Film school slated for capital

A consortium of Chinese and American investors will invest $2 million to open a film school in Phnom Penh and a production studio in Kampong Speu early next year, the Ministry of Culture announced yesterday. ZSL Amusement and Investment Network Co Ltd, which is registered in Cambodia and bills itself as an investor in real estate and technology, says it sees potential for a film industry where local talent is at times held back by a lack of training and access to technology.

“Lots of people here play around with video in their spare time and edit it on their computers,” Chinese-American Zhang Zhi Heng, the director of ZSL, said in a phone interview yesterday. “The population of interested people is quite large.” The school’s three- to five-month courses will encompass screenwriting, directing, cinematography, lighting, acting and other subjects, initially accommodating up to 500 students. Heng said that admission costs will be similar to “other private schools in Phnom Penh”.

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