New indigenous media from Rattanakiri
The new week at Meta House is starting with a Broadcast From The Jungle: This TUE, 26/10, 7PM we are presenting New Indigenous Media From Rattanakiri. More than 20 distinct ethnic groups are living in Cambodia’s isolated mountain areas. In 2010, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) piloted a project to support the formation of...
Understanding Genocide: Truth, Memory, and Justice
Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) is hosting a conference titled “Understanding Genocide” at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia. ECCC international co-prosecutor Andrew Cayley will deliver a lecture on the legal definition of genocide, and there will also be a screening of Lost Loves, a feature-length film on the Khmer Rouge period by Cambodian director...
Bitter Mekong screening with Rami Sambath presence
A surprise screening of the short documentary BITTER MEKONG (25 mins) this evening at 6.30PM at Meta House on the occasion of UN day. The film follows Cambodian-American Rami Sambath, who last saw his father at age six. Rami’s father was Cambodia’s ambassador to the United Nations when he was executed at S-21, the Khmer...
The charming city: Phnom Penh
It’s now official, Phnom Penh is “the charming city”. Of course, it’s no longer the Paris of the East or the Pearl of Asia. While in recent years Cambodia has been branding itself as the Kingdom of Wonder, it’s also interesting to note this new brand-name for prestige Phnom Penh. Here’s a screen shot of...
Cambodia’s university buildings
We visit three remarkable, 1960s campuses on the Russian Boulevard: the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (Soviet designers), the ‘modern baroque’ Institute of Foreign Languages (a group of three buildings by Vann Molyvann, his last work of the 1970s) and the Royal University of Phnom Penh by Leroy and Mondet. We meet in town and...
Exhibition of 11 female Cambodian contemporary artists
11 Female Cambodian contemporary artists exhibit at Sovanna shopping mall, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. October 22nd until November 3rd. Meet the artists, see live painting, be amazed by Chhan Dina’s largest installation yet, featuring 4 sculptures. Other artists on the roster include Chan Pisey, Oeur Sokuntevy, Tith Kanitha, Kong Sovicha, Nuon Borina, Lam Soeung, Buth Chan...
Phnom Penh Hippie Orchestra
This Saturday we like to invite you for a SPECIAL LIVE CONCERT at Meta House: WORLD FOLK MUSIC WITH THE “PHNOM PENH HIPPIE ORCHESTRA” Meta House Music Club opens at 6PM on our rooftop with music videos and Brendan Toller’s documentary I NEED THAT RECORD (2008, 77min), which features interviews with indie legends Glenn Branca,...
Eastern jazz brigade: live at Le Jadin
Where are all the cool cats heading on Friday? When: Friday 22, October 2010 — 7PM Where: Le Jadin, #16, St. 360, Phnom Penh
Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Phnom Penh by Air France
Starting 27 March 2011, Air France will begin operating a new service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital. Flight bookings and ticket sales are now open. The three weekly flights between Paris and Phnom Penh, with a stopover in Bangkok, will be operated by Airbus A340-300 equipped with 275 seats (30...
Love n Time photography exhibition
-Join us, If u wish to see new evolution of Photography through storyboard. -Where? @ Nosh Cafe Bar. -When? 25th-27th Oct, 2010. -When will it be for the Press Conference? 25th Oct, 2009 @7pm. -Who can join? Everyone. When: 25 October · 19:00 – 21:00 Where: Nosh Cafe Bar #8A Mao Tse Tong Blvd, Chamkamorn...
Pre angkorian Cambodia in Kampot region
Talk by Jean-Michel Filippi, PhD This presentation of the beautiful troglodyte temples of the Funan kingdom is an invitation to discover the first centuries of Cambodian history. From 18 pm followed by a debate, you can stay for dinner if you wish. Booking on 023221740 When: Thursday Oct. 21, 18:00 Where: Brasserie Durga St 130....
Top Khmer artist Leang Seckon at Meta House
Tonight, THUR, 21/10, 7PM, we invite you for a special presentation by Cambodian “freedom artist” LEANG SECKON. Seckon has has created the official festival poster for the first annual “Cambodia International Film Festival” (CIFF), which started yesterday. Leang Seckon and Fleur Smith will present their RUBBISH PROJECT, by which they raise awareness of environmental issues....
