Synopsis
The discovery of a discarded object from her past prompts the filmmaker to return to her native Mon State to chronicle its entire manufacturing process, from back-breaking extraction to utilisation. A film about how objects can be full of meaning.
Credits
Director: Khin Warso
Cinematography: Wynn Htut
Sound Recordist & Editor: Sai Nyi Nyi
Editing Mentor: Melanie Sandford ase
Category
Technical Details
Duration: 14‘27‘‘
Format: 4:3 Letterbox
Subtitles: English
System: PAL
Copyright
Yangon Film School
Director's Statement
The film Slate comes from my childhood when I used to create crazy stories using a slate. After completing my first year at YFS, I wanted to make my own first documentary without conversation or dialogue. I learned so much making this film and it has also given me a chance to go back, for a moment, to my childhood memories.
Director's Biography
Khin Warso comes from Mawlamyine in Myanmar’s Mon State. Having studied journalism at the National Management College she first worked as a reporter for an IT journal in Yangon before joining YFS in 2014 where she provided the soundtrack for the documentary The Crocodile Creek. Her second-year documentary project, Slate, which was joint winner of the 2015 Goethe- Institut Ruby Documentary Award, was her first film as a director in her own right. Khin Warso earned a credit as producer on the YFS ‘true fictions’ production Book Lover. The recipient of a YFS Fellowship Grant, she is currently developing a feature-length documentary on the topic of migration entitled Why We Left.
Awards & Nominations
February, 2017
November, 2016
Screenings
Director's Filmography
Director
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