Four documentary films produced by DVB were screened in Oslo, Norway on February 26th. These films portray life in Myanmar under the military following the 2021 coup. A panel discussion featured DVB Chief Editor Aye Chan Naing and Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris.
“What you see now every day on your TV about Ukraine or Gaza, it’s exactly the same thing happening in Burma every day. We’re reporting every day about military airstrikes, the villages being burned down, people being killed. In one hospital in the western part of Burma, in Arakan two months ago, the military airstrike killed 70 people,” said Aye Chan Naing, the DVB Chief Editor
Members of the Myanmar diaspora in Norway, as well as pro-democracy activists, attended the film screening and panel discussion.
“The military has all the help that they can get from Russia, China and the others, India. And the people of Burma have shown their resilience. They’ve shown that, yes, they can do it on their own and they will do it on their own. But we could avoid so much suffering if people outside of Burma started helping,” said Kim Aris, Aung San Suu Kyi’s son.
The four award-winning films showcased by DVB were from the Peacock Film Festival. Similar screenings have taken place in Australia and Czech Republic to raise awareness about the crisis in Myanmar.
The next screening will be held on March 1 in Sydney, Australia, and on March 25 in Bangkok, Thailand. Follow DVB Peacock Film Festival on Facebook for more details.
