Synopsis
Life is a cycle. When we die, we will be reborn into a new life. Film featuring the “Slowly towards zero point zero” by The Maw Naing.
Credits
Director: The Maw Naing
Camera: Ko Yoe
Sound: Pe Maung Same
Editor: Stewart Young
Category
Technical Details
Duration: 11‘4‘‘
Copyright
Yangon Film School
Director's Biography
Painter, writer and performance artist The Maw Naing was born in Taunggyi in 1971. He took up painting after studying computer science in Singapore. He has taken part in group multimedia shows and mounted solo shows. Having made his first experimental documentary in the 2005 YFS workshop, he says, documentary provides him “with another opportunity to engage with the nature in our society”.
Awards & Nominations
October, 2008
4th Zebra Poetry Film Festival
SPECIAL PRIZE 2008
Berlin, Germany
Screenings
May, 2010
Zebra Poetry Festival
Marrakesh, Morocco
May, 2010
Kulturpolis Klaipeda Cultural Communication Center
Klaipėda, Lithuania
October, 2009
Documentary Film Days AF
Yangon, Myanmar
October, 2009
Oslo Poesiefestival
Oslo, Norway
May, 2009
55th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Oberhausen, Germany
May, 2009
International Istanbul Beyoglu Poetry Festival
Istanbul, Turkey
April, 2009
Ò Bhéal
Cork, Irland
March, 2009
Buchmesse Leipzig, Goethe Institute
Leipzig, Germany
February, 2009
Roma Poesia
Rome, Italy
November, 2008
International Festival of Autors
Toronto, Canada
November, 2008
Interfilm 24th International Short Film Festival
Berlin, Germany
November, 2007
American Anthologica Film Festival
USA
August, 2007
40th ASEAN Film Festival
Manila, Philippines
July, 2007
New Manila Film Festival
Manila, Philippines
Director's Filmography
2014
The Monk
Director
810‘0‘‘
2012
Nargis: When Time Stopped Breathing
Co-Director
0‘0‘‘
2007
... are not as
Director
8‘29‘‘
2005
Again and Again
Director
11‘4‘‘
