META HOUSE PHNOM PPENH

SIMA Festival 2023

All screenings start 7.30PM

SIMA FESTIVAL (DAY 3 AFRICAN VOICES)

We invite you to the “Social Impact and Media Awards Festival” (SIMA), showcasing the best documentaries about human rights in our world today. Free Entrance. All films with English subtitles.

MORE THAN I WANT TO REMEMBER (DRC, 14 min): One night at her Congo home, 14-year-old Mugeni awakes to sounds of bombs. As her family scatters to forests to save themselves, she finds herself alone. A child refugee, she sets out on a solo journey crossing continents determined to reunite with her loved ones and lift up the Banyamulenge people.

NO SIMPLE WAY HOME (Kenya, 85 min): As South Sudan hangs in the balance of a tenuous peace agreement, a mother and her two daughters return home from exile. The mother’s mission is to safeguard her late husband’s vision for their people, family, and country. Her daughters struggle to come to terms with what it means to call South Sudan home.