Synopsis
Devotees of the centuries-old Ananda pagoda festival in Bagan wouldn't miss this annual event for anything. A deeply felt observation of rural festival goers as they spend four days relaxing, browsing, shopping and making donations.
Director's Biography
Born in 1973 Shin Daewe began her film career as an assistant producer at the Yangon firm AV Media. Since joining YFS in 2006 she has created a number of films for NGOs such as Pyoe Pin, PSI and Metta Development Foundation. Her own documentary projects include a lively portrait of the Burmese painter Rahula, An Untitled Life, which has screened to acclaim at numerous film festivals around the world, as has Now I am Thirteen, about a young girl living in Myanmar’s dry zone; her 2013 work about refugee camps in Kachin, Take Me Home, won Best Documentary Award at 2013 Wathann Film Festival. She is currently a recipient of a Yangon Film School Fellowship grant which she is using to research and develop a feature-length documentary Opium Dreams, about farmers who cultivate Myanmar’s most notorious crop in Shan State. Shin Daewe is currently a member of the Yangon Film School Student Committee and is also co-director of the School’s production arm, Yangon Film Services.
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