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Seeds of Sadness (2018)

Seeds of Sadness

December, 2017
Goethe Institut Documentary Competition
Joint-Winner Ruby Documentary Award
Yangon, Myanmar

Synopsis

In spite of a nationwide ceasefire, armed conflict still persists in Myanmar and landmines contaminate many parts of the country. Describing their effect on one family in East Bago, this film gives a dignified voice to the victims of Myanmar’s civil war and makes a powerful plea for peace.

Director's Biography

Thae Zar Chi Khaing (born in 1991) comes from Sittwe in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. After graduating in geology she began working as a video journalist. Since enrolling at Yangon Film School in 2016, she has worked on a number of projects as director, editor or cinematographer (e.g. Tofu Nights). In 2017 she joined a YFS Travelling Cinema crew to Inle Lake to help a local community create two short films about environmental pollution. Seeds of Sadness, which she shot, directed and edited in her second year at YFS, was joint-winner of the 2017 Goethe Institut Ruby Documentary Award. She is currently working with fellow-student Cherry Thein on a feature-length documentary Cocoons about young girls living on the streets of Mandalay.

Awards & Nominations

December, 2017
Goethe Institut Documentary Competition
Joint-Winner Ruby Documentary Award
Yangon, Myanmar

Screenings

November, 2021
11th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Warsaw, Poland
June, 2020
2 Rivers Film Festival
Koblenz, Germany
October, 2019
International Festival Signe de Nuit
Paris, France
October, 2019
One Step Film Forum
Yangon, Myanmar
September, 2019
LA Myanmar Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA., USA
July, 2019
One Country, One Film
Issoire and Apchat, France
September, 2018
Wathann Film Fest #8
Yangon, Myanmar
June, 2018
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Tokyo, Japan

Director's Filmography

2018
Seeds of Sadness

Director/Cinematographer/Editor

16‘14‘‘

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