Silent Talker YFS 7

Silent Talker

Synopsis

Juxtaposing everyday scenes in Yangon with extracts from a friend‘s poems and his own ruminations, the filmmaker ponders the state of his native Myanmar and its people as they move towards democracy.

Director's Biography

Burmese filmmaker Kyaw Myo Lwin joined the Yangon Film School (YFS) in 2007 where he has since worked as sound recordist and/or editor on several YFS productions including a film about trauma healing in the Delta after Cyclone Nargis called Hidden Wounds. He recently edited the short documentary Insein Rhythm. The film premiered at Visions du réel International Documentary Film Festival in Nyon in April 2013. His directorial debut Tyres had it‘s internatinal premiere at IDFA in the Netherlands. Silent Talker marks his second film.

Screenings

November, 2015
Festival Signe de Nuit
Paris, France
October, 2014
Jihlava International Film Festival
Jihlava, Czech Republic
September, 2014
Wathann Film Fest #4
Yangon, Myanmar

Director's Filmography

2014
Silent Talker

Director/Editor

14‘8‘‘

2013

10‘45‘‘

2013

Director

30‘57‘‘

17‘36‘‘

Pictures

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