Burmese Butterflyto be shown at the Frameline 36 of the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Director: Hnin Ei Hlaing
Camera: Khin Khin Hsu & Su Su Thaing Win
Sound: Hnin Ei Hlaing
Editor: Hnin Ei Hlaing
The Burmese Butterfly at frameline film festival link:
http://ticketing.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=2573&FID=49
Director Biography:
Born in Kyaukphyu in Rakhine State in 1985, Hnin Ei Hlaing entered the film industry with a diploma in computer art with the Forever Group and subsequently worked as an editor for
MRTV4. Since joining YFS in 2006 she has worked as a regular sound recordist and/or editor on a number of Yangon Film School productions (including An Untitled Life, The Change Maker and A Bright Future). She says she knew nothing about Myanmar’s gay scene before deciding to make this portrait of her hairdresser. Burmese Butterfly marks her first film as a director.
Please visit the Yangon Film School website at www.yangonfilmschool.org
Screening History:
October 2011 – Festival International Signes de Nuit, Paris, France *Premiere*
February 2012- Lifescapes South East Asian Film Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand
May 2012 РG̦ttingen Ethnographic Film Festival, G̦ttingen, Germany
June 2012- Frameline 36 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, USA
June 2012- Sheffield Doc/Fest International Documentary Film Festival, England
***Nomination for Best Student film***
