SEADocs: The Era of Plastic Bags by Tith Chandara

SEADocs 2010 -- Young Documentary Filmmakers Tackle the Issue of Biodiversity

The Goethe-Institut in collaboration with the GTZ and national broadcasters including Thai PBS, the ABS-CBN Foundation, the Knowledge Channel, Studio 23, and Metro TV & Eagle Awards, invited students aged 18 to 25 to submit a short documentary film on the topic of biodiversity in the context of the Southeast Asian Student Documentary Award involving the participation of Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia.

A national jury of film and science experts in each country made a selection of three films per country and the students were invited to attend an intensive workshop on the island of Koh Chang in Thailand from November 25-30, 2010 under the tutelage of international documentary filmmaker Herbert Ostwald.

An international Jury jury consisting of Jacques Cluzaud (co-director of "Oceans" and "Winged Migration"), Douglas Varchol (a documentary filmmaker with an extensive repertoire) and Douglas Hykle (Coordinator and Senior Advisor for the Convention of Migratory Species of the United Nations Environment Programme) made a selection from the twelve shortlisted films.

Tith Chandara, a student of the Department of Media and Communication (DMC), was one of the selected three Cambodian films that were sent to Thailand for the jury decision. His film focuses on the over use of plastic bags and their impact on the environment and its biodiversity. How will we be able to tackle the rising threats of polution?

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Education

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• SEADocs
• Goethe Institue
• The Era of Plastic Bags
• Student Documentary Awards
• Thailand
• Cambodia
• Cambodian Filmmaker
• Documentary Film
• Short
• Khmer
• DMC