This week at =
the Chinese House
This Week at The =
Chinese=20
House
Tuesday:=20
Mekong Art and Media Festival=20
Screenings
Wednesday Screening: Cambodian thriller: =
“Vanished”
Thursday=20
& Friday: Mekong Art and Media =
Festival=20
Screenings
Friday: House=20
Party with DJ Silvia
Saturday: Photo Phnom Penh presents Luo=20
Dan
Tuesday
Screenings:=20
Mekong Arts and Media=20
Festival
5=20
day festival which welcomes artists from all over=20
SE-Asia.
November 24th, =
from=20
7:15pm
The=20
Mekong Arts and Media Festival 2009 is a five-day event that =
highlights the different forms of creative expressions that =
can be=20
used to address the challenges of the present and emerging =
social=20
realities in the sub-region through performances, =
conferences,=20
skills-building workshops, exhibits, film showings and other =
special=20
events.
The=20
Chinese House has been chosen as one of the official venues =
and will=20
host a selection of movies and documentaires from and about =
the=20
Mekong region throughout the week.
Read=20
more about the Mekong Arts and Media Festival
AN=20
UNTITLED LIFE
Running Time: 23minutes
ARTIST=20
UNBOUND
Running Time: 33 minutes
Twenty =
eight=20
artists from five countries =96 Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, =
Vietnam=20
and Yunnan China come together share experiences and =
discover new=20
ways of looking at themes of gender, sexuality and health. =
Together=20
they create inspiring new artworks to tell their stories, =
ask=20
questions and call for change.
UNDER=20
THE SAME SKY
Running Time 43 minutes
A =
documentary=20
about about the Asia-Pacific Festival Conference of Women in =
the=20
Arts which chronicles the experiences, processes and =
aesthetic=20
insights generated in those five days.
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Wednesday Screening
Cambodian thriller:=20
Vanished
November 25th, =
7:15pm – Free=20
entrance
As=20
part of the Mekong Art and Media Festival which focuses on =
the arts=20
in South East Asia, the Chinese House will screen short film =
about=20
Cambodia, followed by a feature length cambodian thriller:=20
Vanished.
EXPIRED=20
– 10 min: Young Cambodians tell the strange story =
of a=20
French family on holiday in Cambodia
VANISHED=20
– 90 min (english subtitles): Set in the heart of=20
contemporary Phnom Penh, Vanished tells the nerve-wracking =
story of=20
radio show presenter Maly (played by stunning newcomer, =
actress=20
Saray Sakana) who deals with young Cambodian=92s personal =
problems on=20
a controversial nightly phone-in show. In quick succession, =
her=20
co-host and producer are found dead. Maly is terrified her =
own life=20
is in danger, even under police protection. As the threats =
mount and=20
she feels increasingly at her wits=92 end, the question for =
her and=20
the audience is =96 will she crack before the murderer is =
caught?
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Thursday
Screenings:=20
Mekong Arts and Media=20
Festival
MAMF=20
presents a series of short films from South East=20
Asia
November 26th, =
from 7:15pm -=20
Free entrance
JUST=20
A BOY (Myanmar) – 14 min: The story of a thirteen =
year old=20
boy who rides his bicycle to cross the boarder to buy =
vegetables=20
which he sells to the other and goes unnoticed by the border =
police.=20
His story is a story of hardship. But it is also a story of =
hope.=20
WATERBOY – 15 min: The story of how a boy =
gets the=20
strength and the courage to work in a water purification =
company and=20
away from his family. A BOY AT THE BORDER – 14 =
min.=20
… THE CHANGING AKHA (Laos) – 16 min: A =
film about=20
how the lives of the Akha tribe is changing because of =
modernization=20
and how despite these changes, the Akha is trying to hold on =
to=20
their traditions. HUMAN ZOO (Myanmar) – 19 min: =
The=20
women of the Padaung, a Myanmar tribe wear brass coils on =
their=20
neck. This practice turns them into an interesting =
attraction for=20
tourists. Director Ko Ko Gyi captures the delicate beauty of =
these=20
women, their changed lifestyles and their suffering as media =
and=20
tourism turn their home into a =91human zoo.=92MY =
POSITIVE LIFE=20
(Myanmar) – 20 min. … A =
PIECE OF=20
EDEN (Myanmar) – 14 min: A touching story about a =
twelve=20
year old boy suffering from muscular dystrophy and how he =
finds=20
support and friendship in a center ran by NGO.
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Friday
Screenings:=20
Mekong Arts and Media=20
Festival
MAMF=20
presents a series of short films from South East=20
Asia
November 27th, =
from 7:15pm -=20
Free entrance
MY=20
DEAR ENEMY (Thailand) – 20 min – Directed by: Manussa =
Vorasingha:=20
A short film about two grade school boys who love =
to tease=20
and taunt each other until they both realize that nothing =
good will=20
come out of it. SLEEPING BEAUTY (Thailand) – 9 min – =
Directed by: Manussa Vorasingha: Shot using a =
cellular=20
phone, this is a true story about the last few days of a =
dying woman=20
in a hospital. Using the tale of Sleeping Beauty in the =
narration,=20
the film maker is able to show the contrast between reality =
and the=20
fairy tale. MATSII (Thailand) – 19 min – Directed =
by:=20
Sineenadh Keitparapai: A film about the struggles =
of a=20
young mother who just wants to leave her children behind and =
its=20
parallelism to the story of Matsii, the wife of Prince =
Wetsadon who=20
was said to be Buddha who gave her children away so she can=20
concentrate on taking care of her husband. MIRACLE =
OF LOVE=20
(China) – 14 min: A research conducted in Thailand =
through=20
a project of the United Nations Funds resulted in =
development of a=20
drug that will reduce mother-to-childe transmission of =
Acquired=20
Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). This film shows a shining =
example=20
of how international cooperation and sharing of knowledge =
can not=20
only improve but save lives as well. GREENMEADOW =
(Vietnam) -=20
40 min - With the support of the My Life My =
View=20
Project, seven children: Hien, Tam, Ha, Thao, Bac, Nhung and =
Tuyet=20
filmed the daily lives of the 20 families in their floating =
village=20
on the Red River in Ngoc Thuy ward of Gia Lim District, =
Hanoi. This=20
story takes the audience to the world of children and allows =
them to=20
experience life through their eyes.
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Friday
House=20
Party: “Flavours” with DJ=20
Silvia
A=20
blend of groovy music styles
November 27th, =
from 9pm -=20
Free entrance
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Saturday
Exhibition:=20
Photo Phnom=20
Penh
Photo=20
Phnom Penh Festival presents chinese photographer Luo=20
Dan
November 28th – =
December=20
13th
=
Exhibition=20
Opening on Thursday, December 3rd at 7:00pm
Born=20
in 1968. Lives and Works at Chengdu in China. Luo Dan was =
granted a=20
diploma in 1992 from the Institute of Fine Arts in Sichuan, =
China.=20
He made a career of photojournalism from 1997 to 2005. Since =
2006,=20
he has been working as a freelance photographer in China. =
He=20
has participated in numerous exhibitions and festivals such =
as the=20
San Francisco Photographic Art Exposition (2006), Photoquai =
07=20
(France, 2007), and Lianzhou International Photo Festival =
(China,=20
2006 and 2008/Artist of the year/Gold Award). This year, he=20
presented a solo exhibition: China, on the Road at Tomo Art =
Center=20
in Beijing and in the Taiss Art Gallery in Paris.
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more about the Photo Phnom Penh Festival
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Chinese House – 45 Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh – View=20
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