Back to META: Our program this week
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Dear Friends of Meta House!
Welcome back after the Khmer New Holidays with our program this week:
TUES, 7 PM: EVICTION NIGHT - "LAND IS LIFE"
WED, 7 PM: FIRST DOC AFTER KR - "KAMPUCHEA: DEATH AND REBIRTH"
THUR, 7 PM: FILMMAKER'S NITE - NU CAMBO-SHORTS!
FRI, 7 PM: KHMER THRILLER - "THE RED SENSE" (CAMBOFEST WINNER!)
SAT, 6PM: NEW EXHIBITION OPENING "INTERCITY"
SUN, 7PM: POWERFUL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCS - FOREST NIGHT (PT.2)
More infos below.
Hope to c u @ Meta,
best - Nico Mesterharm
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TUES, 21/04, 7 PM EVICTION NIGHT - LAND IS LIFE
Ian White/Nico Mesterharm present their documentary LAND IS LIFE about Social Land Concessions (for GTZ/LASED) in Kratie Province - followed by Eric Lofting's film RED EARTH VILLAGE. The Australian filmmaker captured the lifes of people, who lived in Phnom Penh's Red Earth Village (DEY KRAHOM), which was the last slum communities in central Phnom Penh and evicted in January 2009 (2007, 32 min). Activist and affected community members are present at the screening for Q&A.
WED, 22/04, 7 PM KAMPUCHEA: DEATH AND REBIRTH
Only seeing is believing. Meta House presents 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. (1979, 90min).
THUR, 23/04, 7 PM CAMBO-SHORTS
Expat filmmakers @ Meta House: "SANTA IS HERE" is a 3 minute narrative piece by Christina Oer about a different kind of Christmas in Cambodia. Filmmaker will be present at the screening and talk about her newest indie film project in Cambodia. Also screening: "THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN" - an independent film project conducted by Joanne Lam from the "Center for Children's Happiness", an NGO committed to the welfare of kids from the Steung Meanchey Municipal Landfill. (30 min.)
FRI, 24/04, 7 PM THE RED SENSE
Khmer–Australian film maker Tim Pek presents his supernatural thriller (Australia, 2006, 80 min.) about revenge and the Khmer Rouge legacy. A father was killed and his daughter has found herself a happy and comforting life. One day her loved one's spirit calls for the truth to an unjustified cause. Her life will never be the same when she uncovers the identity of the ruthless killer behind her fathers gruesome murder. Plus Q&A with filmmakers.
SAT, 25/04, OPENING: INTERCITY PHNOM PENH / LIJIANG
Exhibition artists Ou Vanndy, Chhea Bunna, Ouk Chim Vichet are all graduates from Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. They are part of a new generation of artists living and working in the capital. Their work is a melding of traditional influences and modern day city life. Curator Sascha Constable is an artist and teacher who has been involved in the Khmer Contemporary art scene since 2001. Sokuntevy Ouer shows works that have been created in Lijiang/China, including her first video diary. Opening on Saturday, April 25 (until May 09 2009)
SUN, 26/04, 7PM 7 PM FOREST NIGHT (Part 2)
Watch two environmental documentaries from Malaysia and India – within the 2009 Festival on Forests, People & Non-Timber-Forest-Products (NTFP): "WHAT IS RAINFOREST?" tells the rare story of how one man defends his native land against the advancing oil palm plantations in Sarawak. "VOICES FROM THE FOREST INDIA" shows how indigenous people and forest-dwelling communities profit from NTFPs. Screenings are followed by Q&A with Jenne de Beer of NTFP exchange program for South/South East Asia.
posted by Jinja @ 8:46 AM
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