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Cross the Line exhibition

Cambodian female artist Dina Chhan will exhibit a large colllection of recent work. Ranging from gorgeous Acrylic, Enamel and Oil on canvas. All are in a contemporary style and lovingly created by the artist to a beautiful finish.

More about Dina on Cambodian female artist Dina Chhan will exhibit a large colllection of recent work. Ranging from gorgeous Acrylic, Enamel and Oil on canvas. All are in a contemporary style and lovingly created by the artist to a beautiful finish.

Dina Chhan:

Don’t miss an opportunity to view my latest solo exhibition ‘Cross the line’.

My body of work consists of acrylic, enamel, ink and oil paintings that go beyond traditional images, boundaries and techniques. I experiment with paint in ways that are rarely explored by artists in Asia.

I’m certain my display of illusive imagery that encompasses life and everyday activities in Cambodia will surprise and excite you.

Start Time: Friday, 25 June 2010 at 20:00
End Time: Saturday, 14 August 2010 at 20:00
Location: 3a street 278 Phnom Penh

More about Dina on http://www.artistdina.com/”>http://www.artistdina.com/.

White Ribbon

Austrian writer-director Michael Haneke once cited Roberto Rossellini’s “Germany Year Zero” (1948), shot in postwar Berlin, as a key influence on his cinematic thinking.

The devastating story of a young boy’s corruption in the midst of literal and spiritual rubble posed a question: How did it come to this?

Haneke’s latest film and Palm d’Or-winning period drama (2009, 145mins) tries to answer that question by way of historical prologue. Set a generation earlier in 1913, it relays a series of mysterious cruelties perpetrated by unknown parties in a German village. Watching the daisy chain of events is akin to auditing a seminar on incipient fascism…

Where: Cambodian German Cultural Center, #37 Sothearos Blvd. opposite of Buildbright / Phnom Penh centre
When: Tuesday Jul. 6, 19:00

Doc Span concert

Phnom Penh Hot Strings Blues Club will share a stage with blues harmonicist and singer Doc Span for one night only. In the true spirit of the Blues, the multi-talented Phnom Penh Hot Strings will foray into Doc’s blues-influenced world for an evening of jamming, sharing and improvising.

Doc Span is renowned for his unique smokey voice, expressive tone, soulful dynamics and exciting stage presence. His style is drawn from a personal pilgrimage through the blues with years of jamming with many of Chicago Blues greats while a paramedic at the notorious Cook County Jail. Doc is currently a well known and one of the best and harmonists in Australia and his meeting with the Phnom Penh Hot Strings promises to be an exciting and unpredictable exchange of style and ideas…

When: July 9th, 9:00pm
Free entrance

Warapo live at FCC Phnom Penh

Warapo is the house band at the famous Caraville Hotel in Saigon. Founded in 1998 in Santa Clara, Cuba, the four-man, two-woman Cuban fusion band play radio-friendly Latin rhythms steeped in the Cuban tradition. Warapo won the title “Best Amateur Band” in November 1998 at the 14th Artist College Festival in Holguín, and with their second album, “Tengo Nada,” the band garnered four nominations at the 2008 Cuban Disco Awards, Cuba’s most prestigious music awards.

When: Saturday, 03 July 2010 at 21:00
Sunday, 04 July 2010 at 01:00
Where: FCC Phnom Penh
363 Sisowath Quay

http://www.fcccambodia.com/

Cambodia, Congo, Afghanistan: seeking peace, giving aid

A former child soldier in the Congo, a Cambodian women seeking justice; and fathers from once antagonized clans in Afghanistan, who are together building a school: What all those people from different regions want is a life in peace and security.

Marita Neher’s film “FOR TOMORROW”S LIFE” (2010, 43mins) shows how international development advocates peace and security in this countries.

Afterwards, Mark Hopkins’ riveting documentary “LIVING IN EMERGENCY”: STORIES OF “DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS” (2008, 93min) follows four members of this NGO on their African missions in Congo and Liberia to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions.

New Meta House – Cambodian German Cultural Center, #37 Sothearos Blvd. opposite of Buildbright / Phnom Penh centre
When: Friday Jul. 2, 19:00

Big oil in tiny Cambodia

Still clawing its way out of the ruins of its past, Cambodia has come face to face with an extraordinary future: It seems to have struck oil. Our “ScreenDocs” Documentary Film Forum presents this double bill with entries from Cambodia and the USA.

Equity TV’s OIL IN THE TONLE SAP is followed by Joe Berlinger’s CRUDE: THE REAL PRICE OF OIL (USA, 104mins, 2009). This award-winning film tells the story of the infamous $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case. Can 30,000 indigenous plaintiffs find justice from one of the world’s largest oil producers? Who is responsible for the unconscionable dumping of 18 billion gallons of toxic waste in the Ecuadoran Amazon?

Where: #37 Sothearos Blvd. opposite of Buildbright / Phnom Penh centre
When: Thursday Jul. 1, 19:00

Cambodian fashion meets Nepalese jewelries

Experience an enthralling fusion of Cambodian fashion and Nepalese jewelries.

Tickets included:
15% – 25% from Ebony Apsara Clothes.
10% Off for All Products from Mt. Manaslu
1 Free Drink
Free Snacks
Runway Show
Dancing with Dj Anne
Prizes as
Jewelries from Mt. Manaslu
5 Travel Kits Set Cosmetics from Menard
Food Coupons for a couple from Mt. Manaslu
2 Haircut Coupons from Eriq Amtalla

Complimentary:
10% Off for your next visit for all kinds of products.
Ticket Price : $5.00 per person

*Clothes for both gents & ladies made in Cambodia from Ebony Apsara Café, designed by a talented Cambodian Ms. Rina Touch.
*Silver Jewelries made with Semi-precious stones from Nepal.
*For your Flavour Nepalese/Indian and some Asian Snacks are Served + All kind of drinks are available!

Date: Friday, 02 July 2010
Time: 18:30 – 23:30
Location: Mt. Manaslu Café, 1A, St. 282 (Near Wat Langka)
For more information or reservation please contact 012 326 556.