In the Magway region of Myanmar, a country home to one of the oldest petroleum industries in the world, live husband and wife Thein Shwe and Htwe Tin. Running an unregulated oil field, they produce a barrel every few days. They wish above all else to see their youngest son succeed, to break the cycle of poverty. A kettle boils. Mud slicked hands work sputtering machines. The ambient sound of a football match hums from a nearby television. “These days passed quickly”, Htwe says.
2022 /
Finalist
A THOUSAND FIRES
Director & Producer: Saeed Taji Farouky,
Estelle Robin You, Palmyre Badinier, Joram Willink,
12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates grueling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.
2021 |
90 min
Myanmar
Languages: Burmese
AWARD:
Finalist
Type:
Doc Feature
Themes:
Economy, Environment, Education, Human Rights
