Lin Htet Aung

Lin Htet Aung (1998, Myanmar) is a self-taught filmmaker based in Myanmar. In his earlier days, he wrote avant-garde poems and published underground poetry books. In 2020, his experimental short film Estate won the Silver Screen Award for Best Director at the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition at the 31st Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF). In 2023, his short film Once Upon A Time There Was A Mom won the Silver Screen Award for Best Screenplay at the 34th SGIFF. His same short film won the Principi Award at Lago Film Fest and the Jury Prize at Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival (BAFF). His short films have been selected at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, among others. In 2024, he received a Script Development Fund for his debut feature project, Making A Sea, which won the Fellowship Prize at the Southeast Asian Film Lab at the Singapore International Film Festival 2023. He is one of the directing fellows for the CHANEL X BIFF Asian Film Academy 2023. He has also been nominated twice for SEA AiR Studio Residencies Cycle 1 and Cycle 2. He is also one of the Prince Claus Seed Awardees 2023 and a Locarno Filmmakers Academy 2024 participant.

Filmography

(all short) Estate (2020), Seeking Wombs For Rebirths (2021), Me and My Country Pornography (2022), Once Upon A Time There Was A Mom (2023), A Metamorphosis (2024)

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