A seminar on “A Writer’s Identity” organized by the Nou Hach Literary Association will be held at the Buddhist Institute on 30th June 2007, beginning at 7.30am. At this time the Association will also present its annual awards for short stories, poetry and song lyrics.
This is a free event but registration is required due to limited seating. Please call 023 355 484 to register.
Speakers include Mrs. Keo Chanbo from the United States, Mrs. Penn Setharin from Japan and Mrs. Pech Sangwawann from France. In the afternoon, Greg Cahill’s short film” The Golden Voice” about singer Ross Serey Sothea will be shown.
http://www.nouhachjournal.net
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Penhville has been a cinemagoer’s paradise the last few weeks. The Environmental Film Festival and Refugee Film Festival have been in full swing, as well as Cambofest.
Very happy to finally see “Sleepwalking Through the Mekong” (Dengue Fever band documentary)
and “The Golden Voice“, (Ros Sereysothea biodrama).
Last evening, the winners of Cambofest were announced:
Best Local Showcase (made by a Cambodian National)
“Little Boy Drinking Bad Water”
Cambodia. Dir Poy Chhunly and Yannick Zanchetta.
Best Short Documentary
“Love Man Love Woman”
Vietnam / USA, Dir., Thi Nguyen.
Best Feature Documentary
DIE AMATEURE UND DER GENERAL.
Germany. Dir., Helge Cramer
Best Short [Fiction/Animation/Experimental]
The Golden Voice.
USA. Dir., Greg Cahill
Best Feature [Fiction/Animation/Experimental]
La Cathedrale (The Cathedral)
Mauritius. Dir., Harrikrisna Anenden.
More at the Festival Page: www.cambofest.com
Congrats to the team that put this on! Now that the precedent has been set, I have no doubt there will be more screenings and awards in the future.
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– can they?
Cambodia loves karaoke. To the Western musical palate, love ballads that are regularly recycled from other asian countries may not quite… appeal.
So when I hear pop music that does, I query whoever I can – ‘Just what was that song?’ If you don’t seize the moment, it can take forever to track it down.
I first saw this video on a Karaoke cruise with co-workers. (Pich Sophea feat. BIG). Entertaining enough that I’d include it on a mix tape of Khmer pop.
It’s hard to go wrong with a bit of Bollywood; the Indian words clued me in that it was a cover, and I soon found it was a popular one at that. Apparently this came by way of neighboring Thailand; Tata Young appears in a much steamier video with stars of an Indian film.
The Thai singer had been signed on to perform an English version of a Hindi theme song. For Indian film fans, Dhoom Dhoom was a popular adventure flick which had a hit soundtrack and led to a sequel. The general idea behind all the motorcycle chases in the film? Inspired by Luc Besson’s Taxi.
Where does inspiration cross the line from borrowing to copying? It’s tough to say.
Latest in this lineage is Doom Doom (Sok Sreyneang feat. DJ Rock).
(Of course, each version has a rapper doing an intro. The genericization of hip hop continues.) I wonder how many times this song will be remade until it loses its luster?
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…are an inexpensive treat found anywhere there are snacks to be had in Cambodia. http://www.expat-advisory.com/articles/asia/southeast-asia/cambodia/i-am-egg-man
Street vendors aren’t hard to find with their distinctive loudspeaker advertisement: [listen] or [download] .
Local tastes include two types: seasoned hard-boiled eggs as seen in the vendor cart above, and (a favorite) hard-boiled duck eggs with an embryo inside. Once at a guesthouse I heard a backpacker recount her experience, as if near tears: “I bought an egg and they told me it was cooked – but they didn’t tell me there was a little baby inside!”
To each their own. Some like pizza, some like prahok.
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Hi folks,
After five years of blogging I’m switching my software to WordPress.
I’m also switching weblog’s homepage to http://jinja.apsara.org
Catch you there. Still rearranging virtual furniture from the move.
- J
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