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Meta House Phnom Penh
German Cambodian Cultural Center
#37, Sothearos Blvd.

Dear Film Friends and Art Lovers!

Tonite, THUR, 21/10, 7PM, we invite you for a special presentation by
Cambodian "freedom artist" LEANG SECKON. Seckon has has created the official festival poster for the first annual "Cambodia International Film Festival" (CIFF), which started yesterday.

Leang Seckon and Fleur Smith will present their RUBBISH PROJECT, by which they raise awareness of environmental issues. Be invited for a screening of short documentaries and a presentation of their "Naga Installation" on World Water Day 200). Seckon, who recently exhibited at Rossi & Rossi Gallery in London/UK will be available to answer questions and sign the CIFF posters.

If you can't make it tonite, consider to visit us in the following days.

* FRI, 22/10
CAMBODIAN FILMMAKERS' NIGHT: "PUTHISASTRA STUDENT TELEVISION"
7PM: "University of Puthisastra Student Television" (UPSTV) is a student filmmaking society which gives young Cambodians the opportunity to learn video techniques & create their own productions. For the last 8 months, four student groups have been filming documentaries and dramas on subjects of their own choosing which have varied from films about street children and drug abuse to more lighthearted comedy features. Although none of the 18 students involved in making these films had any video experience prior to joining the club, they are now developing their own styles and will hopefully make a great contribution to the future Cambodian film industry.

* SAT, 23/10
LIVE: WORLD FOLK MUSIC WITH THE "PHNOM PENH HIPPIE ORCHESTRA"
Meta House Music Club opens at 6PM on our rooftop with music videos and Brendan Toller's documentary I NEED THAT RECORD (2008, 77min), which features interviews with indie legends Glenn Branca, Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth). It deals with far more than simply the dying indie record stores, but also is an insightful examination of the music industry as a whole. At 8PM the PHNOM PENH HIPPIE ORCHESTRA (Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Ukulele, Violins, Mandolin, Balalaika, Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Accordion and Percussion) will play "unplugged" East-European, Arabian, Jewish