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- A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter.
- Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
- During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.
- A conscience-driven Japanese soldier traumatized by the events of WWII adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
- The misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of WW2.
- The film, which is about the last five years of the Indian leader Subhas Chandra's life, also includes his life's story in flashback sequences.
- Sameer and Sheena's marriage was fixed when they were children, but now she has decided to marry him only on the condition that he will abduct her and take her to Mumbai.
- Two desperately ill women find solace in each other's company. They journey towards the fabled "sea of clouds" before dying, not knowing destiny has a twist in this eternal puzzle called life.
- Amrit's generosity and kindness initially lands him in the bad books of a dancer; then in prison; and then as false son-in-law of a very wealthy man.
- Saravanan comes to Singapore for a job but lands in trouble lose his passport and are on the run. Desperate to get back home, he accepts the job of taking a girl to India in return for a hefty sum.
- A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhist through the portrait of the Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, leader of anti-Muslim movement in Myanmar.
- A general who sacrificed for secret historic bag on the night of November 1885 while Myanmar last federalist King Thibaw was exiled.Geroge J.Harlam an Anglo-Indian from England called George J Harlam who is interested in Myanmar ancient cultural heritages.George's adopted obedience son, Elvis.Htet Paing, who spent more than a decade of his life time in Europe becomes an accused criminal at one of the attorney offices on Pansodan St at Yangon.The daughter Saung Nanda who heritages the love and interest in ancient histories, abilities of discovering and collecting at ancient artifacts from her father.The girl who got the greatly power to be able to find historical treasure from her father as inheritances. Her name is Saung Nandar.
- Shot clandestinely over a two year period, this film provides a rare look into the second most isolated country on the planet held in a stasis by a brutal military regime for almost a half century. From over 100 interviews of people across Burma, including the recently released Aung San Suu Kyi, interwoven with stunning footage of Burmese life this documentary is truly unique.
- In the unforgiving and strife-ridden jungles of Myanmar, young leaders Luther and Johnny Htoo endeavor to forge a makeshift family from a group of orphaned children. As ethnic Karen themselves, they stand as symbols of defiance against oppression. Under the banner of "God's Army," these child leaders, alongside a hardened band of soldiers comprising children and young men molded by the enduring civil conflict, are believed to possess mystical protection against bullets. In their remarkable youth, they hold the distinction of being the world's youngest military commanders.
- An examination of biculturalism wrapped in an extraordinary personal odyssey.
- An educated chemical engineer becomes an undercover officer against drug dealers.
- Documentary about the construction of the Stilwell Road - originally called The Ledo Road - a 478-mile passage from Assam, India, to Ledo, Burma, during World War II.
- During the politically unstable time, a young girl tries to escape Yangon by relying on her friend. However, things may not work out the way she planned.
- Does each gesture really make a difference? Can music and dance be weapons of peace? In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and, as she saw it, heading for self-destruction.
- For centuries, a remarkable group of seafaring nomads known as the Moken has lived quietly in the idyllic Mergui Archipelago off the southern coast of Burma, sleeping on their boats and existing in harmony with the natural world. Now, though, the peace has been shattered, and the islands and their people are under threat from loggers, fishermen, entrepreneurs and the government.
- One man's journey to discover if the future can really be predicted.
- A young reporter goes in search of one of the most mysterious armies in the world, the K.M.T. (also known as the Kuomintang), composed of Chinese nationalists who left their homeland after the communist victory, and who, since 1950, have been living in Burma. In their host country, they deal in opium and heroine while playing a political role and outside some of them engage in espionage in Red China and in counter-guerrilla operations in Thailand.
- Together with the chef, Tom Victor Gausdal, the journalist, Fredrik Græsvik, travels to conflicted areas around the world where they sits down with parties to the conflicts over a meal.
