Overview of articles
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Time Will Not Tell
A lecture-performance essay examining some of the earliest pre-cinematic objects portraying Myanmar’s colonial past: magic lantern slides.Published on: -
Poor Folk
A gangster film that doesn’t look or feel like one, but like life itself. At least, life in the lawless border area between Myanmar (Burma)…Published on: -
The Beer Girl in Yangon
Escaping the dark world of a beer stand, Lily (17) enters another magical universe to find love and hope.Published on: -
No Magic for Socialists
The excavated, mesmerising, underground history of Myanmar’s 1950s horror and genre film industry.Published on: -
A Metamorphosis
A Metamorphosis redefines government television broadcasts and the imagery of propaganda into a counter-nightmare.Published on: -
Once Upon a Time There Was a Mom
Playful, unconventional black-and-white film that sees a man undergoing a transformation after his wife’s death.Published on: -
Poor Folk
A gangster film that doesn’t look or feel like one, but like life itself. At least, life in the lawless border area between Myanmar (Burma)…Published on: -
Letters from the South
An omnibus film about how immigrant Chinese in Southeast Asia cling to their traditional customs, language and habits – even after centuries in a diffPublished on: -
The Palace on the Sea
The lead is a richly decorated, moored ship. A man and woman meet there as if in another time and place.Published on: -
Burma Storybook
Poet and activist from Myanmar Maung Aung Pwint has spent large swathes of his life in prison. Now the country is free after 50 years…Published on: