(A bird eye's view of what's going on in Phnom Penh)
Friday March 12
18:30 - Art Auction and Fund-Raising Exhibition / SaSa Gallery / Baitong Restaurant (7, Street 360 (between 51 and Norodom))
Join Sa Sa Art Gallery and Art Projects for the first of a biannual fundraising event including an art exhibition, art auction, and dinner. All proceeds from fundraising will support the programming of exhibitions and educational activities in Sa Sa’s venues.
19:00 - What time is There? / Meta House (6 Street 264 (south of Wat Botum))
This feature film by Taipei-based director Tsai Ming-liangis is an melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction.
19:00 - Superfly Reggae Special / Rubies Wine Bar (Corner of Streets 240 and 19)
Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady, Roots, Two Tone, Dubstep, Reggaeton and Dancehall from resident DJ, Clockwork Soul.
19:00 - Le premier jour du reste de ta vie / Centre Culturel Français (218 Street 184)
Directed by Remi Bezançon, 2008, 114 Min. Portrait of a family, showing five particular days during a 12-year period.
21:00 - Inglorious Basterds / The Flicks (39B Street 95)
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino , 2009, 153min
21:00 - Salsa / Studio 182 (182 Norodom Blvd)
Free Salsa lesson for an hour! Spread the word and bring people! Encourage anyone to come, including the ones who are trying to learn a few steps as beginners.
Saturday March 13
16:00 - Thavary Meas Bong / Bophana Center (64 Street 200)
Produced by Korng Chak Pheap Yun, 1h49, 1969, Khmer Version. Thavary was separated from her husband by two people who were jealous with her. She was cheated to leave her husband and lived alone and sorrowfully…
18:00 - The Cove / The Flicks (39B Street 95)
Directed by Louie Psihoyos, 2009, 94 Min. Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
19:00 - Up the Yangtze / Meta House (6 Street 264 (south of Wat Botum))
The river provides the epic and unsettling backdrop for “UP THE YANGTZE” (2007, 93mins), a dramatic feature documentary on life inside the 21st century Chinese dream.
19:00 - Dans la brume électrique / Centre Culturel Français (218 Street 184)
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier, 2009, 102 Min. A detective from Louisiana, on the trail of a murderer of young girls, meets a movie actress who is starring in a film financed by the local Mafia. She tells him she has found a body in a swamp, and the detective hunts down the murderer... English/French language
20:00 - Exhibition Opening: Triste Tropik / Equinox (3A Street 278)
Triste Tropik is an exhibition of about 40 pieces, made in Sihanoukville, Otres beach. El Boixo, young Spanish French offers a different vision, often cynical of life in Cambodia. This mixture of painting, graph and street art allow this artist to bring a modern treatment of serious matters.
21:00 - Pre-Party Vibes with DJ Wez / Chinese House (45 Sisowath Quay (in front of container port))
Laid back house and lounge music to kick-start your evening. Free entrance
Sunday March 14
08:30 - Central Phnom Penh by cyclo / Central Phnom Penh (Central Phnom Penh / organized by Khmer Architecture Tour)
This cyclo tour explores central Phnom Penh and includes Colonial buildings as well as modern, post-independence architecture. Cost: $12 per person including the cyclo hire and English speaking guides. Children are free if they share a cyclo with an adult. Maximum 15 persons.
19:00 - The World / Meta House (6 Street 264 (south of Wat Botum))
“THE WORLD” (2005, 140mins) is Chinese director Jia Zhang Ke's most inventive and touching work to date.
20:00 - Twilight: New Moon / The Flicks (39B Street 95)
Directed by Chris Weitz, 2009, 130 Min. After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family...
Monday March 15
19:00 - Animé Festival / Centre Culturel Français (218 Street 184)
A week devoted to animated films with full of surprises! This event will close with a screening of a series of short films at wat Bothum. Two exhibitions will showcase the work of new Cambodian illustrators: the production of Studio Sonleuk Thmey and also engravings done by artists in the course of workshops directed by Séra since 2007. All program available on CCF program.
