This Week at The Chinese House | Tuesday | Screenings: Mekong Arts and Media Festival | | 5 day festival which welcomes artists from all over SE-Asia.
November 24th, from 7:15pm | | The Mekong Arts and Media Festival 2009 is a five-day event that highlights the different forms of creative expressions that can be used to address the challenges of the present and emerging social realities in the sub-region through performances, conferences, skills-building workshops, exhibits, film showings and other special events. The Chinese House has been chosen as one of the official venues and will host a selection of movies and documentaires from and about the Mekong region throughout the week. Read more about the Mekong Arts and Media Festival AN UNTITLED LIFE
Running Time: 23minutes ARTIST UNBOUND
Running Time: 33 minutes
Twenty eight artists from five countries Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan China come together share experiences and discover new ways of looking at themes of gender, sexuality and health. Together they create inspiring new artworks to tell their stories, ask questions and call for change. UNDER THE SAME SKY
Running Time 43 minutes
A documentary about about the Asia-Pacific Festival Conference of Women in the Arts which chronicles the experiences, processes and aesthetic insights generated in those five days. Back to top | Wednesday Screening | Cambodian thriller: Vanished | | November 25th, 7:15pm - Free entrance | | As part of the Mekong Art and Media Festival which focuses on the arts in South East Asia, the Chinese House will screen short film about Cambodia, followed by a feature length cambodian thriller: Vanished. EXPIRED - 10 min: Young Cambodians tell the strange story of a French family on holiday in Cambodia VANISHED - 90 min (english subtitles): Set in the heart of contemporary Phnom Penh, Vanished tells the nerve-wracking story of radio show presenter Maly (played by stunning newcomer, actress Saray Sakana) who deals with young Cambodian's personal problems on a controversial nightly phone-in show. In quick succession, her co-host and producer are found dead. Maly is terrified her own life is in danger, even under police protection. As the threats mount and she feels increasingly at her wits' end, the question for her and the audience is will she crack before the murderer is caught? Back to top | Thursday | Screenings: Mekong Arts and Media Festival | | MAMF presents a series of short films from South East Asia
November 26th, from 7:15pm - Free entrance | | JUST A BOY (Myanmar) - 14 min: The story of a thirteen year old boy who rides his bicycle to cross the boarder to buy vegetables which he sells to the other and goes unnoticed by the border police. His story is a story of hardship. But it is also a story of hope. WATERBOY - 15 min: The story of how a boy gets the strength and the courage to work in a water purification company and away from his family. A BOY AT THE BORDER - 14 min. ... THE CHANGING AKHA (Laos) - 16 min: A film about how the lives of the Akha tribe is changing because of modernization and how despite these changes, the Akha is trying to hold on to their traditions. HUMAN ZOO (Myanmar) - 19 min: The women of the Padaung, a Myanmar tribe wear brass coils on their neck. This practice turns them into an interesting attraction for tourists. Director Ko Ko Gyi captures the delicate beauty of these women, their changed lifestyles and their suffering as media and tourism turn their home into a 'human zoo.'MY POSITIVE LIFE (Myanmar) - 20 min. ... A PIECE OF EDEN (Myanmar) - 14 min: A touching story about a twelve year old boy suffering from muscular dystrophy and how he finds support and friendship in a center ran by NGO. Back to top | Friday | Screenings: Mekong Arts and Media Festival | | MAMF presents a series of short films from South East Asia
November 27th, from 7:15pm - Free entrance | | MY DEAR ENEMY (Thailand) - 20 min - Directed by: Manussa Vorasingha: A short film about two grade school boys who love to tease and taunt each other until they both realize that nothing good will come out of it. SLEEPING BEAUTY (Thailand) - 9 min - Directed by: Manussa Vorasingha: Shot using a cellular phone, this is a true story about the last few days of a dying woman in a hospital. Using the tale of Sleeping Beauty in the narration, the film maker is able to show the contrast between reality and the fairy tale. MATSII (Thailand) - 19 min - Directed by: Sineenadh Keitparapai: A film about the struggles of a young mother who just wants to leave her children behind and its parallelism to the story of Matsii, the wife of Prince Wetsadon who was said to be Buddha who gave her children away so she can concentrate on taking care of her husband. MIRACLE OF LOVE (China) - 14 min: A research conducted in Thailand through a project of the United Nations Funds resulted in development of a drug that will reduce mother-to-childe transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). This film shows a shining example of how international cooperation and sharing of knowledge can not only improve but save lives as well. GREENMEADOW (Vietnam) - 40 min - With the support of the My Life My View Project, seven children: Hien, Tam, Ha, Thao, Bac, Nhung and Tuyet filmed the daily lives of the 20 families in their floating village on the Red River in Ngoc Thuy ward of Gia Lim District, Hanoi. This story takes the audience to the world of children and allows them to experience life through their eyes. Back to top | Friday | House Party: "Flavours" with DJ Silvia | | A blend of groovy music styles
November 27th, from 9pm - Free entrance | Saturday | Exhibition: Photo Phnom Penh | | Photo Phnom Penh Festival presents chinese photographer Luo Dan
November 28th - December 13th | | 
Exhibition Opening on Thursday, December 3rd at 7:00pm Born in 1968. Lives and Works at Chengdu in China. Luo Dan was granted a diploma in 1992 from the Institute of Fine Arts in Sichuan, China. He made a career of photojournalism from 1997 to 2005. Since 2006, he has been working as a freelance photographer in China. He has participated in numerous exhibitions and festivals such as the San Francisco Photographic Art Exposition (2006), Photoquai 07 (France, 2007), and Lianzhou International Photo Festival (China, 2006 and 2008/Artist of the year/Gold Award). This year, he presented a solo exhibition: China, on the Road at Tomo Art Center in Beijing and in the Taiss Art Gallery in Paris. Read more about the Photo Phnom Penh Festival
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