back, accusing Hun Sen of poking his nose in his business.

The prince and King Sihamoni are sons of former king Norodom Sihanouk.

In a letter to Sihamoni on Thursday, Ranariddh thanked the king for granting him the royal pardon "following intervention" from Hun Sen.

The prince, in a separate letter, also offered "warm congratulations" to his Hun Sen after the country's parliament endorsed him as the prime minister for another five years.

Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Warrior-King?

Cartoons by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

Single swearing in ceremony to be held

13-09-2008
Cambodge Soir Hebdo in English
Click here to read the original article in French

The Constitutional Council has rejected the joint applications sent to the King by the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and the Human Rights Party (HRP). The applications requested that the two opposition party MPs could swear in at a different time to the Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers, following alleged "election rigging”.

The Constitutional Council based its notification on two arguments, legal and customary. Article 7 from the Constitution provides that “The King shall be inviolable.” and therefore cannot be ordered to respond. Also that “the King of Cambodia shall be a symbol of the unity and eternity of the nation." (article 8), and “the King shall assume the august role of arbitrator to ensure the faithful execution of public powers”(article 9).

The Council recalls that “in the past, the King Father Norodom Sihanouk allowed National Assembly members to swear in together, not separately”.

Indirectly the King ended any suspense. Politics is left to politicians, as provided by Article 7 of the Constitution: “The King of Cambodia shall reign but not govern”. The King sent the matter to the Constitutional Council for advice. Then the King conveyed the Constitutional Council’s conclusions to the HRP and SRP heads.

Interviewed by Cambodge Soir Hebdo Sonn Chhay, a MP and SRP spokesman pretended to be surprised: “I cannot see an answer coming from the King, we have to swear in separately and will not attend the first session of the National Assembly”, he declared.

As for Yem Ponhearith, General Secretary of the HRP, his statement is confusing: “We will not attend the first session, but we want to swear in and we follow the king".

And the King seems to follow the Constitutional Council’s notification which advocates a single swearing in ceremony.

Opposition Requests Second-Day Swear-In [-This is Sihamoni's chance to show his cleverness]

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy

By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
10 September 2008

Click here to listen to the Khmer audio program

Two opposition parties have declined an invitation by King Norodom Sihamoni to join in a swearing-in ceremony for the new government scheduled later this month and have asked to have their newly elected parliamentarians sworn in a day later.

King Sihamoni issued his royal invitation to all 123 newly elected members of the National Assembly, but officials of the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, representing 29 seats, have maintained their position that July's election was illegitimate and say they will not swear in next to the ruling party.

The opposition has instead requested an alternate date to swear in, a day later, according to top officials from both parties.

Neither party is willing to be sworn in next to the ruling Cambodian People's Party, said Kong Kom, acting president of the Sam Rainsy Party, and Yem Ponhearith, secretary-general of the Human Rights Party.

Party leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha are currently out of the country, seeking support from the international community for claims July's election was fraudulent and a new vote should be conducted.

Both party leaders have said in the past they would boycott the swearing-in ceremony altogether.

A royal official warned Wednesday the request for a second swearing in was not likely to be granted.

"The king, as the head of state, invited all 123 elected parliamentarians to the swearing-in ceremony on [Sept. 24]," Um Daravuth, a member of the Royal Cabinet, said Wednesday. "If any party does not respect the king's orders, I say that party is wrong under the Cambodian constitution."

"In no country in the world does a National Assembly swear in two times," Um Daravuth said.

An independent analyst said Wednesday it was up to the king to bring the parties together.

"The king should use his cleverness to bring all the parties to join the swearing-in together for national unity," said Lao Monghay, a researcher for the Asian Human Rights Commission.

King Sihamoni instructs Kong Sam Ol to prepare the celebration of the tyrannical North Korean regime and leaders in Cambodia

Anniversary of DPRK to Be Marked in Cambodia

Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- A preparatory committee was inaugurated in Cambodia on August 4 to celebrate the 60th birthday of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Kong Sam Ol, deputy prime minister in charge of Royal Palace, was selected chairman of the preparatory committee at the instruction of King Norodom Sihamoni.

The preparatory committee set the celebration period from August 9 to September 10 and decided to widely introduce through media the immortal feats performed by President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il for the country and the revolution and hold colorful events in the period.

