Director and Editor Thida Swe | Camera Mya Darli Aung | Editinal Camera Shin Daewe | Sound Recordist Nu Nu Hlaing | Editing Mentors Tuula Mehtonen and Khin Myanmar | Music  Laura Platt SYNOPSIS Three young Burmese women from Yangon travel over a thousand miles north to Myanmar’s Kachin State where they come face to […]
Director Aye Mya Hlaing | Cinematographer Zaw Lar | Sound Recordist Hein Htet Aung | Editor Mi Mi Lwin | Editing Mentor Leo Liesvirta | Song: „My Rock“ | Composer Phu Di Wu | Vocalist Naw Mi SYNOPSIS It is estimated that around 100,000 people have been displaced by civil war in Myanmar’s Kachin […]
Director and Camera Aye Nilar Kyaw | Sound Recordist Kyaw Ko Ko | Editor Sai Nyi Nyi | Editing Mentor Tuula Mehtonen | Music Kyaw Ko Ko, Aye Nilar Kyaw Saw, Eh Do Poe SYNOPSIS For over sixty years, the Karen National Union was at war with the Burmese military, known as Tatmadaw. In this […]
Director and Cinematographer Win Thu Myo | Editor Hnin Ei Hlaing | Sound Recordist Thida Swe and Mi Mi Lwin | Editing Mentors Leo Liesvirta SYNOPSIS The elderly but by no means frail Daw Tin May Oo is a no-nonsense member of Myanmar’s ruling party NLD serving in Yangon’s South Dagon Township. She […]
Director and Cinematographer La Pyae Ko | Sound Recordist Si Thu | Editor Khin Warso | Editing Mentor Tuula Mehtonen | Music Julie Maxwell „Today, Tomorrow & The Sun Rising“ SYNOPSIS Soft-spoken but strong-minded Daw Chin Chin is a mediator between the Chin National Front and the Myanmar government. As she navigates a determinedly conciliatory […]
Director Cherry Thein | Camera Thae Zar Chi Khaing | Sound Mi Mi Lwin | Editor May Htoo Cho | Editing Mentor Leo Liesvirta SYNOPSIS This story of one older single mother’s struggles in rural Bagan and her misguided choices for her daughter reflects the conservative and sometimes ill-fated approaches to parenting that still prevail […]
Director, Cinematographer, Editor Thae Zar Chi Khaing | Sound Recordist Si Thu | Editing Mentors Leo Liesvirta, Tuula Mehtonen, Khin Myanmar | Music: Cold by Jorge Mendez SYNOPSIS Â In spite of a nationwide ceasefire, armed conflict still persists in Myanmar and landmines contaminate many parts of the country. Describing their effect on […]
Director Nu Nu Hlaing | Camera Ko Oo, Mya Darli Aung, Wynn Htut | Sound Recordist Thida Swe | Editor Zin Mar Oo | Directing Mentor Shin Daewe | Editing Mentor Tuula Mehtonen | Music San Naung Dway  SYNOPSIS Mi Sue Pwint is a member of the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front, the student […]
