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When the Paungdaw Oo monastic school was founded near Mandalay in 1993 the aim was to provide orphans and children from disadvantaged families with a decent education. Fifteen years later, the school has swelled to 7200 pupils and is a resounding success not least on account of its inspired, child-centred approach to teaching (known as CCA) as well as the integral role played by teachers, parents and income-generating vocational training programmes. In this lively portrait, the school's abbot and several of Paungdaw Oo's teachers – many of whom were once pupils there themselves – talk about the school's CCA concept, the astonishing benefits of encouraging children to think for themselves, and how these methods can be a model for schools across Myanmar.

Students from various universities and colleges actively participated in the work of eradicating illiteracy in Myanmar.

A Burmese (Myanmar) Bruceploitation martial arts film, starring Mos.

A group of surgeons, speech therapists, and nurses begin work to teach Burmese doctors how to perform cleft repairs in a desolate hospital within Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar’s modern capital.

Short Horror Film directed by Arker Soeoo.

Short Horror Film directed by Arker Soeoo.

Hard work, insecure earnings and a whole family in debt. These are the circumstances faced by gem prospectors in the abandoned mines of Myanmar. After mining was banned, the local population has been drawn to them, hand-picking through thousands of stones, eager to find the right one – and the better life it will bring.

If dream are a world that offers joy and an escape from reality, for a young man dealing with the pressure of work, isn't his only escape the dreams he has while sleeping?

Two Creatures from Jupiter found a space craft which was sent from Planet Earth. Having explored the space craft, we will witness their discovery of human accessories and a television.

Reality is a short trip, a friend once told me. A guy is looping his life through his love of video games. One day, he starts to lose his grip on reality, questioning his very existence.

With the arrival in power of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma discovered a newfound freedom. But the country is facing a the rise of a fierce nationalist sentiment targeting the Muslim community of the Rohingya people, and spread by a group of extremist Buddhist monks. What role do the 500,000 monks really play in this country where feelings run high? Is Burmese Buddhism a racist and nationalistic movement? What lies behind the monastic orders? Three monks – each engaged on their own path in a Burma in search of identity – express their views, their concerns, and their hopes. One speaks in defense of the Lady of Rangoon; another preaches Buddhism in the most remote regions of the land; while the third, a nationalist, strives for the defense of a national identity which he sees as under threat.

In this directorial debut of Eden Ewardson, he tells a dreamy & poetic story that sets in two different timelines by using the colorful shots of downtown Yangon as his medium.

A piece of drama, by the name "Pardon Boy", tells about a teenage writer who wanders in an environment where everyone is nothing but recurring roles. He has to meet the same people every day but barely interacts with most of them. One night, he breaks himself free from the repeating cycle when he met a stranger in a bar.

Kan Gyi, Par Gyi, and their friend, spend their days doing odd-jobs and begging on the buses.Neglected by their parents, society, they spend their nights sniffing glues and looking for a place to sleep in a wholesale market compound. But deep down inside, they are still the children who simply want to fit in, make friend, play mischief, and take care of each other, just like any other children.

A boy went to a town. He went to find his next life.

In rural Myanmar, ancient traditions, songs, stories, predictions and rituals are used as tools for moving forward in the face of violence and adversity.