META HOUSE
Street 264, #6 – Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh,
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

Dear Audience!

Sorry for the wrong information about tomorrow's Meta House program within
our last email posting.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow (tuesday, 7PM) we cordially invite you to meet US filmmaker JOHN
PIRROZI (USA), who will screen his fascinating "rockumentary" DENGUE FEVER –
SLEEPWALKING THROUGH THE MEKONG.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pirrozi followed Los Angeles based music group DENGUE FEVER on their journey
to Cambodia to perform 60s and 70s Cambdoian rock n' roll music. The films
serves up a portrait of modern Cambodia as the band tours through Phnom Penh
and beyond, crossing a great cultural chasm with the same spirit of
Cambodia's original rock pioneers.

The documentary was a huge success at the CAMBOFEST; the band DENGUE FEVER
has initiated a revival of Khmer Rock in the USA and Europe. Please be our
guest for this special event.

All the best, Lydia/Nico and the MH team

Dear Film Friends!

I'd like to invite you personally for TONITE'S FIRST SCREENING (7PM @ Meta)
of our most recent doc film production "LAND IS LIFE".

Supported by Germany and the World Bank, the Royal Government of Cambodia
has prepared the pilot project "Land Allocation for Social and Economic
Development" (LASED) to provide land to landless and land-poor people.

The film LAND IS LIFE by Nico Mesterharm & Ian White shows the process and
experiences of the first 'Social Land Concession' in Kratie province.

As Cambodian land issues are making headlines it is a very interesting
documentary to watch.
Project makers will be @ Meta House and open for a Q&A.

Please be our guest tonite or for the coming days, when we screen a variety
of media productions from Cambodia – most of them made possible through NGO
funding.

Hope to see you tonite,
all the best – Nico Mesterharm

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TUES, 20/01, 6PM BEST OF KHMER DOCMAKERS
In the beginning of 2009, Meta House is opening a master class for Cambodian
documentary filmmakers. Meet the young vital scene and watch video works of
Phanna Chheng (GIVING BACK)), Reap Chum (WAVE OF CHANGE), Om Kimsour
(TOMORROW), Lach Chantha (BUILD CAMBODIA) and many more… Fillmmakers will be
present.

WED, 21/01, 6PM DMC STUDENT NIGHT
The Department of Media and Communication (DMC) was established in 2001
after the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) and the Cambodian Government
recognized the need for professional media studies. At Meta House DMC
students present their work on the Khmer Rouge legacy and reconciliation
LOOKING BACK LOOKING AHEAD as well the short films YOUNG IN THE CITY (2008,
Khmer with English subtitles).

THUR, 22/01, 6PM TRUST THE TRUST…
In Cambodia since 2003, the BBC World Service Trust uses media to educate
about health, governance, human rights & humanitarian issues. It's TV hit
"Taste Of Life" was followed by films & spots on human trafficking, voter
education, HIV & malaria. The Trust's research team provides detailed input
into these programs by working closely with audiences. Watch a selection of
BBC

FRI, 23/01, 6PM A TASTE OF KMF
Khmer Mekong Films (KMF) is one of biggest Cambodian video production
companies. It grew out of the team created and trained by the BBC in 2004 to
make a 100-episode TV drama TASTE OF LIFE about HIV for Cambodian
television. To date, KMF has produced films and documentaries, edutainment
and commercials. Tonite KMF co-founder Matthew Robinson will show his
amazing portfolio.

SAT, 24/01, 6PM TIME FOR JUSTICE
Theary Seng is the Executive Director of the Center for Social Development
(CSD), a Cambodian human rights organization working also the area of
national reconciliation e.g. through its public forums. The CSD TV series
TIME FOR JUSTICE explains the backrounds of the KR trial within an
edutainment format. Theary Seng will be present at the screening.

SUN, 25/01, 6PM TV FOR DEMOCRACY
The Cambodian Ministry of Information and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) launched the weekly TV show, "Equity Weekly" on national
television (TVK) in May 2007 to create a culture of democracy in the
country. The program makers screen their most important works at Meta
House. (Q&A after screening)

Chinese House Presents

Philippe Javelle and Richard Boisson

performing on Saturday 17th of January from 8:30pm

The Chinese House
45, Sisowath Quay
Phnom Penh
(in front of the container port)
www.chinesehouse.asia