Documentary: Our river

“Our River” is a 12-minute documentary film that takes viewers on a journey to explore and listen to the voices of local communities along the lower Songkhram River which is an area recognized as a globally significant wetland. The documentary invites the audience to observe the lives of people who depend on the Songkhram River, from Ban Pak Yam to the river’s mouth where it joins the Mekong. It highlights the interconnected ecosystems that shape and sustain this way of life. The film was screened at the Mekong-ASEAN Environmental Week. 

Watch on YouTube: Our River 

(2025 / Thailand / 12 min) Eng-Thai subtitles.  

This documentary was made by Theerayut Weerakham as a part of MTT media-research collaboration fellowship. 

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MTT media-research collaboration fellowship 

In January 2025, SEI’s Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Network Program (MTT) awarded six “media-research collaboration fellowships”, each worth up to US$ 3,400 (AUD 5,000), to selected journalists and multimedia producers from the countries of the Mekong Region for environmental reporting. 

During the fellowship from January to December 2025, the media grantees have produced a range of stories, blogs, and short films on diverse environmental issues in the Mekong Region. The outputs were produced in collaboration with the MTT-affiliated researchers in the Mekong Region. The media grantees also organized a series of trainings and collaborative learning sessions for the MTT researchers in order to build the researchers’ capacity in multimedia and media engagement. 

The media-research partnership fund is coordinated by SEI Asia with the generous support of DFAT, Government of Australia.