The Maw Naing | Myanmar, South Korea, Singapore, France, Norway, Qatar | 2024 | 76 Mins | Burmese
Sat, Nov 9 | 4:45 PM | PICTURETIME 2 (FOOTBALL GROUND)
In 2022, Yangon, Myanmar, is in the midst of a civil war following the military coup on 1 February 2021. Mi-Thet, a young Burmese woman, is working in a garment factory in Yangon, far from her native village. Wages have not been paid for the past two months, and a group of workers are leading a strike. But soon, the strikers are attacked by the henchmen of the military regime, leaving Mi-Thet terrified by her past trauma.
The Maw Naing
The Maw Naing was born in Myanmar. He is a poet, installation artist and filmmaker. He studied filmmaking at the Yangon Film School in 2005 and at FAMU Film School in Prague in 2008. He was the first Myanmar filmmaker in almost 50 years to present a feature film at an international festival when his film, The Monk, was selected for the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 2014. His co-directed documentary, Nargis: When Time Stopped Breathing (2011), was screened at CPH: DOX and IDFA festivals. He is currently working on his third feature film.
Producers : The Maw Naing – One Point Zero, Oh Young Jeong – Plus Point One
Writer : Oh Young Jeong
Cinematographer : Tin Win Naing
Editor : Nicolas Bancilhon
Sound : Mathieu Farnarier
Busan International Film Festival 2024 – New Currents Award
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2024
