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.