SeaShorts 2017: S-Express Myanmar

Curator: Thaid Dhi

Screening Details:

May 12, 2017   I   1100 – 1200I  Lostgens’ Contemporary Art Space

CHASING ROSES

Kriz Chan Nyein / Myanmar / 2015 / 11min

Chasing Roses is a lyrical montage, created out of 25mm CineStill 88T still film photographs, accompanied by a constructed soundscape. It depicts a man’s internal struggles as he searches for his soul mate.

MISSING

Khin / Myanmar / 2014 / Burmese / 19min

Five years old Pan Nu loves both her mum and her older sister but it is her dad who really has a special place in her heart. One day she wakes up to discover he has disappeared. Mum says he has gone on a business trip abroad but if so, why has he left behind his gasses and fountain pen? Pan Nu deeply misses her father and becomes convinced her mother and sister are keeping something from her. Then a spiteful friend reveals a shocking truth.

MRAUK OO STORY

Aung Min & Than Kyaw / Myanmar / 2015 / Burmese / 30min

4 scavenger kids among 16th century Mrauk-U pagodas and a tablet.

THE SPECIAL ONE

Lamin Oo / Myanmar / 2015 / Burmese / 7min

One Man. One Team. A whole lot of fish.