Sunday, July 13, 2008

Getting ready for UNAFF Phnom Penh!

Film is definitely on my mind, and Meta House is my favorite film venue in Phnom Penh. It is an open air rooftop screening area and bar. They screen films 5 nights a week, from rarely seen German films (the owner is German) to contemporary social issue feature films. Friday night I saw a film called Burma All Inclusive that included footage of attacks on the ethnic minority Karen, and tonight I watched legendary French filmmaker Bertrand Tevalier's film on adoption in Cambodia called Holy Lola.
(PS - This photo is a picture of an election flier. Just a reminder we are in election season here - July 27.)

July 18 and 19 I will be bringing my favorite film festival - the UNAFF festival - to Phnom Penh. We will be presenting three films relevant to the Cambodian context - Digital Dump, on the disposal of computers, On a Tightrope, about Muslim minorities in China (Cambodia has a Muslim minorty) and En Route to Baghdad, about the UN peacekeeping force and the UN leader Sergio who died in a bombing in Iraq. If you know anyone in Cambodia, encourage them to come to Meta House for the screenings!

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