Japanese Embassy to Hold 12th Preliminary In-Country Contest for Asian International Children’s Film Festival


The Embassy of Japan in Cambodia, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, is going to hold the “12th Preliminary In-Country Contest in Cambodia” of short films produced by Cambodian high school students under the theme of “What I want.”

The contest will take place on Oct. 9, 2023 at the Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Centre (CJCC), said the embassy in a press release made public this morning, adding that that deadline for application forms and films entry will be on Sept. 21 at 16:30.

All Cambodian high school students of grade 10 and 11 in the 2022-2023 school year are invited to apply for the contest, the source said.

Three best films will be selected to join the “Asian International Children’s Film Festival 2023”, which will be held on Dec. 16 this year in Minami Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, underlined the press release.