Capital of Ratanakiri, Cambodia
Welcome to Banlung
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Banlung, Ratanakiri province, north east Cambodia is over 600km from the capital of Phnom Penh and borders Vietnam and Laos
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Banlung is a melting pot of Indigenous, Khmer, Vietnamese and Lao cultures.
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Big Stories filmmakers Koam Chanrasmey and Martin Potter worked closely with local content producers Ang Yung (who is Tampuon) and Lam Suot (who is Kreung) and with community based organisations and local NGOs such as Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP)
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The stories that emerged touch on issues around water, migration, indigenous rights to land and cultural preservation
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We worked closely with Phnom and Lunn villages to tell stories of their experience of the development of Banlung town. (Pictured are people from Phnom Village)
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To see my children and grandchildren have a bright future, an education and a good job
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I want my children to be able to read and write
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To have happiness
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To have a better standard of and to get some help looking after the cows
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I want to have my own home
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To never lose my land
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I want Indigenous people to have equal rights in terms of managing their own lives and their future
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To have a big farm, big land and enough to eat
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More construction in Banlung Town
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To be a manager of a famous company
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I would like to develop for the future and for the government to help the all people in village
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I used to have a big dream, but now I don't dream anymore
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I want to see society recognise the rights of indigenous people and I want to see my children and grandchildren have a good job and be healthy
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I want to have a house for my children and grandchildren
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To be able to help the people that I care about
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Rice to eat, a home and land
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I want happiness from now to the future, a car and money and enough for a big farm to find profit and not to lose my land
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For farmers to have a good rice crop and get a fair price for their harvest
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To have enough rice to eat, a home and land
