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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 spent several years as a journalist for broadcaster MNTV among others before joining YFS in 2018. She has completed a number of YFS courses and is one of the creators of a YFS docu-animation Our Town. Now in her second year at the School, she is currently working as a freelance editor on a series of World Bank-funded short films promoting access to health, education and jobs. Lost Boy is 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‘‘

2019

Director

15‘54‘‘

2019

Co-Animator

4‘11‘‘

Pictures

Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart