Director Na Gyi and actress Paing Phyo Thu, being honored at this year's Oldenburg Film Festival, fled their country following the 2021 military coup but continue to support liberation efforts from ...

With turquoise columns propping up a pink and yellow portico, Myanmar's art deco style Thwin cinema is a rare relic from a golden age of movie-making that dazzled audiences more than half a century ...

The Europe-based International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk has called for the immediate release of Myanmar documentary maker Shin Daewe. One of Myanmar’s leading female filmmakers, Shin Daewe ...

On Jan. 10, the documentary director was imprisoned for life by Myanmar's military authorities under allegations she funded and helped terrorists. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poe Mamhe Thar built her career in Myanmar one character at a time, developing what she describes as a growing sensitivity not ...

BUSAN, South Korea, Oct. 10 (UPI) --Mi-Thet (Su Lay), an 18-year-old garment worker in Myanmar, feels trapped in a hopeless cycle. Her life is a round-trip between the fluorescent-lit factory where ...

"You're in a death factory. Unless you figure out how to survive... you won't." Even that one line is awful. Republic Pictures via Paramount has revealed an official trailer for The Lockdown, a ...

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar movie director Zay Par is doing what would have been unthinkable two years ago - putting the finishing touches to a film that harks back to a 1988 student uprising brutally ...

Now as the fledgling democracy emerges from the doldrums of junta rule, the stage is set for a film industry renaissance With turquoise columns propping up a pink and yellow portico, Myanmar's art ...