YFS JOINS FORCES WITH BBC FILMS FOR SCREENWRITING COMPETITION I am excited to announce that BBC Films have agreed to be one of the judges for the Yangon Film School’s screenwriting competition. Having made recent hits like ‘My Week With Marilyn’, ‘Made In Dagenham’, ‘Jane Eyre’ (with rising star Michael Fassbender) and ‘Brighton Rock’, the […]
Dear film students and filmmakers, we would like to share with you news about a very interesting funding opportunity. The Jan Vrijman Fund (JVF) was created by one of the most prolific and professional documentary film festivals in the world, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). JVF is now calling for submissions. The Fund […]
We are pleased to announce the screening of the following films at various international film festivals around the world in the coming months: 3 – 7 February 2012, Lifescapes: Southeast Asian Film Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand Four YFS films are being screened at the second Lifescapes film festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand next month. The […]
Wathann Film Festival The Wathann Film Festival has openend its call for entries for Burmese Filmmakers. The submission period runs from 10 – 30 June 2012. For more information and to download an application form click here. Wathann Film Festival director, Thu Thu Shein, was interviewed about the event for the Myanmar Times. To read […]
Synopsis Kachin Baptist Brang Sai from Myitkina in northern Myanmar claims that the idea to found the orphanage he runs with his Lisu wife once came to him in a dream. Blending frank interviews with quiet observation of its driven protagonist, his wife and son and his adopted multi-ethnic family, this portrait helps explain this […]
Synopsis While construction workers build an extension next door, Daw Nar Ku quietly creates a strikingly patterned traditional Lahu bag. Credits Director: Thet Su Hlaing, Camera: Isaac, Additional Camera: Pe Maung Same, Sound: Zon Zapal Phyu, Editor: Zaw Win Htwe, Editing Mentor: Melanie Sandford Biography Mon-Christian director and editor Thet Su Hlaing came […]
Synopsis Sisters Marip Sein Ram and Marip Nin Ram are both studying at a boarding school in Yangon – one thousand kilometres away from their native village of Eitone near Putao in northern Kachin State. The measured tones in which the girls tell their story are in sharp contrast to the traumatic life they led […]
Synopsis Confident, focused and elegant, Myanmar Muslim Yi Yi Myint divides her time between looking after her mother, teaching Arabic and practising her faith. An accomplished Karate practitioner to boot, this charming thirty-six year old single woman would seem to have it all – except perhaps for the right marital partner… Credits Director: […]
Synopsis Daw Ni Lang is a Chin national who lives in Yangon with her Chin husband and youngest son. She bustles around her home, laughs with friends at a local café and fondly remembers her early married life in Chin State. And yet underneath her cheerful demeanour lies a deep sense of loss at having […]
Synopsis Devotees of the centuries-old Ananda pagoda festival in Bagan wouldn’t miss this annual event for anything. A deeply felt observation of rural festival goers as they spend four days relaxing, browsing, shopping and making donations. Credits Director: Shin Daewe Camera: Thu Thu Shein Sound: Hnin Ei Hlaing Editor: Shin Daewe Editing Mentors: […]
