Lomorpich Rithy is currently an independent filmmaker, and a director/founder
of Plerng Kob (meaning campfire). Plerng Kob is a collaboration community of
dynamic, young individuals passionate about the arts. She is also a managing
director of Sovannaphum Arts association. Ms. Rithy was a former producer/
director at BBC Media Action Cambodia. She is also working on a fundraising for
Sovannaphum Arts Association, an association founded in 1994 by Mann Kosal
to revive Sbek Thom shadow puppetry, an art form lost during the Khmer Rouge
regime. Ms. Rithy is currently working on a a full-length documentary film about
Sbek Thom, and a short film about Cambodian shadow performance, 'The Last
Puppet'. She is the co-producer of Bonn Phum (Village Festival), a folklore festival
showcasing Cambodian culture which will take place in Kandal Village, 10 km
south of Phnom Penh. This year will be her 3rd festival after a very successful
first and second year welcomed over 30,000 visitors. Ms. Rithy believes in the
power that storytelling and the arts have to inspire and unite people. She has
engaged a number of young arts enthusiasts to work with her on the festival to
create and stimulate vibrant cultural and economic activity in Kandal Village.
She is a graduate of the Department of Media and Communication (DMC), at the
Royal University of Phnom Penh.
