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  1. Locarno Film Festival · Maung Sun

    Aug 9, 2021 · He is an Arakanese Burmese ethnic from Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State, a civil war-torn region in western Myanmar. He graduated from Yangon University of Foreign Languages in 2005 …

  2. Locarno Film Festival · The Web and Cinemas will be Open Doors

    The selection is fittingly capped off by two retrospective tributes marking the centenary of the cinema in their respective countries: on the one hand the recently restored Burmese classic Tender Are the …

  3. Locarno Film Festival · Open Doors, Rediscovering Countries

    Aug 9, 2020 · The selection is completed by two retrospective tributes: on the one hand, the elegantly restored Burmese classic Tender Are the Feet by Maung Wunna; on the other hand, The Masseur, …

  4. Locarno Film Festival · A Checkpoint of Southeast Asia Creativity

    Open Doors Roundtable: Creativity Checkpoint in Southeast Asia Sunday, August 8, 5 p.m. – Forum @Rotonda by la Mobiliare WithAlyx Ayn Arumpac (director, the Philippines), Mai Nguyen (producer, …

  5. Locarno Film Festival · Close to Open Doors

    Aug 15, 2020 · Like the one, for example, by the young Burmese filmmaker Aung Phyoe, discovered at Open Doors in 2017, who landed a short film in Pardi di domani last year and returned this year with …

  6. Locarno Film Festival · Open Doors: The selected projects and talents...

    Aug 6, 2021 · Eight projects and nine producers coming from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Mongolia will participate in this year’s Open …

  7. Open Doors 2019 highlights South-East Asia and Mongolia

    Open Doors shines the spotlight onto the vibrant independent scene of the Asian continent for three more years (2019-2021), hosting a delegation of 50+ talents from Southeast Asian countries (Laos, …

  8. Locarno Film Festival · The Beer Girl in Yangon

    Synopsis Lily, a 17 years old girl, works as a hostess in a sleazy bar where underage prostitution is a constant temptation. There, she develops a relationship with a co-worker girl named Moon (19). At …

  9. Locarno Film Festival · Lin Sun Oo

    Biography Lin Sun Oo is the co-founder of Tagu Films production - a local independent film production studio - based in Yangon. He graduated from McDaniel College in Maryland, USA in 2010. Upon his …

  10. Locarno is in South-East Asia and Mongolia

    Locarno74 marks the end of the three-year focus on the countries that have been part of Open Doors since 2019. Before that, though, another round of Hub, Lab, Screenings and more. The end of one …