Agenda

Screenings

26
January

Six Cambodian short films with the directors’ presence
  • 5:00 pm
  • Bophana Center
  • Cine Saturday

In collaboration with Chaktomuk Short Film Festival (CSFF), 85 min, Khmer version with English subtitles

Six Cambodian short films which was selected to compete in the Chaktomuk Short Film Festival 2018 will be shown together again on the screen of Bophana Center. The 6 short films include: “Dong Reik”, “Kidnap”, “February Wind”, “Palm Tree”, “My Valentine’s Day”, and “Don’t Scream”.

The directors of these six short films will also be present on our screening day.

Free admission

2
February

The Tenth Dancer
  • 5:00 pm
  • Bophana Center
  • Cine Saturday

Directed by Sally Ingleton, 1993, 52 min, English version

Only one dancer in ten survived the Khmer Rouge. Em Theay, one of a few surviving dancers, returned to Phnom Penh to rebuild the classical dance troop after the fall of the Khmer Rouge.

Free admission

9
February

My village at Sunset
  • 5:00 pm
  • Bophana Center
  • Cine Saturday

Produced by Khemara Pictures, 1992, 63 min, Khmer version with English subtitles

Neari and Seiha performed surgical operations on patients caused by land mines in Cambodia. Seiha, who just returned from France, stays in a house with Dara who is a teacher in the village. Dara tries to court Seiha who’s now living in the same house with her while she has husband, Sok, who is disabled because of the war…..

Free admission

15
February

Sunflower Special
  • 6:30 pm
  • Bophana Center
  • Cine Club

Produced by Sunflower Film Alliance, 2018, 50 min, Khmer version with English subtitles

Sunflower Film Alliance will present five short films produced in 2018 by Sunflower's young directors, including "Akumu", "Time", "Tomato" "Dream", and "What If ".

Beyond the screening, you also have a chance to meet with the directors of Sunflower Film Alliance.

Free admission

16
February

The Watchman
  • 5:00 pm
  • Bophana Center
  • Cine Saturday

Directed by Céline Dréan, 2010, 50 min, French version with English subtitles

Night Watchman in a Parisian hotel, Sera is also a graphic novel drawer. This documentary, directed between Paris and Phnom Penh, follows this French-Cambodian artist, taken from his home country in 1975, and who's now giving shape to his memory haunted by the darkest time of Cambodia.

Free admission

23
February

Rice People
  • 5:00 pm
  • Bophana Center
  • Cine Saturday

Directed by Rithy Panh, 1994, 124 min, Khmer version with French subtitles

This is the story of a married couple and their seven daughters. The rice culture animates their lives, their joys, their beliefs, their survival ... The land is small, the large family, the children grow up. The balance is fragile. A trivial incident occurs and the life cycle is transformed into a death cycle.

Free admission

Special Events

22
February

The contribution of libraries for development and new agenda of the world

  • 6:30 pm
  • Bophana Center
  • Conferences

By Mr. Sok Lak, Founder of Scholar Library

The new UN 2030 Agenda is an inclusive, integrated framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) spanning economic, environmental and social development. By achieving this Agenda, no one will be left behind. Libraries are key institutions to help achieve the Goals.

Public access to information enables people to make informed decisions that can improve their lives. Communities that have access to timely and relevant information for all are better positioned to eradicate poverty and inequality, improve agriculture, provide quality education, and support people’s health, culture, research, and innovation.

The topic will highlight important of libraries in development especially new agenda and how youth involve to achieve new goals in Cambodia.

This lecture will be in Khmer language.
Free admission

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