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Kachin Reporter (2020)

Kachin Reporter

December, 2019
Joint Jade Award Winner 2019 - Goethe-Institute Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar

Synopsis

Journalist Yann Aung Htun is determined to give a voice to ordinary people in Kachin State in Myanmar – in spite of ongoing armed conflict. This moving portrait shows how he is affected by his reporting, but also how the space in which he is able to work is shrinking.

Director's Statement

I directed the documentary Kachin Reporter in 2019. The film is about a freelance reporter from Kachin State. Although he's not himself Kachin, but Bamar, he moved to Myitkyina to work as a reporter and bring news from places that are hard to reach and not otherwise covered in the news.

I made this film because I wanted to describe this reporter’s dedication to his job and the struggles of the people of conflicted Kachin State. I felt it was important to tell audiences about the challenges faced by a reporter working in this underexposed part of the country.

Director's Biography

Seint Yamone Htoo was born in Yangon in 1991 and graduated with a maths major before studying the violin at the National University of Arts and Culture. She subsequently worked as a reporter for CNB News (Mandalay) and a video journalist for the Up To Date online channel for almost five years before joining YFS in 2018. During her studies at the School, she has worked on a number of collaborative projects, including the animated documentary Riding Through the Waves. Made entirely from textiles, the film describes the protagonist’s memories of peaceful co-existence between people of different religions and ethnicities in his home town in the Ayeyarwaddy delta. Seint Yamone Htoo has also co-directed a short fictional film Midtown Yangon which features a non-professional cast. Kachin Reporter for which she received a Goethe-Institut Myanmar documentary award, was her first documentary as a director. She is currently working on her graduation film with the working title The Village by the Sea.

Awards & Nominations

December, 2019
Joint Jade Award Winner 2019 - Goethe-Institute Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar

Screenings

September, 2023
Kriti Film Club
Online Screening on Doculive
Inda

Director's Filmography

2020
Kachin Reporter

Director

16‘36‘‘

2020

Co-Director

19‘37‘‘

2019

3‘39‘‘

Pictures

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