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.

SIDE BY SIDE (Cambodia, 21 min; Dir. Ly Polen) explores the intimate history of an indigenous elderly couple in rural Cambodia as they recount their unique marriage story during the Cambodian genocide to their granddaughter. The film highlights themes of cultural preservation, historical trauma, and resilience through the lens of daily life and nature.

Presentation by Ly Polen

WE EXIST IN MEMORIES (Venezuela, 13 min; Dir. Darian Woehr): How do you rebuild a home made only of memories? This intimate film enters the quiet conversations of Maria and her granddaughter Marucha—two Indigenous refugees navigating life in displacement. For Maria, the Venezuelan delta still lives in her heart; for Marucha, refugee camps are the only world she’s known. A tender look at how land, memory, and identity shape a new generation far from home.

TWICE COLONIZED (Greenland, 92 min, Dir. Lin Alluna): Aaju Peter is unstoppable—an Inuit lawyer, activist, and guardian of Arctic Indigenous rights. She challenges colonial powers in Canada and Denmark with fiery clarity and disarming wit, pushing Western audiences to confront their legacy. While campaigning to build an Indigenous forum at the EU, Aaju also faces a wrenchingly personal journey of healing after the loss of her youngest son. A powerful portrait of resistance, resilience, and reclamation.