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On her summer break, 18-year-old Hnin Pwint returns to her hometown where she lives with her grandmother. As the revolution against the military coup spreads to the countryside, she is caught between her desire to join the armed resistance and her connection to her family’s complex past.

Shot in black and white, Invisible merges performance art and personal documentary to reflect personal and shared experiences during the military coup. Set in an abandoned building where many young revolutionists sought refuge, the seemingly invisible experiences of displacement, loss, suffering and anger are made visible through words and subtle movements.

In the Sagaing Hills, 12 miles from the ancient capital of Mandalay are hundreds of pagodas, stupas, monasteries and nunneries which form a focal point of worship for Buddhism in Burma. In 1986 the filmmaker lived for 15 months as a nun in the Thameikdaw Gaung nunnery. Some years later she is coming back for a visit in order to see what has changed. This is an intimate insight into the daily life of a nunnery as well a portrait of the monastic economy and its interactions with the society.

Governments – even decades-old military regimes – may come and go but, like many rural communities in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the lives of the villagers of Pyun Su on the banks of Moe Yun Gyi lake are pervaded by deeper traditions – above all the lively cult of the nat.

Back in 2009, Mong Thongdee was participated paper airplane competition in regional and national level and he won the first price in both competitions. He represents Thailand to compete for paper airplane in Japan. But Mong Thongdee couldn't make his trip to Japan because his parents were migrant workers from Burma and Mong was not Thai citizen.​​

Htee All is a trishaw driver and songwriter. Would his dream for success come true amid pressing demands from society and private life?

The story of Htet Soe Naung, who, from childhood has been so feminine, soft and lacking the courage to face the struggles of life and as a queer person. His identity clashed with the dreams and wishes of his parents. He seeks to find himself while wearing several masks that conform to social norms and the expectations of people around him. As he tries to escape discrimination and bullying, he unexpectedly begins to discover and embrace who he really is. Will society accept and allow him to live true to his own identity? What would he have to abandon and face in order to live with his truth and to be himself? Would he be able to stand tall and proud with his community? Would Htet Soe Naug become the Queer Hero?"

During the transitional period from COVID-19 to the new normal, a filmmaker exchanges visual conversations with 9 other filmmakers in a day through zoom video chats. The result is a screen recordings representation of the collective consciousness and the emotional state during that period, experimented with the idea of available resources during limited times. It is a one-day visual diary of 10 individuals before entering back to the new normal world tomorrow. This film has been supported by an ARTivism grant awarded by Global Platform Myanmar, ActionAid Myanmar.

The two brothers who need money for the medicine of their mom, go on the road and drive taxi to get some extra money...

Through rediscovered tape recordings made in 1996, U Pe Thein - a renown political cartoonist-leads us on a journey about the history of politics and cartoons in Myanmar.

Nay Yaung (21), a small town boy working in Yangon, wants to run away with his girlfriend Saung Oo (20) in order to save her from her abusive family and difficult city-life, and starts a new life. But he does not have enough money. At the same time, his mother from the conflict-affected home town is getting very ill. Nay Yaung needs to do something in order to solve these problems.

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.

A documentary film following a not so simple yet simple love story between a tomboy and a transvestite man in Myanmar.

A colorful journey into the contemporary reality of a country in Asia.

When one thinks of Inle Lake, the first thought that comes to mind is that of the Intha leg rowing. The Intha people and the leg rowing they practice are unique to Inle Lake Myanmar. Tomatoes are the primary cash crop of Inle's floating gardens and are known as Inn Thee in Myanmar.

A short animated film about the life of a Myanmar girl inspired by the true stories in Myanmar.

A 1934 Burmese black-and-white silent film about a spoiled urbanite fleeing to the Jungle with a bunch of stunts and actions.