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.