PHNOM PENH: The vibrant spirit of Myanmar’s cinemas in 1920 still echoes in Yangon today. In June, as rains flooded Yangon streets, movie theatres premiered “Mingala Pwe” (“The Wedding”) and “Just a ...
2 years into an army-appointed civilian govt in Myanmar, one scared filmmaker takes a risk on a screenplay on the 1988 student uprising the decades-long junta bloodily thwarted Myanmar movie director ...
Germany's leading indie film fest will pay tribute to filmmakers Na Gyi and Paing Phyo Thu, who went into hiding following the military coup in Myanmar. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The ...
Myanmar, 2023. Two years after the military coup, the country is in a state of chaos and violence. The junta is carrying out extrajudicial killings and seizing the property of activists and their ...
"You're in a death factory. Unless you figure out how to survive... you won't." Even that one line is awful. Republic Pictures via Paramount has revealed an official trailer for The Lockdown, a ...
The Last Hospital: 30 Days in Myanmar goes to the heart of a jungle battleground in one of the most closed off countries in the world. Following a two-year campaign to gain access to the rebels, ...
Only months after premiering his new movie, Japanese filmmaker Akio Fujimoto is seeking extension of the medium from cinema to campaign.