China and Cambodia sign MoU to coproduce movie

Producers of The Angkor Code, a feature-length movie set to be coproduced by China and Cambodia, signed a memorandum of understanding in Phnom Penh on April 11, as part of a new project to boost cultural exchanges between the two countries.

The film, jointly produced by the Beijing-based Shinework Pictures and Cambodian conglomerate Soma Group, will be set against the backdrop of the centuries-old history of Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious structure.

Iris Wang, the film's producer, told China Daily that the idea for the project emerged in July last year. It marks their third such internationally coproduced project, following megastar Jackie Chan's Sino-Indian blockbuster Kung Fu Yoga and The Composer, the first Sino-Kazakh film recounting a lesser-known story about late musician Xian Xinghai.