Destination Myanmar

Myanmar

The story of a lady, one day in Myanmar.

Myanmar Girls

YouYou and Kat, two Burmese girls entering their final year of high school, are preparing for the overseas Chinese student exams that may take them from Yangon to Taiwan. Power cuts, shrill whistles, demanding exams, and

Myanmar Diaries

How does it feel to be forgotten by the world? A powerful collective cry denouncing the crimes of the military dictatorship installed in Myanmar after the coup perpetrated on February 1, 2021: cinema and imagination agai

Myanmar Anatomy

A collage of voices from activists forced to flee the country offers glimpses into Myanmar’s history through three locations: Yangon Zoological Gardens, Yangon Circle Railway, and the Drug Elimination Museum.

Ten Years Myanmar

Ten Years Myanmar, an omnibus film depicting a dystopian future 10 years later, tells five stories by five directors.

Myanmar Bride

Mangshi, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, on the southwestern border of China, is home to many women who married into China from Myanmar. Are they really being sold, cheating on marriage, drug trafficking, an

Greetings from Myanmar

Umbrella drinks and genocide. More than 24.000 Rohingyas have been killed. Over 900.000 Rohingyas have fled their homes. Rapes and beatings are unaccounted for. Myanmar’s sivil leader Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nob

Myanmar Remembered

Padauk: Myanmar Spring

Padauk: Myanmar Spring takes the viewer to the streets of Myanmar during the heady days following the February 2021 military coup. Through Nant, a young, first-time protester, we meet three human rights activists whose l

The Great Myanmar - ကြီးမြတ်သောမြန်မာ

The film follows a young boy from Inlay Lake on his quest for knowledge of Myanmar traditions, culture and Buddhism with his grandfather telling him tale of the legends and myths from the past. Through this, we explore M

The War We Carry

Hninn is a diligent student who wants to become a nun. In February 2021, the military seizes power in Myanmar and everything she has strived for vanishes overnight. Civil war breaks out in the country and Hnin's family m

Myanmar: The Rebel Army

After the coup d'état on 1 February 2021, which brought the ten-year transition to democracy in Myanmar to an abrupt end, thousands of young urbanites, both men and women, gave up their lives to join the resistance again

Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution

More than 20,000 people are reported dead, air strikes are hitting towns and villages, artillery is pummelling positions of armed resistance – but this is not Ukraine, this is the world’s forgotten civil war, where thous

Thabyay: Creative Resistance in Myanmar

What happens when non-violent leaders are pushed to support armed struggle against a brutal regime in a forgotten war? Thabyay: Creative Resistance in Myanmar follows four democracy revolutionaries who are finding creat

Myanmar: Bridges to Change

In August 2013 a group of 7 climbers, 5 Americans and 2 Burmese climbers, traveled to northern Myanmar to make a first ascent of Southeast Asia's disputed highest peak. All told, the climbers traveled over 270 miles on f

The Woman from Myanmar

Since the 1990s, women from Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia have been introduced or lured into mainland China, often becoming tools for childbirth. The film’s protagonist, Larry, was born

Myanmar: War with the Junta

Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit reveals the shifting dynamics in war-torn Myanmar through exclusive video, unearthed military documents and rare testimony from whistleblowers who once served in the security forces. The i

Myanmar: The Chin against the Junta

Since the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, the Chin have taken up arms to defend their territory, their identity and their ideals against the all-powerful junta.

From the Streets of Myanmar

It’s been 538 days since the start of the coup. Here is an inside look into the everyday lives of Burmese people under military rule.