Synopsis
A tyre recycling workshop in South Okkalapa in Myanmar's former capital of Yangon is a site of multiple uses and multiple deaths, for this is the place where defunct tyres are transformed from their original shape and use, and are reborn into new and completely different lives. Filmed almost entirely in black-and-white, this observational documentary gently explores a community of tyre cutters and recyclers, young and old, male and female, as they create with their super-sharp blades, careful eyes and skilful strokes, buckets, brushes and slippers from discarded rubber tyres. And, from time to time, in fleeting yet visceral moments in between their movements, snatched conversation and song, something lyrical, even philosophical emerges, and we are gently reminded of how every death gives way to a birth.
Credits
Director: Kyaw Myo Lwin
Cinematographer: Aung Ko Ko
Editor: Myo Min khin
Sound Recordists: Hnin Ei Hlaing, Zaw Win Htwe, Thaiddhi
Category
Technical Details
Duration: 30‘57‘‘
Copyright
Yangon Film School
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.
Awards & Nominations
November, 2015
October, 2015
June, 2015
February, 2015
June, 2014
June, 2014
Screenings
Director's Filmography
Director
30‘57‘‘
Editor
17‘36‘‘
