Southwestern Cambodia's Areng Valley is home to the Chong people, who have lived in the area for centuries, and to over 31 endangered species. Villagers have recently teamed up with Buddhist monks from Phnom Penh in an effort to protect the valley from a hydroelectric dam project. Filmmaker
Kalyanee Mam highlights the region's significance to one family—and what it might mean to lose their home—in her short documentary
Fight for Areng Valley.
Read a Q&A with the filmmaker.The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic editors. We look for work that affirms National Geographic's mission of inspiring people to care about the planet. The filmmakers created the content presented, and the opinions expressed are their own, not those of the National Geographic Society.
To submit films for consideration, please email
SFS@ngs.org.
See more from National Geographic's Short Film Showcase.
