The other Screenings At META HOUSE this Week

Friday, November 13, 2009
* Friday, 7 PM, we are proud to screen "WHO MOVES PHNOM PENH?": Media students from the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh present their new short film series. 22 mini documentaries take you amongst construction workers, to the kitchen of noodle makers, or into the middle of a traditional Khmer boxing practice session (2009, 70 mins). Filmmakers will be present at the screening (Q&A).
* Saturday, 7 PM, the MESSENGER BAND presents “LAND LOST, CULTURE LOST”. Former garment factory workers are singing “a-capella” about pressing social issues. Tonight’s live performance, music videos (featuring the blind Chapei star Kong Nai) and Q&A with the artists is followed by the innovative community video project “LAND LOST CULTURE LOST”. The film tells the story of a land dispute in Ratanakkiri though the eyes of ethnic Jarai villagers from one of Cambodia’s remotest areas. It’s shot by the villagers and screened in the original version with English subtitles.
* On Sunday, 6 PM, we are hosting a SPECIAL CHARITY ART AUCTION with original works by German artist Herbert Mueller. The revenues will support a project for children in Kandal province and Cambodian students from the faculty of Medicine.
The auction is followed by the film “KANDAHAR” (2001, 82 min). It serves as a timely memorial to the brutality of the Taliban regime. When a woman receives a letter from her sister in Afghanistan which makes her think that she is going to kill herself, she sets off on a perilous journey to the country in search of her sibling.

The other Screenings At META HOUSE this Week

Friday, November 13, 2009
* Friday, 7 PM, we are proud to screen "WHO MOVES PHNOM PENH?": Media students from the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh present their new short film series. 22 mini documentaries take you amongst construction workers, to the kitchen of noodle makers, or into the middle of a traditional Khmer boxing practice session (2009, 70 mins). Filmmakers will be present at the screening (Q&A).
* Saturday, 7 PM, the MESSENGER BAND presents “LAND LOST, CULTURE LOST”. Former garment factory workers are singing “a-capella” about pressing social issues. Tonight’s live performance, music videos (featuring the blind Chapei star Kong Nai) and Q&A with the artists is followed by the innovative community video project “LAND LOST CULTURE LOST”. The film tells the story of a land dispute in Ratanakkiri though the eyes of ethnic Jarai villagers from one of Cambodia’s remotest areas. It’s shot by the villagers and screened in the original version with English subtitles.
* On Sunday, 6 PM, we are hosting a SPECIAL CHARITY ART AUCTION with original works by German artist Herbert Mueller. The revenues will support a project for children in Kandal province and Cambodian students from the faculty of Medicine.
The auction is followed by the film “KANDAHAR” (2001, 82 min). It serves as a timely memorial to the brutality of the Taliban regime. When a woman receives a letter from her sister in Afghanistan which makes her think that she is going to kill herself, she sets off on a perilous journey to the country in search of her sibling.

BBC- A Cambodian man (a Thai national) has been arrested for allegedly spying for Thailand as a major cross-border row intensifies.

Siwarak Chothipong, 31, who works for the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was accused of seeking out the flight details of Thaksin Shinawatra.
The former Thai prime minister, wanted in Thailand to serve a jail sentence for corruption, has been playing golf with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Mr Thaksin's presence in Cambodia has outraged Thailand.
Bangkok fears Mr Thaksin's ability to spur opposition to the current government and resents Cambodia's rejection of an extradition request.
In exile for two years, Mr Thaksin accepted a role as economic adviser to the Cambodian government and arrived in the capital, Phnom Penh, on Tuesday.
Espionage charge
Siwarak Chothipong was arrested and charged with supplying Thailand with details of Mr Thaksin's flight schedule, said Cambodian national police spokesman Kirt Chantharith.

BBC- A Cambodian man (a Thai national) has been arrested for allegedly spying for Thailand as a major cross-border row intensifies.

Siwarak Chothipong, 31, who works for the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was accused of seeking out the flight details of Thaksin Shinawatra.
The former Thai prime minister, wanted in Thailand to serve a jail sentence for corruption, has been playing golf with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Mr Thaksin's presence in Cambodia has outraged Thailand.
Bangkok fears Mr Thaksin's ability to spur opposition to the current government and resents Cambodia's rejection of an extradition request.
In exile for two years, Mr Thaksin accepted a role as economic adviser to the Cambodian government and arrived in the capital, Phnom Penh, on Tuesday.
Espionage charge
Siwarak Chothipong was arrested and charged with supplying Thailand with details of Mr Thaksin's flight schedule, said Cambodian national police spokesman Kirt Chantharith.

BBC- A Cambodian man (a Thai national) has been arrested for allegedly spying for Thailand as a major cross-border row intensifies.

Siwarak Chothipong, 31, who works for the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was accused of seeking out the flight details of Thaksin Shinawatra.
The former Thai prime minister, wanted in Thailand to serve a jail sentence for corruption, has been playing golf with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Mr Thaksin's presence in Cambodia has outraged Thailand.
Bangkok fears Mr Thaksin's ability to spur opposition to the current government and resents Cambodia's rejection of an extradition request.
In exile for two years, Mr Thaksin accepted a role as economic adviser to the Cambodian government and arrived in the capital, Phnom Penh, on Tuesday.
Espionage charge
Siwarak Chothipong was arrested and charged with supplying Thailand with details of Mr Thaksin's flight schedule, said Cambodian national police spokesman Kirt Chantharith.

BBC- A Cambodian man (a Thai national) has been arrested for allegedly spying for Thailand as a major cross-border row intensifies.

Siwarak Chothipong, 31, who works for the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was accused of seeking out the flight details of Thaksin Shinawatra.
The former Thai prime minister, wanted in Thailand to serve a jail sentence for corruption, has been playing golf with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Mr Thaksin's presence in Cambodia has outraged Thailand.
Bangkok fears Mr Thaksin's ability to spur opposition to the current government and resents Cambodia's rejection of an extradition request.
In exile for two years, Mr Thaksin accepted a role as economic adviser to the Cambodian government and arrived in the capital, Phnom Penh, on Tuesday.
Espionage charge
Siwarak Chothipong was arrested and charged with supplying Thailand with details of Mr Thaksin's flight schedule, said Cambodian national police spokesman Kirt Chantharith.