The restoration of a 1934 black-and-white action movie, famed for high-octane stunts including a hot-air balloon escape and a jungle shootout against teakwood thieves, has energised efforts to salvage ...

Austria-based agency Autlook Filmsales has picked up world sales rights to “Myanmar Diaries,” one of the first films to be selected for the Berlin film festival’s Panorama section. The picture is ...

The documentary, shot by an anonymous collective of directors inside Myanmar, depicts the crackdown on civilians since the military coup last year. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The prize, ...

Two years ago this month, the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar witnessed a coup d’état, in which the Tatmadaw (the military) seized power from the democratically elected National League for Democracy ...

When Khun Lwici, the secretary of a literary and cultural committee set up by Myanmar’s Kayan ethnic group, came across a movie called Aung Padin Inn Padaung, he was incensed. In the movie, a woman ...

Icarus Films has picked up North American rights to the Oscar-qualifying documentary Myanmar Diaries, helmed by the anonymous Myanmar Film Collective. The film, which won the Berlinale Documentary ...

Germany's leading indie film fest will pay tribute to filmmakers Na Gyi and Paing Phyo Thu, who went into hiding following the military coup in Myanmar. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — A Swiss citizen was arrested ...

The situation in Myanmar remains dire, the International Coalition of Film makers at Risk (ICFR) has warned, with prominent cultural figures continuing to be imprisoned, and in some instances even ...

Film maker Ma Aeint was sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour for allegedly giving money to an organization that opposes the February 2021 coup in Myanmar. This statement was ...