Maung Okkar's film career began at the age of 14 when he starred in Dat-khe, afeature film directed by his father – the celebrated Burmese filmmaker U Wunna. Made during a YFS workshop in 2009, Okkar's first documentary Charcoal Boy screened to acclaim at a number of international film festivals. His second work as a director was The Game, a gritty documentary about the cut and thrust of Myanmar kickboxing, which was shown during the inaugural Art of Freedom Film Festival in Yangon in 2011. Let's get on the Bus marks his first commissioned work for an NGO.