On Holiday

On Holiday

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.

Director's Filmography

2015

Producer

15‘19‘‘

2015
Fields of Dreams

Director

17‘0‘‘

2014
Now I am Thirteen

Director

15‘0‘‘

2013
Take me Home

Director

20‘0‘‘

2013

Producer

30‘57‘‘

2011
Robe

Director

7‘0‘‘

2011
On Holiday

Director / Editor

19‘0‘‘

2011

18‘42‘‘

2009

15‘21‘‘

2008
An Untitled Life

Director / Editor

22‘8‘‘

2007
Beyond the Tsunami

Director

20‘50‘‘

2006
The Uninvited Guest

Director

13‘49‘‘

Pictures

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