Paradyms × Human of This Planet
Paradyms × Human of This Planet
A Paradyms Original
Beyond the Noise
Beyond the Noise
Beyond the Noise
01 / The Series
Beyond the Noise is a homage to the people and stories often overlooked. The series explores themes of identity, culture, and belonging across a three-part documentary series, set in Cambodia.
Beyond the Noise is a homage to the people and stories often overlooked. The series explores themes of identity, culture, and belonging across a three-part documentary series, set in Cambodia.
We lived alongside the people we filmed, sharing meals and listening to their stories. What emerges is our recollection of the feelings we felt and the things we learned along the way. Portraits of resilience, creativity, and the quiet determination it takes to protect something when the world tells you it's not worth saving.
We lived alongside the people we filmed, sharing meals and listening to their stories. What emerges is our recollection of the feelings we felt and the things we learned along the way. Portraits of resilience, creativity, and the quiet determination it takes to protect something when the world tells you it’s not worth saving.
01 / The Series
Beyond the Noise is a homage to the people and stories often overlooked. The series explores themes of identity, culture, and belonging across a three-part documentary series, set in Cambodia.
We lived alongside the people we filmed, sharing meals and listening to their stories. What emerges is our recollection of the feelings we felt and the things we learned along the way. Portraits of resilience, creativity, and the quiet determination it takes to protect something when the world tells you it’s not worth saving.
02 / Episodes
Roots
Currents
ReMade
Kui Indigenous youth in Cambodia’s forests hold onto traditions despite discrimination.
03 / Meet the people
Roots
Currents
ReMade
Crew
Community Architect, 3CORSECO
Den
Born in a refugee camp and trained as an architect, Den found his way to the Kui community over a decade ago and never really left. He believes in working with communities, not extracting from them.
Kui Language Teacher & Advocate
Somphors
Somphors believes education and knowledge are the only way to keep Kui culture alive. Rather than wait on institutions to preserve it, she lives it publicly, using her voice to keep Kui identity present in the modern world.
Featured
Chhouden Chhim, Somphors, Morn Mean, Reang Roth, Roem Rin, Nou Sa, Roem Ren & Kui Cultural Community
Filmed in
Kampong Thom Province · Sambor Prei Kuk, Cambodia
Special thanks
Miguel Jeronimo, Cambodian Youth Indigenous Association
02 / Episodes
Roots
Currents
ReMade
Kui Indigenous youth in Cambodia’s forests hold onto traditions despite discrimination.
03 / Meet the people
Roots
Currents
ReMade
Crew
Community Architect, 3CORSECO
Den
Born in a refugee camp and trained as an architect, Den found his way to the Kui community over a decade ago and never really left. He believes in working with communities, not extracting from them.
Kui Language Teacher & Advocate
Somphors
Somphors believes education and knowledge are the only way to keep Kui culture alive. Rather than wait on institutions to preserve it, she lives it publicly, using her voice to keep Kui identity present in the modern world.
Featured
Chhouden Chhim, Somphors, Morn Mean, Reang Roth, Roem Rin, Nou Sa, Roem Ren & Kui Cultural Community
Filmed in
Kampong Thom Province · Sambor Prei Kuk, Cambodia
Special thanks
Miguel Jeronimo, Cambodian Youth Indigenous Association
02 / Episodes
Roots
Currents
ReMade
Kui Indigenous youth in Cambodia’s forests hold onto traditions despite discrimination.
03 / Meet the people
Roots
Currents
ReMade
Crew
Community Architect, 3CORSECO
Den
Born in a refugee camp and trained as an architect, Den found his way to the Kui community over a decade ago and never really left. He believes in working with communities, not extracting from them.
Kui Language Teacher & Advocate
Somphors
Somphors believes education and knowledge are the only way to keep Kui culture alive. Rather than wait on institutions to preserve it, she lives it publicly, using her voice to keep Kui identity present in the modern world.
Featured
Chhouden Chhim, Somphors, Morn Mean, Reang Roth, Roem Rin, Nou Sa, Roem Ren & Kui Cultural Community
Filmed in
Kampong Thom Province · Sambor Prei Kuk, Cambodia
Special thanks
Miguel Jeronimo, Cambodian Youth Indigenous Association
06 / The Premiere
We launched a campaign for Beyond the Noise months before its release, and it began to find an audience, reaching over 800,000 views online. News outlets across Cambodia started covering the series. On June 19, 2026, we premiered the films to a sold-out room at the Institut français du Cambodge in Phnom Penh, followed by smaller private and community screenings around the country.
We launched a campaign for Beyond the Noise months before its release, and it began to find an audience, reaching over 800,000 views online. News outlets across Cambodia started covering the series. On June 19, 2026, we premiered the films to a sold-out room at the Institut français du Cambodge in Phnom Penh, followed by smaller private and community screenings around the country.
We launched a campaign for Beyond the Noise months before its release, and it began to find an audience, reaching over 800,000 views online. News outlets across Cambodia started covering the series. On June 19, 2026, we premiered the films to a sold-out room at the Institut français du Cambodge in Phnom Penh, followed by smaller private and community screenings around the country.
Pre-production felt like one big experiment. Neither of us had done anything like this before, but with filmmaking on one side and tech and impact on the other, our roles found each other naturally.
We filmed for about a month, 8 to 10 hours most days, often living with the people we were documenting. There were moments when we felt genuinely conflicted about whether we should be filming at all.
We took a leap to keep this going. Keoni left his job, and right after we got back from Cambodia, the film company became Paradyms. The best things don’t come without a cost.
Learn about how you can get involved on our official Beyond the Noise landing page.
Learn about how you can get involved on our official Beyond the Noise landing page.
Learn about how you can get involved on our official Beyond the Noise landing page.
Directed & produced by
Keoni Carrion, Cheryl Ng
Made in collaboration with
Human of This Planet · 3CORSECO · Khmer Ocean Life · ReMade in Cambodia