Film festival opens in Rangoon
Cinema-goers in Rangoon are in for an exciting weekend with 37 new movies and documentaries scheduled over four days at the Wathann Film Festival.
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Twilight Over Burma
An epic cinematic tale depicting the colourful life of an Austrian student in Burma –and her marriage into a disappearing royal dynasty – has wrapped up its filming in the country.
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Motion picture association chairman steps down
Lu Min, actor and chairman of Myanmar [Burma] Motion Picture Association (MMPA), told DVB that he will not seek reappointment for the coming year.
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New technology boosts Burmese films abroad
A Burmese film titled Satan’s Dancer will premiere concurrently in Singapore and Rangoon on 18 May for the first time.
Local films look to return to the silver screen
Filmmakers in Burma are slowly producing movies again, in a country once under strict military rule and government censorship. Since the quasi-civilian government started to introduce sweeping reforms, there has[…]
Kyaw Thu: ‘Apolitical in Burma is egoism’
Former actor and film director Kyaw Thu is a two-time winner of the Myanmar Academy Award, and during the 1980s and 1990s, one of Burmese cinema’s leading men. Since his[…]
Actress and singer May Shin dies aged 92
Sep 4, 2008 (DVB), Much-loved actress and singer May Shin died of old age at Mandalay General Hospital in upper Burma at 11pm yesterday. May Shin was 92 years old[…]
Cinema-goers face bomb searches
Feb 6, 2008 (DVB), Security forces in Rangoon have been conducting thorough searches of audience members at the city's cinemas to look for explosive devices, cinema-goers said. One audience member[…]
Rambo welcomed by Burmese in Singapore
Feb 5, 2008 (DVB)-An audience of 600 Burmese people in Singapore gave a positive reception to the film Rambo at a screening organised by the Overseas Myanmar Patriots Association on[…]