It's that time of the year again: Royal family leaves for Beijing

Cambodian former king leaves for Beijing

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian retired king Norodom Sihanouk and his wife Monineath Sihanouk, accompanied by their son King Norodom Sihamoni, left here on Friday for Beijing for routine medical checkup and rest.

They were seen off at the Phnom Penh International Airport by Senate President Chea Sim, National Assembly President Heng Samrin, Prime Minister Hun Sen, other government officials, royal family members and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Zhang Jinfeng.

During the stay in China, Sihanouk, his wife and Sihamoni are scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on August 8.

Sihamoni will return home in about two weeks, a royal palace official said at the airport, adding that Sihanouk and his wife will stay much longer.

The couple's last trip to China for medical checkup was in April 2008.

The 85-year-old former king suffers from diabetes and has had colon cancer. He abdicated his throne to Sihamoni in October 2004.

Cambodian opposition parties complain to king over election

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy

PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Cambodian opposition parties have filed a complaint to King Norodom Sihamoni against election officials for allegedly preventing one million people from voting in last weekend's poll.

The opposition Sam Rainsy Party, Human Rights Party, and Norodom Ranariddh Party told the king that one million registered voters were cut from the rolls by National Election Committee (NEC) officials.

"This act is an intentional mistake which is committed by election officials," the parties said in the joint letter, relased late Wednesday.

"This is a serious mistake committed by NEC officials at all levels which prevented at least one million people from voting," the letter said, asking the king to find a way for them to cast ballots before the announcement of official election results.

Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party has claimed a landslide victory in Sunday's election, saying it captured at least 90 of the 123 seats in parliament. Final results of the poll are expected in September.

More than six million out of 8.1 million eligible voters cast ballots in the poll.

European Union election observers have said only about 50,000 could not find their names registered when they attempted to vote.

The NEC has denied opposition allegations that voters were left off the rolls on purpose.

International monitors said earlier this week that the election was flawed and did not meet key standards, despite a more peaceful campaign and improvements in the electoral process.

The opposition parties have rejected the results of the election and demanded a re-run of the poll.

King Sihamoni Celebrates 55th Birthday

A giant picture of King Sihamoni hangs in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh

14th May 2008
By San Suwith
Radio Free Asia
Reported in English by Khmerization
On the web at http://khmerization.blogspot.com
Click here to read the original article in Khmer

King Sihamoni is celebrating his birthday outside of the Royal Palace, this time in Kampong Cham province where his subjects organised a Buddhist ceremony at a local temple in his honour. The king also planned to fly to celebrate his birthday in a location near the historic temple of Preah Vihear on the Khmer-Thai border.

But in Phnom Penh, despite no grand parade and pompous celebration, the king’s pictures were placed along the roads and boulevards everywhere in his honour.

King Sihamoni was born to ex-king Sihanouk and Queen Monique on the 14th of May 1953. He was educated in Beijing and later completed his doctorate degree in classical dance from Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1971.

Between 1975-1976, he studied cinematography in North Korea. From 1975-1979 he lived under house arrest with his parents and his brother, Prince Norindrapong, at Khmamarin Palace in Phnom Penh.

From 1979-1980, he served as a private secretary to the then Prince Sihanouk. And from 1981 onward he served as a permanent representative of the Cambodian resistance to the United Nations, Cambodian Extraordinary Ambassador to the Unesco and also as the president of the Association of Khmer Artists in France.

King Sihamoni is conversant in many languages. Other than his native Khmer, he can speak French, Czech and English very proficiently.

He ascended to the throne on 14th October 2004, succeeding his father, King Sihanouk who had abdicated a second time a few weeks earlier.

Many political leaders hailed King Sihamoni as having a unique and special character.
Mr Ciem Yeap, MP from the Cambodian People’s Party, credited the king as having helped the country moving toward economic prosperity, judicial improvements and have helped solved political issues in the country.

Mr Keo Puth Rasmy, president of Funcinpec Party, said that the king has helped maintain national unity and peace in the country, despite acknowledging the king not being able to fulfil all his constitutional duties.

