CINEMEKONG @ META: PREMIERES & PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Dear Friends of Meta House!
We are proud to host
CINEMEKONG @ META HOUSE
from March 15 till March 21
THE BEST DOC/FILMS ABOUT CAMBODIA
WITH A VIEW TO THE NEIGHBOURS
by Cambodian and international Directors
presented every night from 7PM until 11PM
on the open-air-rooftop. Free Admission
Pls. note the following Cambodian premieres:
SUN, 16/03. 07.20PM A REFLECTION ON CAMBODIAN CONTEMPORARY ART
A filmic letter from Linda Saphan to the former director of CCF Guy Isssanjou – Directed by Christine Bouteillier (France).
MON, 17/03. 07.00PM "KAMPUCHEA: DEATH AND REBIRTH" is the first documentary after Khmer Rouge, shot by famous GDR filmmakers Heynowski/Scheumann. Thanks to Progress Berlin for letting us screen it!!!!
FRI, 21/03. 08.00PM "WIDOW'S FARM: New ARTE-documentary by Nico Mesterharm (Germany) about the human costs of the on-going civil war in the South of Thailand
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SAT, 15/03. DOUBLE FEATURE!
07.00PM "NICE HAT" by David Brisbin (Canada)
Nice Hat! is an breathteaking expedition through Cambodian life and history,
seen entirely through hats and headgear.
09.00PM "STRAIGHT REFUGEEZ" by Ian White (Australia).
Urban Doc Film on the so-called returnees in Phnom Penh:
Khmer American convicts and their new lifes
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SUN, 16/03. THE REVIVAL OF KHMER ARTS
07.00PM "THE BATTLE TO REBUILD SBAEK THOM" by Chuon Sarin (Cambodia)
about shadow puppetry after the Khmer Rouge.
07.20PM A REFLECTION ON CAMBODIAN CONTEMPORARY ART
A filmic letter from Linda Saphan to the former director of CCF Guy Isssanjou –
Directed by Christine Bouteillier (France). Cambodian Premiere!
08.00PM "SEASONS OF MIGRATION" by John Bishop (USA)
about Sophiline Cheam Shapiro's contemporary dance piece.
09.30PM THE PHNOM PENH VIDEO ART PROJECT
ANA-funded MH initiative - conducted by Chiang Mai artist Som Sutthirat (Thailand)
with Vandy Rattana amm.
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MON, 17/03. THE KHMER ROUGE LEGACY
07.00PM "KAMPUCHEA: DEATH AND REBIRTH" is the first documentary after Khmer Rouge, shot by famous GDR filmmakers Heynowski/Scheumann: The scenes filmed during spring 1979 in Cambodia are part of history: a metropolis left to rampant nature, skull heaps, destroyed faces and cultural landscapes. The reports of the survivors are moving and harrowing. Thanks to Progress Berlin for letting us screen it!!!! Cambodian Premiere!
08.30PM "LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD" - 10 Mini Documentaries on Khmer Rouge History and Reconcilitation by DMC students at the Royal University of Phnom Penh
09.30 THE FLUTE PLAYER by Jocelyn Glatzer (USA)
The Flute Player" is a one-hour documentary film about the life and work of Cambodian genocide survivor Arn Chorn-Pond. Today at the age of 38, Arn has taken his very tragic past and turned it into something inspirational. He is striving to heal the deep scars of Pol Pot's genocide by bringing Cambodia's once outlawed traditional music back to his people.
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TUE, 18/03. PHNOM PENH - CITYLIFES
07.00PM "PHNOM PENH/INTERCITY" are short films by students of Pannasastra University in coop. with Bophana Center and Meta House
08.00PM "CONCRETE VISIONS" Short Documentary by Nico Mesterharm (Germany) and Helen Grant-Ross (UK) about 1960's New Khmer Architecture, the architect Vann Molyvannn and the recent development in Phnom Penh
08.30PM "DEY KRAHORM" (Red Earth) by Eric Lofting (Australia):
A slum community is facing eviction….
09.00PM "PIROI" by Ignazio Zurutuza (Spain) about expats in Phnom Penh,
09.30PM "AMAZING CAMBODIA" - Groovy video music collage by Jan Mueller (Germany)
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WED, 19/03: NATURE AND GLOBALIZATION
07.00PM "TOMORROW" by filmmaker Om Kimsour (Cambodia)
about the impact of globalization in Ratanakiri
08.00PM "WHEN THE FLOODS RECEDE" by Peter Degen
Each year 10 days before full moon in January a big fish migration takes place in the Tonle Sap River. Thousands of people flock to the Tonle Sap from all over the country to make prahoc, the famous Cambodian fermented fish paste.
09.00PM "THE SERENGETI OF ASIA" by Allan Michaud (UK)
A fine selection of footage of Cambodian birds – filmed eg. In the famous Prek Tol bird sanctuary on the Tonle Sab lake
9.30PM: "FOREST MOUNTAIN VOICES" – the first indigenous community media project in Ratanakiri/Cambodia. Young Tampeun, Jarai and Kreung make media in indigenous languages about culture, community and the essential connection between the indigenous people of Ratanakiri & the land
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THU, 20/03: KIDS IN CAMBODIA
07.00PM VIDEOPOSTCARDS by Christine Bouteillier (France) with Daren Swallow (UK): Cambodian kids record their lifes, wishes and dreams. A rugby team from the Stung Mean Chey dumpsite in Phnom Penh meet members of the circus/art school "Phare Ponleu Selapak" from Battambang.
08.00PM THE DAY WILL COME by Benjamin Pederick (Australia)
about the Cambodian Child Forum – held by NGO World Vision
08.30PM CAMBODIA CHILD SURVIVAL INITIATIVE by Christoph Waskow (Germany)
Healthcare and maternity care in the Cambodian countryside
09.00PM BUILDING A DREAM by Nico Mesterharm (Germany)
A German architect is building a children's village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh
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FRI, 21/03: MEKONG TV
07.00PM "IMAGENING THE MEKONG"-Project, done by young SE Asian filmmakers – short films from Thailand, China, Vietnam and Cambodia
08.00PM "WIDOW'S FARM: New ARTE-documentary by Nico Mesterharm (Germany) about the human costs of the on-going civil war in the South of Thailand – Cambodian Premiere!
08.30PM BURMA ALL INCLUSIVE by Roland Wehap (Austria)
10.00PM UXO (Unexploded Ordinance) by Ian White (Australia)
Laos is the most heavily UXO contaminated country in the world – the filmmaker traveled up the Ho Chi Minh trail as guest of UXO Lao, capturing incredible scenes of people living in areas that have been described as live bombing ranges…
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Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
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Homepage: www.meta-house.com,
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Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Fixed +855- (0)23 – 224 140, Mobil +855- (0) 12- 607 465
Homepage: www.meta-house.com,
email: mesterharm@gmx.net
posted by Jinja @ 10:10 PM
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