19:00 - The Blind Side / The Flicks (39B Street 95)
Directed by John Lee Hancock, 2009, 120 Min.
Tuesday March 16
19:00 - F*ck / Meta House (6 Street 264 (south of Wat Botum))
This provocative documentary by US director/producer Steve Anderson takes a look on all sides of the infamous F-word.
19:00 - Animé Festival / Centre Culturel Français (218 Street 184)
A week devoted to animated films with full of surprises! This event will close with a screening of a series of short films at wat Bothum. Two exhibitions will showcase the work of new Cambodian illustrators: the production of Studio Sonleuk Thmey and also engravings done by artists in the course of workshops directed by Séra since 2007. All program available on CCF program.
19:00 - Dinner & Movie @ Lunch Box: Capitalism: A Love Story / The Flicks (39B Street 95)
Directed by Michael Moore, 2009, 127 Min. Michael Moore takes us into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down; and he goes looking for explanations in Washington, DC and elsewhere. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies, abuse, betrayal and 14,000 jobs being lost every day.
Wednesday March 17
19:00 - My Word is my Bond: the Earky History of the Founding of the London Stock Exchange" & "The Corporation" / Meta House (6 Street 264 (south of Wat Botum))
Korea Exchange and the Cambodian government have agreed to establish a Cambodia stock exchange. Tonight Dr. Philip Dews (Past Member of the London Stock Exchange and Co-Founder of the Bangkok Stock Exchange) will present the film “MY WORD IS MY BOND: THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE" (1968, 16mins).
19:00 - Animé Festival / Centre Culturel Français (218 Street 184)
A week devoted to animated films with full of surprises! This event will close with a screening of a series of short films at wat Bothum. Two exhibitions will showcase the work of new Cambodian illustrators: the production of Studio Sonleuk Thmey and also engravings done by artists in the course of workshops directed by Séra since 2007. All program available on CCF program.
19:00 - The Hurt Locker / The Flicks (39B Street 95)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, 2008, 130 Min. Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Thursday March 18
18:00 - Slide Show / Café Living Room (9 Street 306)
Slide Show by Susanne Hasman, an international documentary photographer, about Jacob A. Riis. He was a Danish/American photographer and made a fantastic photo journalistic book from the New York slum in 1890 with the title “How the other half Lives”. She will give us a presentation/slide show about his photographs from 1880’s and show us her comparing studies of photographs from PP today.
18:30 - Exhibition Opening: (Re) Générations / Centre Culturel Français (218 Street 184)
The exhibition "(Re)Generation" featured in 2007 demonstrated the talent of Cambodian draftsmen.
The workshop, directed by Sera through the project VALEASE, was undertaken with the goal of producing two albums published by Phare Ponleu Selpak. This new exhibition present the latest plates. The two albums will be presented to the public at the time of the exhibition.
18:30 - Exhibition Opening: Imagine... / Centre Culturel Français (218 Street 184)
How do 5 young visual artists become the directors of a studio for graphics, illustration, and publishing in Battambang? In one year, this organization has become autonomous, and offers its services beyond the borders of Cambodia. A look at some occupations of the future: graphics, illustration, and publishing.
19:00 - Grizzly Man / Meta House (6 Street 264 (south of Wat Botum))
"Everything about them is perfect," Timothy Treadwell once said about the grizzly bears he lived with on the Alaskan Peninsula for 13 summers.
19:30 - Animé Festival / Centre Culturel Français (218 Street 184)
A week devoted to animated films with full of surprises! This event will close with a screening of a series of short films at wat Bothum. Two exhibitions will showcase the work of new Cambodian illustrators: the production of Studio Sonleuk Thmey and also engravings done by artists in the course of workshops directed by Séra since 2007. All program available on CCF program.
21:00 - Avatar / The Flicks (39B Street 95)
Directed by James Cameron, 2009, 160 Min. A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home