- What would drive a man to devote his life to a sport that no one else plays? At least nowhere outside Myanmar, one of the most inaccessible and mysterious countries in Asia. Mystic Ball follows Greg Hamilton, the filmmaker, deep into the culture of chinlone, Myanmar's traditional sport. But chinlone is more than just a sport, it is also a kind of dance and a meditation. Though it is very much a team sport, there is no competition, no winners and no losers. The game is astoundingly difficult, yet is played by almost all Burmese, from young children to people in their eighties. With single minded devotion, Greg pursues his dream of becoming a real chinlone player. After many years of playing alone, he arrives in Myanmar where at first his awkward attempts are met with laughter. But eventually he becomes the first foreigner to play at the highest level of the game. In this story of self discovery and struggle, Greg finds a sense of oneness and even family, and the Burmese players who embrace him find an ambassador for their unknown art. Eight years in the making, Mystic Ball will engage you in a beautiful story about the happiness and fulfillment that comes from following one's passion.
- A musical, visual journey. Recorded and filmed on location, it resurrects ancient and forgotten folk music from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, India and Myanmar. The experience is brought to life for a contemporary audience through a minimalist orchestration of modern electronic waves and flows, thereby preserving the integrity of the music. The musicians come primarily from the coastal communities, towns and villages practically wiped of the world map by the Tsunami of December 26, 2004. It's beauty lies in it's purity and simplicity, a non-judgmental point of view. For the international team who came together, Laya Project is a personal and collective tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.
- In an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged friends and ex-soldiers travel the world delivering humanitarian aid to the front lines of war.
- A boy searches for his missing father, who fell into a ravine while hunting for a rare Burmese butterfly. To do this, he must seek out the ethnic Rawan guide who was helping his father.
- Yangon, 1998. The film takes place on one evening at the government housing apartment by the railroad where a boy and his mother waiting for the return of the father, a civil servant, to move out another town at Upper Burma. The boy realises the unusual bond between him and his mother regards the young helpful man-next-door.
- Another popular game among the Burmese girls is known as the "Chatti Race." Each girl carries on her head a vessel of water, and the more completely they get drenched as they race about, the more thoroughly they enjoy the game.
- When Kyaw Moe Naing meets a girl who looks like his fiancee who died 20 years ago, he attempts to unveil the mystery. He then gets ever deeper into a swamp of confusion. The answer he finds, is darker than he ever could imagine.
- Reef Life of the Andaman is an in-depth study of the marine life of Thailand and Burma (Myanmar), filmed over more than 1000 dives beneath the Andaman Sea at the Similan Islands, Phuket, the Phi Phi Islands, Hin Daeng/Hin Muang, the Mergui Archipelago and the Burma Banks.
- What do the Shroud of Turin, Elvis's Graceland, and a flag flown barely a moment over the U.S. Capitol have in common. Mana - that sacred, spiritual power thought to reside in a person, place or thing. Belief is not just religion, say filmmakers Friedman and Manley. It drives the stock market; it determines how we encapsulate history and our personal memories. It underlies racism and war... A trip around the amazing world of power objects, from the sacred to the absurd.
- This is the original version of the much heralded "Raising The Bamboo Curtain" narrated and produced by legendary travel filmmaker Rick Ray. (Rick later sold partial rights to this program to another producer who hired Martin Sheen to narrate - that cut down and rewritten version is not the same). Sneaking his cameras past Burmese and Cambodian customs officials and getting around the country to produce one of the best travel docs ever made, Rick has outdone himself - again!
- Seeing Ma May, a beautiful Burmese maiden, cruelly beaten by Gunga Din, her father, Tommy Wilkins interferes on her behalf. He is a British soldier stationed at Mandalay and is aghast at the manner in which the native women are treated. Greatly struck by Ma May's tropical beauty he keeps on the watch for her, hoping someday to meet her again. He sees her in Rangoon, going to the Shwe Dagon pagoda, said to be the most costly edifice of its kind in the world, where she worships at a shrine of Buddha, praying for help in her troubles. After she leaves the pagoda, Tommy accosts her. Although at first much afraid of him, he is soon able to convince her that he is an honorable soldier and that he means no harm by her. After this meeting he meets her frequently in a beautiful park outside the city and is able to win her love. His regiment is suddenly ordered back to England and Tommy is obliged to go, not even being able to say goodbye to his pretty Burmese sweetheart. Back in "dear old London," Tommy has a right good time with the girls and enjoys himself immensely. It soon palls on him, however, for his mind constantly returns to the little park in Burma where he had been used to meeting Ma Mav. Ma May cannot understand why Tommy stays away from her and visits their favorite seat in the park almost daily, in the hope of meeting him there. At last her expectations are rewarded, for Tommy comes to her from behind and fondly clasps her in his arms.
