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Worlds Apart (2020)

Worlds Apart

December, 2020
GZDOC Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
SEMI FINALIST OF GOLDEN KAPOK AWARD COMPETITION
Guangzhou, China
December, 2019
Goethe Institut Myanmar - Documentary Competition
Ruby Award Winner
Yangon, Myanmar

Synopsis

Worlds within worlds are explored by the filmmaker, a Rakhine native, in this moving portrait of her Hindu neighbours. An alarming glimpse of the ominous effects of long-term segregation of communities in Myanmar and the toll this is now taking on the next generation.

Director's Biography

Shin Thandar (born in 1991) is from Sittwe in Rakhine State in northwest Myanmar. Having studied English at Yangon’s University of Foreign Languages and gaining a diploma in Information Technology, she worked in the news department of national broadcaster MNTV and as a communications assistant for the World Bank for almost five years before joining YFS in 2018. During her studies at the School, she was a member of the creative team behind both the docuanimation Our Town and the ‘true fictions’ short Midtown Yangon. Made in her second year at YFS, Worlds Apart portrays a Hindu couple in restive Rakhine State and won a Goethe-Institut Ruby Documentary Award in 2019. Shin Thandar is currently working on her graduation project, also set in Rakhine. Alongside her studies, she uses her filmmaking skills as a development worker, promoting access to health, education and jobs. Lost Boy was her first documentary as a director.

Awards & Nominations

December, 2020
GZDOC Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
SEMI FINALIST OF GOLDEN KAPOK AWARD COMPETITION
Guangzhou, China
December, 2019
Goethe Institut Myanmar - Documentary Competition
Ruby Award Winner
Yangon, Myanmar
October, 2021
International Festival of Ethnological Film
Nomination for Best Student Film
Belgrade, Serbia
October, 2020
24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Nomination for Audience Award
Jihlava, Czech Republic

Screenings

July, 2021
IN-DOCS: Vitamin Collaboration
Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia
November, 2020
One Step Film Forum
Yangon, Myanmar

Director's Filmography

2020

Co-Director

19‘37‘‘

2020
Worlds Apart

Director

14‘56‘‘

2019

Director

15‘54‘‘

2019

Co-Animator

4‘11‘‘

Pictures

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