PieceofEden-Yangonfilmschool

A Piece Of Eden

Synopsis

A touching yet unsentimental film about how a 12-year-old boy suffering from muscular dystrophy finds support and friendship at a remarkable centre for the disabled run by an NGO in Yangon’s Insein township.

Director's Biography

Aung Nwai Htway is from Yangon. He began his career working for the NGO Population Services International (PSI) as an editor. Having joined Yangon Film School in 2006, in 2007 he tried his hand at directing for the first time with the short documentary A Piece of Eden, about a young boy suffering from muscular dystrophy. Developed with YFS, his 2012 documentary Behind the Screen is his most personal film and tells the painful story of his parents’ divorce, both of whom were Burmese film stars in the 1960s and 70s. This moving work won awards at Yangon’s Wathann Filmfest and at Salaya International Documentary Film Festival in Thailand; it also screened to acclaim at the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.

Screenings

September, 2011
Mekong Country Day
Berlin, Germany

Director's Filmography

2016
In Exile

Editor

72‘0‘‘

2013
Escape from the Dead End

Director/Cinematographer/Editor

25‘0‘‘

2012

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35‘0‘‘

2010
Landing on the Beautiful Land

Director/Cinematographer/Sound/Editor

22‘0‘‘

2009
Our Forests, Our Future

Editor

23‘15‘‘

2008
Rays Of Hope

Director/Editor

15‘56‘‘

2008
After the Nargis

Editor

25‘0‘‘

2007
A Piece Of Eden

Director & Editor

15‘36‘‘

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