Mr Son Chhay, MP from the Sam Rainsy Party, said that the current king resides in the country more than the ex-king and therefore helped to ensure political stability. But he also said that the king is still unable to fulfil all his constitutional duties such as ensuring the independence of the judiciary and the army. Despite the king’s shortcomings, MP Son Chhay said that he does not blame the king for not fulfilling all his constitutional duties, but blames the government for not transferring all his constitutional powers to him.

Mr You Hockry, Secretary-General of the Norodom Ranariddh Party, said that the king is a symbol of national unity who can guarantee national independence, sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Cambodia.

Mr Kem Sokha, president of the Human Right Party, wish the king a long life, but also wish to see the king using all his constitutional powers to fulfil all his constitutional obligations. He believed that the king have not been able to fulfil all his duties. The case in point is that the king is a Commander-in-Chief but was and is still unable to ensure the neutrality of the army. Another example is that the king is presently the chairperson of the Council of Magistracy, but he is powerless to ensure the independence of the judiciary.

All civil societies as well as ordinary people have wished His Majesty good health and longevity.

Happy Birthday Your Majesty, may you live long to defend the remaining Khmer territories

Your Majesty,

On your august birthday, KI-Media team would like to wish a Happy Birthday! We hope, that like King-Father before you, you will contribute your utmost to preserve the remaining of our territories after the continued encroachments made by "our imperialist neighbors (Thailand and Vietnam)" - to quote King-Father.

Respectfully,

KI-Media Team

King Sihamoni sent condolences to China, King-Father send $50,000 in aid

More foreign gov'ts, leaders offer condolences to China over deadly quake

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- More foreign governments and leaders Tuesday sent messages to Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, or issued statements, to express their deep condolences over the massive earthquake in southwestern China and show their support to the Chinese government and people for their arduous efforts in disaster relief.

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and former king Norodom Sihanouk expressed their condolences to the people in the disaster areas, saying they believed the Chinese people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government, would overcome the natural disaster and rebuild their damaged homes.

Sihanouk personally sent aid worth 50,000 U.S. dollars to the quake-hit areas via the Chinese embassy to Cambodia.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Chinese government has swiftly carried out disaster relief work, and expressed his belief that China can overcome the disaster. The Singaporean government is willing to provide any possible aid to China, he added.

Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali said that upon this sorrowful time he expressed the most sincere condolences to the victims' families and the Chinese people.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said the unity of the Chinese society and the organizational capacity of the Chinese government are the two trumps that will enable China to overcome the difficulties, adding that the Chilean government and people firmly support the Chinese government and people in their disaster relief efforts.

Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen extended their condolences over those killed and expressed their solicitude to the people in the disaster zones, saying their country is willing to provide aid.

In a statement, Slovenia, which holds the rotating European Union (EU) presidency, expressed its deep condolences over the huge damages and casualties caused by the quake, and its deep sympathy to those who lost their families and also to the injured.

Spain's government led by Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero expressed "its deepest sorrow" to China for its thousands of deceased and victims caused by the earthquake. The Spanish embassy in China said Spain is willing to provide necessary assistance to China.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband expressed his condolences Monday night over the heavy loss of life in the strong earthquake.

He said the Chinese government is commended for its quick and efficient response, adding Britain would be ready to provide assistance.

Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis expressed her condolences to the government and people of China for the victims of Monday's earthquake. She said that the Greek government is willing to provide necessary support to China.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he had written to Chinese Premier Wen to offer expert help and express Australia's sympathy in the wake of the earthquake. Rudd added that Australia stood ready to offer assistance to help in the aftermath of the disaster.

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith also expressed condolences on behalf of all Australians to those affected by the terrible earthquake in Sichuan province.

New Zealand acting Prime Minister Michael Cullen extended New Zealand's sympathy and condolences to China over the deadly earthquake.

"China has immense capability of its own but New Zealand stands ready to assist in an appropriate way if we are asked," he added.

Canada offered condolences to China over the heavy life and property losses in the devastating earthquake, said a joint statement issued by Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier and Beverley Oda, Minister of International Cooperation.

"We are greatly saddened by the news that thousands lost their lives and that hundreds of children who were at school at the time are trapped in the debris," the statement said.

"Canada stands ready to help should China request any assistance in its humanitarian relief efforts," the statement said.

