WED 11 | Ian Woodford was perhaps best known for the iconic bar he ran on the Chruy Changvar peninsula. Snow, as Woodford was known to all, opened Maxine’s Bar in a large, blue wooden house on the east side of the Tonle Sap River. It was as casual and quirky as he was. A table made from decommissioned AK-47s occupied centre room for a while. A thousand bells hung from the ceiling and when the wind blew they made beautiful music. More than one person thought it the best bar in Southeast Asia, maybe even the world. Woodford came to Cambodia in the early ‘90s. He was a throwback to the country’s bygone Untac era, a tall, wiry character whose colourful Australian language and endless Cambodian anecdotes were a cherished and longstanding part of Phnom Penh expatriate lore. Snow passed away in May 2014, age 56. Tim Corrigan’s film Snow is a vivid “account of expatriate life but one tempered by the political violence and instability” that surrounded Woodford. Corrigan will be on hand for a Q&A session after the screening.
WHO: Ian “Snow” Woodford
WHAT: Film screening and Q&A session
WHERE: Meta House, #37 Sothearos Blvd.
WHEN: 8pm Wednesday 11
WHY: See “WHO”