
Cambodia’s largest independent arts center invites locals and foreigners
to join our hub for creativity, community vitality, and lifelong learning.
META HOUSE
The European Cultural Center Meta House Phnom Penh is the country’s oldest independent art center, showcasing a unique blend of art, education, social engagement and hospitality since 2007. The center comprises an indoor gallery/event space, an open-air-stage, a multi-media-library, two restaurants and a German language school, operated by our partner “Goethe-Institute”. Through exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, community-based projects, artist exchange programs and by fostering links with universities, galleries, and other non-governmental organizations we actively support local artists and promote the development of Cambodia’s young contemporary art movement. Community members are invited to participate at all levels. Please contact us for details.



CULTURAL EVENTS



EDUCATION AND TRAINING
The Goethe Institute (GI) is Germany’s cultural institution operational worldwide. It promotes the study of German language abroad and encourages international cultural exchange. The challenge that faces the majority of Cambodia’s contemporary artists is the isolated space in which they work. For the local creative industries to progress, artists need to be exposed to different theories and techniques, and need to broaden their thinking through experimentation. At Meta House, various educational activities provide the broader public with tools that raise an awareness of art, heritage and intercultural dialogue. Educators from all fields are invited to share their knowledge and experiences.



OUTREACH PROJECTS
We live in times of great social, humanitarian, political, and environmental challenges. Artists have an important role to play in bringing these challenges to the attention of the public. Meta House is a cultural lab for social change; a creative home to generate culture that moves people. Besides organizing events at our facility, we continue to implement art-related activities in community centers, schools and universities. In direct cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) and other NGOs, we were able to introduce educational theatre into learning facilities nation-wide. So far, more than 500.000 students have been participating in our outreach projects.



EUROPEAN HOSPITALITY



october, 2025
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Classical Music
DJ Parties & Live Music
Exhibitions
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FOOD & DRINK
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wed08oct7:30 pm“Same Same But Different”: A true Cambodian-German Love Story7:30 pm
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Based on a true story, SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT (2009, 107 min) revolves around Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post-graduation
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(Wednesday) 7:30 pm
thu09oct7:30 pmMuslims in Cambodia: Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide7:30 pm
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Cambodia is home to about 700,000 Cham Muslims, about 5% of the country’s population. This minority is composed of three major groups: Chams (the descendants
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(Thursday) 7:30 pm
fri10oct7:30 pmRebirth: Cambodian Contemporary Art after Pol Pot7:30 pm
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The revival of Cambodia’s rich and unique cultural heritage has fueled the country’s impressive recovery from the Khmer Rouge’s genocide of 1975-79. The video compilation
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(Friday) 7:30 pm
sat11oct7:30 pmBonne Nuit Papa: My father, the silent Cambodian in Germany7:30 pm
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Dr. Ottara Kem never spoke of his Cambodian background. But on his deathbed, he expressed his desire to be buried in his homeland Cambodia. For
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(Saturday) 7:30 pm
sun12oct7:30 pm“A Yak in the Classroom”: Bhutan’s first Oscar-nominated drama7:30 pm
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A small Buddhist nation long isolated in the Himalayas between China and India, Bhutan navigates the passage to internal modernity and global integration by using
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‘Gross National Happiness’: cultural and environmental preservation, economic equity and sustainability, and clean and transparent governance. The country’s youth wrestle with an education often unsuitable for job prospects, urban migration, social temptations, and the waning of traditions
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(Sunday) 7:30 pm
tue14oct6:00 pmNature of Women: Art Exhibition Opening6:00 pm
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Meta House warmly invites you to the opening of NATURE OF WOMAN, a bold and thought-provoking exhibition showcasing the works of emerging Cambodian artists Fia
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(Tuesday) 6:00 pm
wed15oct7:30 pmPina: Wim Wender’s tribute to German Choreographer Pina Bausch7:30 pm
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Watch the best German films at Meta House every Wednesday!A tribute to German choreographer Pina Bausch and her celebrated dance
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(Wednesday) 7:30 pm
thu16oct7:30 pmDance Till You Drop: Cambodian Comedy by KMF Films / Producer’s Talk7:30 pm
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Dance Till You DropWhat can you do if Pisey, a young girl and your next-door-neighbour, needs a big operation to
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Director-writer Matthew Robinson will talk about the film and take questions after the showing.
Free Entrance.
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(Thursday) 7:30 pm
fri17oct7:30 pmThe Jungle War: Rare Documentary about Cambodia’s Civil War in the 1980s7:30 pm
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Back in the 1980s the Khmer Rouge fought a guerrilla war against the Vietnamese occupiers and the Cambodian government. Hundreds of thousands of Cambodians rushed
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(Friday) 7:30 pm
tue21oct7:30 pmOne to One: John Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York City (Docu)7:30 pm
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An expansive and revelatory inside look at the 18 months John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent living in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s, ONE
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(Tuesday) 7:30 pm
wed22oct7:30 pmIn July: German Road Movie by Fatih Akin7:30 pm
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Watch the best German films at Meta House every Wednesday!The mysterious and enigmatic July sells a Mayan ring to a
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Free Entrance.
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(Wednesday) 7:30 pm
thu23oct7:30 pmThe last days of the “White Building”, presented by Neang Kavich7:30 pm
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“We’re used to seeing a house for its roof, windows, and walls. But in the end, as we move out of here, it breaks my
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(Thursday) 7:30 pm
fri24oct7:30 pmLoving Vincent: The world’s first fully painted animation film7:30 pm
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“Loving Vincent” (2017, 94 min) is the world’s first fully painted animated feature film. Armand, the son of a postman, is sent to deliver a
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Each of the film’s 65,000 frames is an oil painting on canvas, created using the same techniques as Van Gogh by a team of 125 artists drawn from around the globe. The stunning film won Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 30th European Film Awards in Berlin and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards.
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(Friday) 7:30 pm
sat25oct7:30 pm“Viva Riva”: Fresh African Cinema from DR Congo7:30 pm
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Riva is an operator, a man with charm and ambition in equal measure. Kinshasa is an inviting place. With petrol in short supply in DRC’s
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(Saturday) 7:30 pm
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The place is Phnom Penh, 1979, immediately following the fall of Pol Pot. A grainy film shows a Czechoslovakian doctor walking through the debris around
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(Sunday) 7:30 pm
tue28oct7:30 pm“Dutch: Man or Monster” – Theatre Recording @ Meta7:30 pm
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Duch, Man or Monster?Please ber our guests for a video version of a deeply unsettling one-man stage play that provokes
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(Tuesday) 7:30 pm
wed29oct7:30 pmDeutsch-Deutsche TV Berichte aus Kambodscha (German Language only)7:30 pm
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Meta House lädt deutschsprachige Gäste ein zu einer Vorführung deutscher TV-Beiträge aus den 1960er-80er Jahren, produziert vom westdeutschen und ostdeutschen Fernsehen in und über Kambodscha:
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(Wednesday) 7:30 pm
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Foreign Familiar
Although the Vietnamese ended the genocidal Pol Pot regime in 1979, they did not bring complete peace and security for Cambodia. Cambodia was isolated from Western countries until the “Paris Peace Agreement” in 1991, which brought diplomatic and economic relations with the USA, European Union and the rest of the world