Angelina Jolie will be leading an honorary committee for this year's upcoming Cambodia International Film Festival. Her contribution and support will play a huge role in the rebirth of the long-dead Cambodian film industry.
According to People, the Hollywood star will provide moral support and contribute to the rebirth of the Cambodian film industry "in her capacity as the committee president," said the Festival adviser Cedric Eloy, the head of the Cambodian Film Commission.
The said festival will be held in Phnom Penh, the country's capital city, this coming December 4 to 10 with over 130 films from 34 different countries to screen.
Jolie said, "Cambodia's rich history, long culture and talented people mean it has a huge amount to offer the region and the world," she added, "I'm proud to support the Cambodia International Film Festival and Cambodia as a home for vibrant and innovative filmmaking."
Cambodia is really close to her heart since Maddox, her 14-year-old son, was also born here. Aside from that, she founded two charities in the same country -- the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation and the Maddox Chivan Children's Center.
Just last September of this year, she met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Jolie is in the country for her film, "First They Killed My Father" wherein her sons, Maddox and Pax, 11, are helping with research and taking photos on the set, she revealed.
Jolie's new film is based from a 2000 memoir by Cambodian author and human rights activist Luong Ung.
History shows that Cambodia's film industry suffered under the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, Page Six reported.
Under the said regime, Khmer Rouge wanted to transform Cambodia into an agrarian utopia resulting to more than 1.7 million deaths.