The EU ambassador to China Serge Abou, Saudi Arabian Ambassador Yahya Bin Abdul-Kareem Al-Zaid, Cape Verde's Ambassador Julio Cesar Freire De Morais and the Czech Republic's embassy in China also extended their condolences and sympathy to the country over the quake.

A 7.8-magnitude quake rocked Wenchuan county, 159 km northwest of the southwest Sichuan province's capital of Chengdu, at 14:28 (0628 GMT) Monday, killing thousands of people in eight affected provinces.

Cambodian king to attend opening of Beijing Olympics

Saturday, 19 April 2008
Macau Daily Times

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni will attend the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a Chinese diplomat said yesterday, thanking the government for its support of the troubled Games.

"King Norodom Sihamoni will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing," Chinese ambassador Zhang Jin Feng said during a press conference for local media.

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the government for supporting China ... and the government's (efforts) earlier this year to bar non-governmental organisations from using Cambodia to oppose the Olympic Games in China."

In January, Cambodian police blocked American actress Mia Farrow and her group, Dream for Darfur, from holding a ceremony at Phnom Penh's genocide museum as part of a campaign to highlight China's links to Sudan.

Zhang said she wished that the protest-hit Olympic torch, which arrived in Thailand earlier Friday, was making a stop-over in Cambodia.

"I feel regret that the torch will not come to Cambodia," she said adding that the flame would have proceeded "successfully in Cambodia."

The torch has been dogged by protesters since it was lit in Greece last month, with a Chinese crackdown in Tibet in March igniting demonstrations at many of the torch's previous stops, notably London and Paris.

The latest crackdown has increased attention on China in the run-up to the Games, which begin in the Chinese capital on August 8.

China's close ties to the government of Sudan, blamed for years of strife in Darfur, and its treatment of domestic critics and activists have also been fodder for demonstrators.

Farrow, who is pushing China to help stop the violence in Sudan, will speak in Hong Kong as the torch passes through the city on May 2.

Beijing has recently emerged as Cambodia's biggest donor, giving at least 800 million dollars in aid over the past two years.

China's growing ties with Cambodia have caused unease among some Western countries, which are wary of the Asian giant's increasing economic and military influence in the region.

Hun Sen: Don't touch my China; King Sihamoni to attend the Beijing Olympic opening

Hun Sen (L) and King Sihamoni (R) (Photo: Reuters)

Cambodia strongly opposes any disturbing activities against 2008 Olympics

PHNOM PENH, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia strongly opposes any attempts and actions aiming to interrupt the Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, said Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday at a road construction ceremony in Preah Vihear province.

The Olympic Games is sports event only, but why do some people never stop to make the problems, Hun Sen asked.

"I once ordered Minister of Interior to stop a ceremony that some people planned in Phnom Penh against the Olympic Games," he added.

According to official sources, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni has accepted the invitation from China to attend the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The Cambodian government earlier established a 10-member delegation to participate in the Beijing Games.

Political Cartoon: January 2008

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

[Czech] Party seeks to restore monarchy [... and the only fluent Czech-speaking king available is Norodom Sihamoni]

Koruna Ćeská would rebuild the ancient Czech Kingdom

December 26th, 2007
By Markéta Hulpachová
Staff Writer, The Prague Post

Former Prime Minister Miloš Zeman called them “one of the parties that could fit in an elevator.” Social Democrat Party Chairman Jiří Paroubek once referred to them as “not even small fish but plankton.”

The members of Koruna Česká a national party that wants to transform the government into a constitutional monarchy are used to condescendence.

But with between 400 and 500 members and government representation in four municipalities Koruna Česká is not just some farcical movement.

“We’re not satirists and we’re not some virtual party” says party Chairman Václav Srb. “We’re simply the political embodiment of a movement to reunify the historic territories of Bohemia Moravia and Silesia under the Czech crown.”

Today the crown jewels of the old Czech kingdom are locked away by seven keys asleep in a secured chamber within the St. Vitus Cathedral. But if Srb and his fellow party members have their way the storied St. Václav crown — the very same headpiece conceived by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV in the 14th century — would once again adorn the head of a Czech monarch.

