9th Annual Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles: September 10 & 11, 2016!
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 9th 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 10 & 11 | 2016
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 10│2016:
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm (Invitation Only)
Opening Night VIP Reception & Festival Awards Ceremony
Unsilent Potato – documentary
Sein Lyan Tun | 22 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2016
Myanmar
Walking a Fine Line – documentary
Kyaw Thu | 55 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2015
USA, Myanmar
Zayar – short subject
Chriz Naing | 16 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2016
USA
SUNDAY │SEPTEMBER 11│2016:
A Political Life – documentary short
Soe Akhar Htun | 20 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2015
Myanmar
Time: 1:15 pm
Director: Soe Akhar Htun
Cinematography: Arrow Luck
Sound Recordist: Wynn Htut, Nay Kha
Editor: May Htoo Cho
Project Mentor: Wai Mar Nyunt
Editing Mentor: Dietmar Kraus & Fiona Strain
U Thein Soe dedicated the best years of his life to working as Aung San Suu Kyi’s bodyguard. To please his long-suffering wife and family he has now bowed out of politics – but still can’t help giving up his time to provide local people with valuable legal advice.
Unsilent Potato – documentary
Sein Lyan Tun | 22 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2016
Myanmar
Time: 1:40 pm
Director: Sein Lyan Tun
Producer: PS Films
Cinematographer: Phyo Nge
Editors: Phyo Nge & Sein Lyan Tun
Music: Lin Htet
A new documentary about a young disabled Karen ethnic girl named ‘Potato’ from a small village in Myanmar. In 2014, she was raped by a neighbor married man who was later accused of the said case. This film’s aim is to raise women’s awareness and disability rights.
Walking a Fine Line – documentary
Kyaw Thu | 55 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2015
USA, Myanmar
Time: 2:05 pm
Director: Kyaw Thu
Producer: World Movement for Democracy
Editor: Ma Thida and Minn Thaik
Walking a Fine Line is the remarkable story of a leading Burmese movie actor turned activist and community leader. He established the first free funeral service association in Yangon in 2001 and continues to use his celebrity status to mobilize his fellow citizens around pressing social issues.
Zayar – short subject
Chriz Naing | 16 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2016
USA
Time: 3:10 pm
Director: Chriz Naing
Producers: Lily Van Leeuwen & Jen Hubbard
Cinematographer: Arina Bleiman
Music: Chriz Naing, Rayshaun Thompson, and Rafal Gosciminski
Editor: Chriz Naing
A traumatized Burmese refugee, Zayar, gets separated from his mother when he escapes from the Burmese military at the Thai border. He settles in America with his younger sister but faces racism and the fear of never reuniting with his mother again.
Dams, Drugs & Democracy – documentary
(The Struggle for Resources in Kachin State)
Andrew Limond, Jack Aung | 60 mins | Bama & Kachin w/English subtitle | 2015
Myanmar, Malaysia
Time: 3:30 pm
Directors: Andrew Limond, Jack Aung
Producers: Andrew Limond, Edward Bagnall
Editor: Andrew Limond, Jack Aung, Theo Yeung
‘Dams, Drugs & Democracy’ tells the story of a plan to dam the Irrawaddy River at its source: Myitsone, in Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Local villagers have been forcibly relocated, disrupting their traditional way of life. The impact on downstream areas in the rest of the country is potentially enormous, prompting popular protest. Most of the electricity from this gigantic hydropower project was supposed to be delivered to China (just over the border), so a sudden halt in construction has geopolitical ramifications.
My Leg – documentary short
Khon Soe Moe Aung| 17 mins | Myanmar w/English subtitle | 2015
Myanmar
Time: 4:30 pm
Director: Khon Soe Moe Aung
Cinematography: Naw Ae’ Shee Hpaw
Sound Recordist: Bawk Seng
Editor: Zin Mar Oo
Project Mentor: Khin Maung Kyaw
Editing Mentor: Fiona Strain
My Buddha Is Punk – documentary
Andreas Hartmann| 68 mins | Myanmar w/English | 2015
Myanmar, Germany
Time: 4:50 pm
Director & Producer: Andreas Hartmann
Screenwriter: Andreas Hartmann
Cinematographer: Andreas Hartmann
Music: Rebel Riot
Editor: Andreas Hartmann
A young Burmese punk pursues the dream of seeing the punk scene take off in Myanmar. He travels across the country to promote his own philosophy among the young generations: A symbiosis of Buddhism and punk that rejects religious dictates and political doctrine.
- General Public Admission: FREE
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.
