Reflections on an urban farm
Synopsis
A visit to the lush Kokkoya organic farm in the heart of the city of Yangon prompts the filmmaker to reflect on the nature of humankind’s relationship with the soil and all that lives and breathes.
Credits
Director: Theint Mon Soe
Camera: Ye Naing Oo
Sound Recordist: Yadanar Oo
Editor: Seint Yamone Htoo
Categories
Technical Details
Duration: 10‘8‘‘
16:9 Anamorphic
DVD PAL
English Subtitles
2023
Copyright
Yangon Film School
Director's Statement
I have always been fascinated by nature: the trees, the wind, the earth, and everything in and around it. As a child I remember catching fireflies, watching birds and gazing at stars. As I’ve grown older, I’ve noticed that there are far fewer insects around and it has got much hotter. Global warming is real. When I visited Kokkoya urban farm in Myanmar’s biggest city, I knew I had to make this film to remind us all of the joy we felt as children discovering a tiny insect or animal on a leaf. Little did we know then how important that leaf and that insect is to our eco-system.
Director's Biography
Born and raised in Yangon, Theint Mon Soe has a degree in English from Dagon University of Distance. Images have fascinated her since she was young, and she took her first steps in this direction by joining the Yangon Photo Festival in 2016. As a photojournalist and documentary photographer, she has since covered all kinds of cultural, social and political topics. Her group exhibitions include: “Myanmar in Transition (2016-2018)”, and a photo story “Sad Run. Fun Money. Tough Life” for &PROUD as part of the 2022 Yangon Photo Festival at Institut français de Birmanie. She enrolled at Yangon Film School in 2022. All We Need is a Little Breath is her first film as a director.
Screenings
May, 2023
Concordia Film Festival
World Premiere
Montereal, Canada
Director's Filmography
2023
All We Need is a Little Breath
Director
10‘8‘‘