Koruna Česká was founded in 1990 as the reincarnation of České děti a monarchist movement that sprang up in the revolutionary atmosphere of 1988. That year the dissident members of České děti published a manifesto advocating the renewal of the Czech kingdom which was reprinted by communist newspaper Rudé právo in an effort to discredit the group. “By showing the public that the dissidents had become monarchists the comrades wanted to prove that [the dissidents] had gone completely insane” Srb says. “However it had the opposite effect.”

By publishing key passages of the manifesto Rudé právo brought the movement to the attention of dozens of like-minded individuals who had previously thought they were alone in their views. In 1991 over 400 people filled the Realistické (now Švandovo) theatre in Smíchov for Koruna Česká’s first official assembly. “Until then each of us thought that we were isolated in our persuasion” Srb says. “Every monarchist was therefore pleasantly surprised to learn that there were more of us who had found the same solution.”

Srb a historian says he came to the conclusion while studying central European wars and political conflicts of the 20th century. “Today not just the monarchists but any historian will admit that the fragmentation of the central Danube territory was nonsensical” Srb says. “By breaking up this territory which for centuries served as a buffer for outside invasion it was only a matter of time before these little countries fell prey to Germany or Russia.”

In the case of the Czech lands the Treaty of Versailles only ensured its security for the next 20 years when Hitler “stopped liking it” Srb says.

While he admits that the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not have survived without major reforms that would have increased the autonomy of individual regions “those reforms were already on the program — their implementation was only interrupted with the onset of World War I” Srb says.

Return of the king

Instead of its current republican form which he calls “unsettled” and “artificial” Srb and his fellow monarchists would strengthen the political integrity of the state by restoring the traditions of the Czech kingdom. To do this it would be essential to replace the current presidential institution with a royal one. Aside from Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk the venerated founding father of the Czechoslovak republic “an overwhelming majority of our presidents have been either outwardly criminal or pitiful” Srb says whereas locals continue to refer to Charles IV as the “most revered Czech persona.”

Unlike the president who is elected to his post the king would be groomed for his reign since childhood which would raise respect for his position and elevate him above politics Srb says.

Apart from gaining national support for their reforms the monarchists face the obvious challenge of finding a luminary who would be able and willing to take the crown.

According to Srb the most obvious choice would be former European Parliament representative Otto von Habsburg. As the eldest son of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor Charles the 95-year-old crown prince of Austria is the heir to the Czech throne.

But because the Habsburg dynasty was for decades demonized by local republicans “it’s understandable that this dynasty isn’t the right one at the moment” Srb says.

An alternate solution is to turn to foreign ruling dynasties. “I say if not the Habsburgs then anyone —let’s not be Eurocentric” says Srb whose own provocative suggestion is Norodom Sihamini the current king of Cambodia. “His father stowed him away here during Cambodia’s period of upheaval … he is the only currently ruling monarch in the world who is fluent in Czech.”

Regardless of the feasibility of its agenda Koruna česká’s presence on the political scene points to a deep disillusionment with the nation’s current identity. “Through our ideals we want to rehabilitate a non-pathetic cultured patriotism and the values that coincide with it” the party’s manifesto says.

“Although our republic is a woeful 90 years old it’s a negligible episode in our nation’s thousand years of statehood” Srb adds. “The old traditions still dwell in each of us but in most cases they’re asleep.”

Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed upon the Director-King N. Sihanouk; King Sihamoni follows his father's footstep into directing films

Translated from French by Luc Sâr

Communiqué

2007 Lifetime Achievement Award

The organizers of the Brussels International Festival of Independent Film have decided to bestow each year, from now on, a “Lifetime Achievement Award,” an exceptional prize to pay tribute to a film director who dedicates a cinematographic achievement which is particularly original and distinguishing.

To inaugurate this new Prize, the 2007 “Lifetime Achievement Award” of the festival is bestowed upon Norodom Sihanouk, King-Father of Cambodia, the author of 80 short and long films. We recall that the Festival has already screened several films of the Director-King in 1995, 1996 and 1999.

This prize was given out during the presentation of the last film by Norodom Sihamoni, the new King of Cambodia at the Festival on Friday 09 November 2007.

The 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award
is bestowed upon
Norodom Sihanouk
King of Cambodia

For his entire films record which celebrates with fervor, the identity of the People of Cambodia, and constitutes a unique testimonial which goes hand in hand with the political message of an exceptional Statesman.