SIMA Opening: Women rights in Cambodia, Canada, India (Films, Q&A)

Name: SIMA Opening: Women rights in Cambodia, Canada, India (Films, Q&A)
Start: 2025-12-18T19:30:00+07:00
Location: META HOUSE

Schedule

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+07:00

Location

META HOUSE | Phnom Penh, PP

Meta House proudly hosts Cambodia’s annual SIMA Awards showcase — the world-renowned Social Impact Media Awards from Los Angeles, celebrating the most daring, visionary, and change-making storytelling on the planet.
This year, the “Speak Out, Sisters” team curates an exclusive 4-day mini-festival spotlighting international women’s lives and women’s rights, featuring standout documentaries by leading Cambodian filmmakers - each presenting their work live on the Meta House stage.
Free entry. All films with English subtitles.
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GROUNDED (Canada, 7 min, Dir. Annie Leclair): A stunning portrait of artist Marie-Hélène, who channels loss into fierce creative power. After losing both legs as a child, she rebuilds her world through paint and movement—until the arrival of her daughters ignites a bold new freedom and a creative rebirth you won’t forget.
ONLY IF THE BABY CRIES (India, 15 min, Dir. Farooq Shadab): In the world’s only deaf-mute village, silence isn’t peaceful - it’s tense. As Misra Khatoon goes into labor, villagers bang drums outside her home, waiting for the one sound that will decide everything: her baby’s cry.
MOTHER, THERE IS A STAR IN ME (Cambodia, 83 min — Dir. Sreymom Mab & Benjamin Rigley): A powerful, intimate journey with Cambodia’s groundbreaking all-female drum troupe - women who defy tradition, raise children alone, and make music that shakes the ground beneath them.
Director Sreymom Mab joins us for a special presentation.