ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator: FLY2015 Trainees Recruitment ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator: FLY2015 (hereinafter FLY2015), an ASEAN-ROK Co-operation Project and a filmmaking workshop co-organized by Busan Film Commission, National Film Development Corporation Malaysia and Asian Film Commissions Network (hereinafter AFCNet), calls for applications. FLY2015 seeks to nurture the future leaders of Asian film industry by discovering […]

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Synopsis Eleven-year-old Yarzar wants nothing more than to go to school. But growing up in rural poverty with an absentee father and a mother who works her fingers to the bone, Yarzar is needed at home to catch eels to sell at market and to work in the paddy fields. He saves every kyat he […]

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Synopsis Five-year-old Pan Nu loves both her mum and her older sister but it is her dad who really has a special place in her heart. One day she wakes up to discover he has disappeared. Mum says he has gone on a business trip abroad but if so, why has he left behind his […]

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Synopsis Myat Su Wai is one of Yangon’s first ever female bus conductors. This film follows her as she struggles to combine her long working day with bringing up her young daughter. Credits Director: Ngwe Ngwe Khine Cinematography: Nay Lynn Htun Sound Recordist: Mi Mi Lwin Editor: Zaw Naing Oo Project Mentors: Shin Daewe & […]

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Synopsis U Thein Soe dedicated the best years of his life to working as Aung San Suu Kyi’s bodyguard. To please his long-suffering wife and family he has now bowed out of politics – but still can’t help giving up his time to provide local people with valuable legal advice. Credits Director: Soe Akhar Htun […]

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Synopsis Barber Ko Tin Htun’s clientele includes both the high and mighty and the poor and humble. In between snipping and shaving, singing and chatting with his customers, he ponders the vagaries of life in Myanmar during the last half century – and counts himself lucky to be his own boss. Credits Director: Anna Biak […]

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Synopsis As the Burmese legend unfolds of the giant crocodile Nga Moe Yeik – the namesake of this beautiful if eerie-looking creek – some of the people who use this branch of the Yangon River voice their modern-day environmental concerns about one of the city’s iconic waterways. Credits Director: Sai Naw Kham Cinematography: Nway Zar […]

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