PROJECT THREE
Project Three is the signature project from Year 3 students at the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). It serves as an intensive storytelling lab where aspiring journalists and filmmakers transform from students into principled media practitioners. It is here that they produce broadcast-quality documentaries rooted in journalistic principles.
Documenting the Authentic Pulse of Cambodia
Our mission is to empower the next generation of storytellers. We aim to bridge the gap between academic theory and professional practice, fostering a cohort of journalists who can tell stories with integrity, creativity, and technical excellence.
Exploring the roots of the nation through History, Art, Culture, and Lifestyle documentaries that preserve our shared past.
Shining a light on critical issues including Human Rights, Women’s Empowerment, and Social Inclusion for marginalized voices.
Investigating the future of Cambodia through the lens of Peace-building, Conflict Resolution, and Environmental sustainability.
Why It Matters
A Living ArchiveHost a Screening
Want to share these stories? Bring Project Three films to your event and spark meaningful dialogue. Partner with DMC to present these visual archives to your audience.
Support the Mission
Empower Future Storytellers. Help us document history as it happens. Your funding supports students in creating work that ensures diverse voices are heard and preserved.
Project Three 2024
Produced by third-year students from the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, these twelve mini documentaries address a broad range of social issues, including crafts, arts, culture, history, education, the environment, women’s empowerment, persons with disabilities, indigenous groups, and other social topics.
Project Three 2023
“Project Three” is a mini-documentary film project produced by year-three students of the DMC as part of their Broadcast Journalism and Video Production Class. In 2023, Students produced 12 mini-documentaries depicting different social stories throughout Cambodia.
Project Three 2022
Produced in 2022, these short-form documentaries highlight inspiring Cambodian figures and social issues.
Project Three 2017
Produced in 2017 by Batch 14 students of the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) of Royal University of Phnom Penh, these documentaries are part of their Video Production class. The eight documentaries focus on social and development issues in Cambodia.
Project Three 2016
Produced in 2016 by Batch 13 students of the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) of Royal University of Phnom Penh, these documentaries are part of their Video Production class. The eight documentaries focus on social and developmental issues in Cambodia.
Project Three 2015
Produced in 2015 by the batch 12 students of the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) of the Royal University of Phnom Penh. These mini documentaries are part of their Video Production class and focus on social development and controversial issues in Cambodian Society.
Is It Really True?
“Is it really true?” remains as one of the big questions at the heart of our society. Even today, sons and daughters keep asking their parents in disbelief. Judge at the International Court, the ECCC, investigate the details. Visitors to Cambodia shudder at shrines with broken skulls.
Under the Khmer Rouge, close to 2 million Cambodians were killed by their own people. Documents from the 1970s are scarce and unreliable. Today, it’s mostly the stories of the survivors that help us to learn the truth.
For over four years, journalism students of the Department of Media and Communication at the Royal University of Phnom Penh have been doing research in this field — and finding pieces of the big picture. Their short documentaries will take you to different places in Cambodia, meeting survivors and their stories.