- How do the Burmese continue to live under a dictatorship which for the past two generations has impounded any form of hope? Along the River Irrawaddy appear signs of resistance of a people deprived of its guide, Aung San Suu Kyi -winner of the Nobel Peace prize- viciously attacked and sequestered.
- The remarkable true story of refugee children who defy a regime with the help of a video camera. Burma is a death zone, battered by silent genocide and the longest civil war in history. Armed with a video camera, refugee students from Burma produce movies that become portals into the triumph and tragedy of their Karen people. Filmed over two years with original photography deep inside Thailand and Burma, this intimate journey examines war and hope through the eyes of children. This is their story...their words. And their dream for a better world.
- Voice Over The Bridge follows the lives of vocalists Khing Zin Shwe and Shwe Shwe Khaing and their music, in a documentary of an unexplored and magical Myanmar. The Great Songs (Maha Gita) praising the King were first heard in the ancient 13th century kingdoms of Myanmar. Centuries later, Khing Zin Shwe and Shwe Shwe Khaing sing the Great Songs from an ancient past, in a music collaboration with contemporary western musicians.
- After over 2000 years the Karen civilization has been driven into small jungle hiding sites by the Burmese Army.
- After a summer working in a fish factory and sleeping in a car in Homer Alaska, traveler and filmmaker Tyler Ludowitz took a one way flight to India with nothing but a backpack, a super 8 camera and as little as two hours worth of film. Working with limited celluloid, Ludowitz had to be exceedingly selective with what he shot, sometimes going weeks without rolling the shutter. Quiet Place in the Universe documents his travels as he made his way through Thailand, China, and eventually back to the United States. The film he returned with is intensely brutal, wholly raw, and at times unexpectedly beautiful. Quiet Place sets itself apart by invoking a cinematic experience that is truly D.I.Y. to the fullest extreme.
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- A man from Burma, now living in Canada, returns to the Thai-Burma border to find a friend he left behind years earlier, who has since joined ethnic guerrillas fighting the country's dictatorship.
- Burmese Dreaming has been described as a documentary poem which, through the dreams and day-dreams of a refugee girl on the Thailand-Burma border, presents a simple yet compelling insight into life in Burma.
- The first feature film to document an Asian Games, "Together in Guangzhou" is a celebration of Asian sports in the 21st century. Now, journey with the film as it narrates the stories of athletes from China, Myanmar, India, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan and Japan and their aspirations and dreams at the 16th Asian Games. Beginning with the popular Chinese sport, the Dragon Boat Race, the Chinese team has to overcome the mental pressure and perfect their techniques to engage in a battle with neighboring country, Myanmar. Then travel to South Asia, and watch India Men's National Kabaddi team display their skills at home and in Guangzhou, promoting this popular ancient sport to the Chinese people and the world. Next, watch middle distance runner, Adnan who uses sports as a form of expression to seek peace in his war-torn country, Iraq. He overcomes the dangers of his own safety and persists in his training in the hopes of bringing home a medal from Guangzhou. The film moves on to show the bravery of private ranch owner, Aljunaibi from the United Arab Emirates. For him, owning cheetahs and gliders have brought him motivation, strength and confidence as an equestrian who is ready for the Games. For Kazakhstani weightlifter, Ilya Ilin who reigned at the men's 94kg weightlifting competition during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, his hopes are not merely pinned on winning the Asian Games' gold medal but his courageous attempts to break the record. Lastly, the film spotlights on a forefront team, the Japanese women's football squad. With their superb athletic skills, these ladies fight it out against their Asian rivalries. Throughout these athletes' journeys from their homelands to the competition grounds of Guangzhou, "Together in Guangzhou" also encapsulates a more humanistic approach of ordinary people who build relationships with these athletes. They together bring a more vivid story of passion, dreams and friendship in the world of sports.