Last Kiss

Last Kiss

May, 2015
Seoul International Women's Film Festival
Winner of the Sungjoo Grand Prize
Seoul, South Korea

Synopsis

Onetime film director Jaing Chying runs a women’s shelter near Kachin Independence Army HQ in Laiza. Every day since civil war resumed between the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Organisation, she has written and recited a poem, thus giving an unmistakable voice to those caught up in this bitter conflict.

Director's Biography

Seng Mai Kinraw was born in Kachin State in 1987 and moved with her family to Yangon during her childhood. Her first documentary, The Social Game, was shown at Wathann Film Fest#2 in Yangon in 2012 where it received the New Vision Award; the film also won a Special Mention at the inaugural ChopShots Film Festival for Southeast Asian documentary held in Jakarta in the same year. Last Kiss is her second documentary. At present she is developing a project in the Netherlands about two Burmese siblings who have grown up living apart from each other and their biological families.

Awards & Nominations

May, 2015
Seoul International Women's Film Festival
Winner of the Sungjoo Grand Prize
Seoul, South Korea

Screenings

August, 2015
Montenegro International Film Festival,
Montenegro
March, 2015
IAWRT International Asian Women's Film Festival
New Delhi, India
September, 2014
Alpavirama Film Festival
Ahmedabad, India
June, 2014
Human Rights, Human Dignity International Film Festival
Yangon, Myanmar

Director's Filmography

2014
Last Kiss

Director/Cinematographer

21‘57‘‘

2012
The Social Game

Director/Cinematographer/Editor

12‘21‘‘

Pictures

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