The Crocodile Creek

The Crocodile Creek

March, 2016
Climate Change Film Festival
BEST MYANMAR PRODUCTION AWARD
Yangon, Myanmar

Synopsis

As the Burmese legend unfolds of the giant crocodile Nga Moe Yeik – the namesake of this beautiful if eerie-looking creek – some of the people who use this branch of the Yangon River voice their modern-day environmental concerns about one of the city’s iconic waterways.

Director's Biography

Sai Naw Kham grew up in Tangyan Township in Myanmar’s northern Shan State. Moving to Yangon in 2007, he first studied chemistry and worked for three years as an editor for Charr Music Production. His first brush with filmmaking came when he filmed his uncle’s donation to a Palaung village; the Palaung continue to fascinate him and he hopes to one day make a feature-length film with them. Since joining YFS in 2014 he has directed a documentary, The Crocodile Creek. In 2015 he photographed a short YFS drama, Book Lover.

Awards & Nominations

March, 2016
Climate Change Film Festival
BEST MYANMAR PRODUCTION AWARD
Yangon, Myanmar
November, 2015
Singapore International Film Festival
BEST SOUTHEAST ASIAN FILM
Singapore

Screenings

August, 2018
Savonlinna International Nature Film Festival
Savonlinna, Finland
September, 2016
SremFilm Festival, International Documentary Festival of Tourism and Ecology
Sremska Mitrovica Vojvodina, Serbia
March, 2016
Watersprite International Student Film Festival
Cambridge, England

Director's Filmography

2017

Cinematographer

14‘45‘‘

2015
The Crocodile Creek

Director

17‘49‘‘

2015

Director & Editor

25‘30‘‘

Pictures

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