Anna Biak Tha Mawi (born in 1990) is a Chin national from Hakha. A graduate of the Myanmar Institute of Theology, her poems have appeared in Chin magazines, and her paintings have been shown in group exhibitions. Having joined YFS as a screenwriter in 2009, in 2010 she wrote and later helped to film Bungkus, a short drama about the phenomenon of the ‘parcel bride’. After winning an award for her first documentary, Solomon, she took part in the School’s Art of Documentary Filmmaking course in 2014, from which The Barber emerged. Keen to promote the production of traditional textiles and provide young Chin women with a livelihood, Anna also founded a weaving initiative in her native Hakha.