Tom's Shoes & Eyewear Catalogue and Documentary
TOMS, Sep 2012

One for one. With every pair purchased, TOMS will give a new pair of shoes to a child in need. TOMS is a successful social enterprise that has given more than 2 million pairs of shoes to children around the world thanks to its one-for-one model. More recently TOMS has moved into eyewear and provides free glasses or a sight operation to people in the developing world every time someone buys a pair of sunglasses.

The TOMS team travelled to Cambodia in September 2012 to shoot a documentary about their philanthropic work in the kingdom and... >>more

Pepsi European Championships 2008 Commercial
Radical Media, 2007

Radical Media, one of the world's largest creative houses, came to Cambodia in October 2007 to shoot a major commercial for Pepsi's 2008 global campaign to promote the European Championships. Locations included the East Gate of Angkor Thom, the temple of Ta Prohm and the Old Market area of Siem Reap. Body doubles were in town for Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas and Frank Lampard, plus some pretty good footballing skills on display. The advert was a massive success, featuring Beckham, Ronaldhino passing the ball around the globe in a dazzling 60 seconds. Hanuman Films arranged all logistics and permissions for this commercial shoot, including accommodation at Amansara and Victoria Angkor Hotel.

Locations: Siem Reap Old Market, Ta Prohm, Bayon, East Gate of Angkor Thom
Talent: Director Tarsem Singh, David Beckham, Frank Lampard, Cesc Fabregas

TUI Commercial
Radical Media, 2007

So successful was the first Radical Media shoot that they returned for another shoot just two months later, this time a TUI commercial for the international travel giant. This commercial included elephants at the East Gate of Angkor Thom for both a television commercial and a series of print advertisements. Hanuman once again arranged all permissions and logistics for this shoot.

Locations: West Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon Temple
Talent: Director Tarsem Singh, Producer Simon ‘Tommo’ Tucker

Pfizer Promotion Film
Drescher Films, 2005

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer produced a commercial to highlight their foundation work in Cambodia, Morocco and Uganda and Hanuman worked with Drescher Films to make this possible in Cambodia. Filming an intern at the Angkor Children’s Hospital in Siem Reap, the crew had a short but sweet shoot, basing themselves at FCC Angkor Hotel. We also hired a local lighting team for the interiors at the hospital.

Locations: Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap
Talent: Director Hugh Drescher

Dragon Air
Moviola, 2002

Dragonair became one of the first international companies to successfully feature Angkor Wat in a commercial shoot in 2002. Kulikar Sotho worked with Hong Kong-based Moviola Productions as Line Producer, taking responsibility for the entire production in Cambodia. Hanuman arranged all filming permissions, including the sensitive dragon dance shoot at Angkor Wat, and arranged all logistics, such as accommodation, transport and import/re-export of equipment. During the five-day shoot, Kulikar also acted as interpreter for the 15-strong production crew.The commercial covered four countries, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan, but, according to the Moviola crew, it was in Cambodia that things ran most smoothly.

Locations: Angkor Wat, Siem Reap
Talent: Dragon Dancers from Hong Kong