Locarno Film Festival · Maung Sun
Aug 9, 2021 · He is an Arakanese Burmese ethnic from Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State, a civil war-torn region in western Myanmar. He graduated from Yangon University of Foreign Languages …
Locarno Film Festival · The Web and Cinemas will be Open Doors
The selection is fittingly capped off by two retrospective tributes marking the centenary of the cinema in their respective countries: on the one hand the recently restored Burmese classic …
Locarno Film Festival · Open Doors, Rediscovering Countries
Aug 9, 2020 · The selection is completed by two retrospective tributes: on the one hand, the elegantly restored Burmese classic Tender Are the Feet by Maung Wunna; on the other hand, …
Locarno Film Festival · A Checkpoint of Southeast Asia Creativity
Open Doors Roundtable: Creativity Checkpoint in Southeast Asia Sunday, August 8, 5 p.m. – Forum @Rotonda by la Mobiliare WithAlyx Ayn Arumpac (director, the Philippines), Mai …
Locarno Film Festival · Close to Open Doors
Aug 15, 2020 · Like the one, for example, by the young Burmese filmmaker Aung Phyoe, discovered at Open Doors in 2017, who landed a short film in Pardi di domani last year and …
Locarno Film Festival · Open Doors: The selected projects and …
Aug 6, 2021 · Eight projects and nine producers coming from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Mongolia will participate in this year’s …
Open Doors 2019 highlights South-East Asia and Mongolia
Open Doors shines the spotlight onto the vibrant independent scene of the Asian continent for three more years (2019-2021), hosting a delegation of 50+ talents from Southeast Asian …
Locarno Film Festival · The Beer Girl in Yangon
Synopsis Lily, a 17 years old girl, works as a hostess in a sleazy bar where underage prostitution is a constant temptation. There, she develops a relationship with a co-worker girl named Moon …
Locarno Film Festival · Lin Sun Oo
Biography Lin Sun Oo is the co-founder of Tagu Films production - a local independent film production studio - based in Yangon. He graduated from McDaniel College in Maryland, USA …
Locarno is in South-East Asia and Mongolia
Locarno74 marks the end of the three-year focus on the countries that have been part of Open Doors since 2019. Before that, though, another round of Hub, Lab, Screenings and more. The …