2019 Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles (12th Edition): September 14 & 15, 2019
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 2019 Myanmar (Burmese) Film Festival of Los Angeles (12th Edition). 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 14 & 15 | 2019
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 14│2019:
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm (Invitation Only)
Opening Day VIP Reception & Festival Awards Ceremony
14 Apples – Documentary
Midi Z │84:00 mins │Myanmar w/English subtitle│2018
Taiwan, Myanmar
Director: Midi Z
Producers: Midi Z, LIN Sheng-wen, Isabella HO, WANG Shin-hong
Production Company: Seashore Image Productions and Myanmar Montage Films
Screenwriters: WU Pei-chi, Midi Z, LIN Sheng-wen
Cinematographer: Midi Z
Editors: WU Pei-chi, Midi Z, LIN Sheng-wen
Recently, Shin-hong suffers from insomnia and encounters so many problems in his life. His mother goes to a fortune-teller for advice. The fortune-teller asks Shin-hong to get fourteen apples. Then he should take them to a temple in the rural area in Central Myanmar and live as a monk for fourteen days, eating an apple a day.
The City Called Yangon – Documentary
Shin Daewe│22 mins│Myanmar with English subtitle │2018
Myanmar
Director & Producer: Shin Daewe
Screenwriter: Lin Way Khant
Cinematographer: Ko Oo
Sound Recordists: Su Su Hlaing, Thida Swe
Editor: Zaw Win Htwe
Music: Yar Wun Na
SUNDAY│SEPTEMBER 15│2019:
(Refreshment and Myanmar Snacks will be served)
General Public Admission: FREE
Seeds of Sadness – Documentary
Thae Zar Chi Khaing │16:14 mins │Myanmar w/English subtitle│2018
Myanmar
Time: 1:00 pm
Director: Thae Zar Chi Khaing
Producer: Lindsey Merrison
Production Company: Yangon Film School
Sound Recordist: Si Thu
Cinematographer: Thae Zar Chi Khaing
Editor: Thae Zar Chi Khaing
In spite of a nationwide ceasefire, armed conflict still persists in Myanmar and landmines contaminate many parts of the country. Describing their effect on one family in East Bago, this film gives a dignified voice to the victims of Myanmar’s civil war and makes a powerful plea for peace.
Crocodile Pond – Documentary
Min Thiha│19:37 mins│Myanmar with English subtitle │2017
Myanmar
Time: 1:20 pm
Director: Min Thiha
Producer: Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi
Production Company: Human Dignity Film Institute
Screenwriter: Min Thiha
Cinematographer: Chan Nyein, Min Thiha
Editor: Min Thiha
This film reveal about the existence of wilds in city center and the man who live with the wilds.
The Opium War – Documentary
John La Raw │53:00 mins │Kachin/Burmese w/English subtitle│2019
Myanmar
Time: 1:40 pm
Director: John La Raw
Producers: John La Raw, Seyoung Jo
Production Company: Hkakabo Razi Pictures
Screenwriter: John La Raw, Seyoung Jo
Cinematographer: Naw Tong, Yung Wa
Editor: Seyoung Jo
Thousands of young people are dying from using drugs in Kachin State, Myanmar. When the government is not doing enough to crack down drugs problem, the civilians formed the anti-drugs organization called “Pat Jasan” which means “Stop and Clean the drugs” in local Kachin Language, to eradicate drugs. A clash between “Pa Jasan” groups and drugs lords occurred.
Mother At Arms – Documentary
Nu Nu Hlaing│21:10 mins│Myanmar with English subtitle │2018
Myanmar
Time: 2:40 pm
Director: Nu Nu Hlaing
Producer: Lindsey Merrison
Production Company: Yangon Film School
Sound Recordist: Thida Swe
Cinematographer: Ko Oo, Mya Darli Aung, Wynn Htut
Editor: Zin Mar Oo
Mi Sue Pwint is a member of the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front, the student army formed after nationwide protests were brutally crushed by Myanmar’s military dictatorship in 1988. This film tells her extraordinary story as both a leading revolutionary and mother and describes how she is now actively engaged in the peace process in her deeply conflicted country.
The Go Between – Documentary
La Pyae Ko│16:48 mins│Chin/Burmese with English subtitle │2018
Myanmar
Time: 3:05 pm
Director: La Pyae Ko
Producer: Lindsey Merrison
Production Company: Yangon Film School
Sound Recordist: Si Thu
Cinematographer: La Pyae Ko
Editor: Khin Warso
Soft-spoken but strong-minded Daw Chin Chin is a mediator between the Chin National Front and the Myanmar government. As she navigates a determinedly conciliatory path between nationwide conference and village hall, soldiers and civilians, men and women, we begin to understand the vital role that women can play in the country’s fragile peace process.
Film Festival Information:
NetMAA Office: (626) 537 9990
Email: myanmarfilmfestival@netmaa.org
The Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles is supported, in part, by the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs.
