The Dream

The Dream

Synopsis

Kachin Baptist Brang Sai from Myitkina in northern Myanmar claims that the idea to found the orphanage he runs with his Lisu wife once came to him in a dream. Blending frank interviews with quiet observation of its driven protagonist, his wife and son and his adopted multi-ethnic family, this portrait helps explain this complex man's somewhat daunting personality.

Director's Biography

Having joined Yangon Film School in 2011, Khin Myanmar (born in 1988) initially followed in the footsteps of her filmmaker father U Kyaw Zaw and focused on editing, shaping such titles as Solomon, about the leader of the Chin National Front, and Rubber’s Last Song about traditional methods of rubber production in Mon State. Her directing credits include The Dream and More Than A Tree, an award-winning film about the importance of mangroves for coastal communities which screened at a string of festivals in Europe, Korea and Japan. Her fiction debut Missing was one of the first fiction films in Myanmar to address the wrongs of the previous military dictatorship. She was also part of the editing team working on the post-production of a television drama series about the rule of law entitled, The Sun, the Moon and the Truth which aired on national television in Myanmar. Khin Myanmar often shares her skills with her peers as either a directing or an editing mentor during courses at YFS, and recently edited fellow YFS alumna Lin Hnin Aye’s Sound of the Spirits.

Screenings

September, 2012
Wathann Film Fest #2
Yangon, Myanmar

Director's Filmography

2023

63‘0‘‘

2018
The Sun, the Moon and the Truth

TV-Series, Co-Editor

300‘0‘‘

2015

Director

18‘57‘‘

2014
The Orchid Plantation

Editor

6‘0‘‘

2014
Rubber's Last Song

Editor

17‘0‘‘

2014
The Sun, the Moon and the Truth

TV-Series, Co-Editor

360‘0‘‘

2013

Editor

23‘38‘‘

2013

12‘21‘‘

2012
The Dream

Director

14‘14‘‘

2012
The Business

Editor

7‘0‘‘

2011

Co-Director

15‘36‘‘

2011
Factory Girl

Director

7‘0‘‘

Pictures

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