2014 Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles is on September 13 & 14, 2014!
The Network of Myanmar American Association, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Myanmar Film Festivals in the United States, invites you to the 7th Annual Myanmar (Burmese) Film Festival of Los Angeles. The festival will be held at Downtown Independent Theater (http://www.downtownindependent.com/), a state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles.
Festival Location: Downtown Independent Theater
251 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Dates: September 13 & 14 | 2014
The following One fiction/drama and Five documentary films have been selected for 2014 MFFLA:
Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more information as the date approaches!
Please come enjoy Myanmar (Burmese) Film Festival, Los Angeles. Hope to see you there!
SATURDAY │SEPTEMBER 13│2014:
Time: 6:15 pm – 9:45 pm (Invitation Only)
Opening Day VIP Reception & Festival Awards Ceremony
SUNDAY │SEPTEMBER 14│2014:
General Public Admission: FREE Ticket (with All Day Pass)
The first 50 moviegoers, who attend the festival and complete a short survey form afterward, will receive ONE FREE TICKET ($24.99 value) TO THE AQUARIUM OF PACIFIC! Not valid at off-site sales locations. May not be sold.
Born Warriors (Part One) – documentary
Vincent Giordano | 26 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2014
USA, Myanmar
Time: 1:15 pm
Director/Producer/Editor Vincent Giordano
Cinematography: Vincent Giordano
Music: Camus Celli
Born Warriors is a documentary that focuses on the ancient fighting sport of Lethwei. Burmese Lethwei is one of the oldest practiced combat sports in Myanmar/Burma. The Burmese are the last of the great bare-knuckle fighters in Southeast Asia. At harvest time especially in the Mon and Kayin states, nightly Lethwei matches would be held as a tribute to the goddess of rice to bless their crops. The festivities would often begin with wrestling followed by lengthy bare-knuckle Lethwei bouts.
The Glassman – documentary
We Ra | 21 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2013
Myanmar
Time: 1:45 pm
Director/Producer/ Screenwriter: We Ra
Producer: Green Age Film Production
Editor: Myo Min Khin
Cinematographer: Moe Thron
Music: Kaung Htet
The film is about a small man named Kaung Htet. He is 20 years old. His height is only 3 feet 9 inches. From the depressed and dependent disabled boy, he becomes the one who gives physical and moral support and strength to other disables, who fights for the rights to disables, who wants development in the care of disables, who adores art and philosophy, who explores the world, who volunteers in teaching in the school which changed his view on life, and the one who wants the country to open many disabled schools in the whole country instead of the only school in the whole country.
Ice Poison – fiction/drama
Midi Z | 95 mins | Myanmar & Chinese w/English subtitle | 2014
Taiwan R.O.C, Myanmar
Time: 2:10 pm
Director/Writer/Producer: Midi Z
Executive Producer: Patrick Mao Huang
Production Company: Seashore Image Productions; Flash Forward Entertainment
Editor: Lin Sheng-Wen, Midi Z
Cinematographer: Fan Sheng-Siang
Music: Ronald
Faced with diminishing returns on his harvest, a poor young farmer in Myanmar pawns his cow for a moped and seeks alternative income as a taxi driver. Among his first fares is a woman who has returned home for her grandfather’s funeral and is making a new start after escaping an arranged marriage in China. Together, they are lured into one of the few lucrative business opportunities available in the area: selling “ice poison” (crystal meth) around town.
The Potter’s Song – documentary
Hnin Ei Hlaing | 23 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2013
Myanmar
Time: 3:45 pm
Director/Editor: Hnin Ei Hlaing
Producer: Hnin Ei Hlaing, Yangon Film School
Cinematography: Soe Kyaw Tin Tun
Sound Recordist: Hnin Ei Hlaing, Sai Nyi Nyi, Nu Nu Hlaing
Editing Mentor: Tuula Mehtonen, Regina Bartschi
This portrait of a community of potters in the Myanmar town of Twante west of Yangon is suffused by the music, warmth and humor of a hard-working, resilient peoples, plying a craft that is already dwindling in Myanmar’s fast-changing environment.
The Little Guerrilla Girl – documentary
Giancarlo Bocchi | 42 mins | Karen & Burmese w/English subtitle | 2013
Italy, UK, Burma/Myanmar
Time: 4:10 pm
Director: Giancarlo Bocchi
Producer: IMC Independent Movie Company
Editor: Leonardo Rigon, Edoardo Morabito
Photography/Sound: Giancarlo Bocchi
The Karen people in Burma have been fighting for freedom for 70 years – first against Japan, and today against the Burmese government. The bloody clashes for independence take place mainly in the impenetrable jungle area near the border with Thailand. The current easing of the regime has not helped the Karen people, who still live in poverty, fear and suffering. The fate of this oppressed ethnic group is also experienced first-hand by a young girl named Zoya Phan, who had to flee to London in order to survive. The film follows Zoya as she returns to her native country to attend the funeral of her murdered father and to record the stories of soldiers and locals.
Puppets Beyond Borders – documentary
Hnin Ei Hlaing | 39 mins | Cambodia, Myanmar, Thai w/English subtitle | 2013
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand
Time: 5:00 pm
Director/Editor/Sound Recordist: Hnin Ei Hlaing (Myanmar)
Producer: Yangon Film School, Media Education and Training Academy (Cambodia)
Co-Director/Cinematographer: Tha Piseth (Cambodia)
At the end of 2011, puppeteers from Germany, France, Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia came together at Chiang Mai venue ‘Empty Space’ in northern Thailand for a workshop led by German director Manuel Lutgenhorst. The groups were asked to create a new collaborative piece to be performed in Chiang Mai, Phnom Penh and Yangon, exploring the topic of ‘home’. Filmed by a Burmese-Cambodian crew, Puppets Beyond Borders follows these Asian and European troupes as they prepare their pieces and encounter each other’s rich and diverse puppetry traditions – from shadow play to glove puppets and marionettes – and takes a look at the players’ innovative approaches to reinterpreting their art for today’s audiences.
Film Festival Information:
NetMAA Office: (626) 537 9990
Email: myanmarfilmfestival@netmaa.org
Movie Theater: VIDEO CAMERAS, CAMERA PHONES AND OTHER RECORDING DEVICES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE SCREENING. YOU WILL BE CHECKED BY SECURITY PRIOR TO ADMITTANCE.
