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Lady of the Lake (2014)

Lady of the Lake

Synopsis

Governments – even decades-old military regimes – may come and go but, like many rural communities in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the lives of the villagers of Pyun Su on the banks of Moe Yun Gyi lake are pervaded by deeper traditions – above all the lively cult of the nat.

‘A beautifully filmed, rare glimpse of some of Myanmar’s powerful supernatural beliefs and their meaning for the people who practice them in this stunning Lakeland region not far from the country’s former capital of Yangon.’

Director's Biography

Myanmar computer arts graduate Zaw Naing Oo (born in 1979) had his first brush with film at Myanmar production outfit Forever Group. Since enrolling at Yangon Film School in 2011 he has directed and/or edited several short documentaries. His portrait of a disparate Chin family in Empty Nest screened at a number of international festivals and earned him Best Short Student Documentary award in Palm Springs, USA in 2013. Lady of the Lake, which he also edited, marks his second film as director.

Awards & Nominations

May, 2016
Goettingen International Ethnographic Film Festival
Special Mention
Goettingen, Germany
October, 2015
Singapore Myanmar Film Festival
Best Cinematography Award
Singapore
April, 2015
5th Salaya International Documentary Film Festival
Special mention
Bangkok, Thailand
December, 2013
Winner Goethe-Institut Myanmar Jade Award for Documentaries
Yangon, Myanmar

Screenings

June, 2020
2 Rivers Cross-Cultural Docuemntary Cinema
Koblenz, Germany
May, 2018
Alborz International Festival
Tehran, India
March, 2016
Otaki Maoriland Film Festival
Otaki, New Zealand
January, 2016
Skabmagovat Film Festival
Skabmagovat, Finland
June, 2015
RAI – International Festival of Ethnographic Film
Bristol, England
October, 2014
Taiwan International Documentary Festival
Taipeh, Taiwan
September, 2014
Wathann Film Fest #4
Yangon, Myanmar

Director's Filmography

2014
Lady of the Lake

Director/Editor

21‘25‘‘

2012

Director / Editor

12‘53‘‘

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