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 Meta House friends,

We hope to see you tonite
or in the following nights for a bunch of great films:

* THU, 25/06, 7 PM DOGORA & BARAKA
Stunning cinematography without narrations – Khmer Hypnotic!
* FRI, 26/06, 7 PM IL DIVO
Award-winning Mafia feature film
* SAT, 27/06, 7 PM NEW SOUNDZ FOR PHNOM PENH
The new Phnom Penh music scene on video
* SUN, 28/06, 7 PM TYSON
The World Box Champion portrayed by star director James Toback

More infos below.

!!!!!!!!!!
PS Note that next Monday, 29th, 7PM, we are screening a very special
SURPRISE FILM.
If you want to know more about our SNEAK PREVIEW of the year pls. give a
call to
Nico: 012 607 465
!!!!!!!!!!

*

THU, 25/06, 7 PM DOGORA & BARAKA
Without words, cameras show us the world, with an emphasis not on "where",
but on
"what's there": Patrice Leconte's DOGORA captures the daily routines of Khmer
people. It is clearly inspired by Ron Fricke's masterpiece BARAKA, which
alsofeatures a number of long tracking shots, including one through
S-21/Tuol Sleng.

FRI, 26/06, 7 PM IL DIVO
Filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino tells the story of Italian Prime Minister Giulio
Andreotti, who has been accused of collusion with the Mafia. The biopic was
nominated for the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it
was
awarded the Prix du Jury. (2008, 110 min.)

SAT, 27/06, 7 PM NEW SOUNDZ FOR PHNOM PENH
This doc shows four examples of initiatives aiming at a revival of Cambodia's
musical life: PHNOM PENH GOES BAROQUE & PHNOM PENH LIVE (in coop. with Goethe
Institute/Art Plus Foundation) and the best of NU CAMBODIAN INDIE VIDEOS.

SUN, 28/06, 7 PM TYSON by James Toback
TYSON (2008, 90 min.) is acclaimed US indie director James Toback's
stylistically
inventive portrait of a mesmerizing box champion Mike Tyson. Toback allows
Tyson to
reveal himself without inhibition and with eloquence and a pervasive
vulnerability.
Through a mixture of original interviews and archival footage and
photographs, a
startlingly complex, fully-rounded human being emerges.

MON, 29/06, 7 PM SURPRISE FILM
Watch out for announcements, pls.!

Imagine That!
3 weeks, 10 street children, 50 cameras

See what happens when the tables are turned and the tourists of Angkor
Temples become the subject of photographs taken by street children.

Join us for the opening of the “Imagine That!” exhibition in the new upstairs area of Romdeng.

6pm, Thursday June 25 2009
Romdeng
#74 Street 174
Phnom Penh

Dear Meta House friends,

Tonight (TUE, 23/06, 7 PM), we invite you for the "WELCOME BACK" of
Stephane Janine,
the former founder of Phnom Penh's first Photo art gallery "Popil".

The french photograpger left Cambodia for the USA in 2007. Stephane
Janine: "I
worked and lived in Cambodia many years, a country that I have visited and
photographed on many occasions since the early 90s. I now live in the
Washington DC
area where I shoot editorial and social events as well."

Stehane returned to Phnom Penh for the exhibition GLOBAL HYBRID, that
opens on the
2nd of July. Tonight at Meta House, he shows works under the title "THE
SUBSTANCE
BENEATH THE VISIBLE – Images from the USA, Cambodia and France" and holds
a Q&A.

Hope to see you for this presentation or in the following days:

* WED, 24/06, 7 PM CAMBODIA FOR SALE
The NGO COHRE presents Nana Yuriko's new documentary (2009, 57 mins). The
German
filmmaker tells the powerful story of Cambodian communities which struggle
against
forced evictions and the human rights activists working to support them.
Join us for
the documentary launch and Q&A with NGO representatives and communities
affected by
eviction.

* THU, 25/06, 7 PM DOGORA & BARAKA
Two excellent films without words: Patrice Leconte's DOGORA captures the
daily
routines of Khmer people in beautiful images – acompanied by a classical
music
soundtrack. It is clearly inspired by Ron Fricke's masterpiece BARAKA (shown
afterwards), which also features a number of long tracking shots -
including one
through S-21/Tuol Sleng.

Your Meta House team.

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

For the better part of a year, a diverse crew of six young filmmakers
spent their afternoons and weekends making a documentary film about
Cambodians growing up in the impoverished Oak Park Apartments in the San
Antonio District of East Oakland, home to many recent immigrants. The
20-minute film, I Ain't Leavin', describes the youth's struggle for
balance and security in a neighborhood where residents cope with gangs on
one hand and neighborhood gentrification on the other.

http://cinema.usc.edu/iaintleavin

I Ain't Leavin' Screening at USC
Host: CB Smith-Dahl
Friday, June 26, 2009, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Room 112, George Lucas Building, USC School of Cinematic Arts
900 W. 34th Street Los Angeles, CA

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