Wathann Film Fest
The Wathann Film Fest ( my, ဝဿန် ရုပ်ရှင်ပွဲတော်)is a film festival held annually in Yangon, Myanmar, during the rainy season in September. With its launch in 2011, in a time of 2011–12 Burmese political reforms, political transition after the 2010 Burmese general election, general elections in 2010, it is the first film festival in Myanmar. Entries to the competition are categorized as Short Fiction, Documentary Film, or Other (in 2011 called "New Vision"). Winners of the competition for each award are selected by a jury. The length of films is limited to 15 minutes for fiction, animation, experimental film or video art or 30 minutes for documentary film. The design of the Wathann Film Fest was inspired by the Berlin International Film Festival. The primary mission of the festival is, according to its director and co-founder, Thu Thu Shein, "to improve the standards of local films and inspire directors to produce higher-quality and more artis ...
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Film Festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon the festival's focus, can include international and domestic releases. Some film festivals focus on a specific filmmaker, genre of film (e.g. horror films), or on a subject matter. Several film festivals focus solely on presenting short films of a defined maximum length. Film festivals are typically annual events. Some film historians, including Jerry Beck, do not consider film festivals as official releases of the film. The most prestigious film festivals in the world, known as the "Big Five", are (listed chronologically according to the date of foundation): Venice Film Festival, Venice, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin (the original ''Big Three''), Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, and ...
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Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. With over 7 million people, Yangon is Myanmar's most populous city and its most important commercial centre. Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia, and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact. The colonial-era commercial core is centered around the Sule Pagoda, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old. The city is also home to the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda – Myanmar's most sacred and famous Buddhist pagoda. Yangon suffers from deeply inadequate infrastructure, especially compared to other major cities in Southeast Asia, such as Jakarta, Bangkok or Hanoi. Though ...
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Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: [ˈmjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə]. So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as [mɑːr] or of Burma as [bɜːrmə] by some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad a, broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would b ...
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2010 Burmese General Election
General elections were held in Myanmar on 2010, in accordance with the new constitution, which was approved in a referendum held in . The election date was announced by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) on . The elections were the fifth step of the seven-step "roadmap to democracy" proposed by the SPDC in 2003,Myanmar Top Leader Advises People To Make Correct Choice With Upcoming Election

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. 2010. the sixth and seventh steps being the convening of elected representatives and the building of a modern, democratic nation, respectively. However, the

Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the " Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival in France. Tens of thousands of visitors attend each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale juries also give many other awards, and in addition there are other awards given by i ...
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Thu Thu Shein
Thu and variations may refer to: * Thursday * Thu (surname), the Gan romanization of the Chinese surname Su * Thu (pronoun) or Þu, an Old English pronoun * Thû, an early name for Sauron in J.R.R. Tolkien's works * Thu, Palpa, a village development committee in Nepal * ''Thu.'', abbreviation for the orchid genus ''Thunia'' * Thu, a dog belonging to the Claidi and Argul in ''The Claidi Journals'' by Tanith Lee * Tsinghua University in China * Tunghai University, a university in Taichung, Taiwan * Thule Air Base (IATA airport code) * Thư, the Vietnamese romanization of the Chinese surname Shu (surname) Shu () is a Chinese surname. It is 43rd in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 ( Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu). Šumuru sinicized their clan name to the Chinese surnames ''Shu'' (舒), '' Xu'' (徐) or '' Xiao'' (蕭) after the ...

Burma Center Prague
Burma Center Prague (BCP) is a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Prague, Czech Republic. It has been founded by two individuals in 2006. Its main goal is to achieve human rights, civil rights and democracy in Burma. It does this * by analyzing the situation in Burma and by informing and involving the European public; * by serving as a bridge between Europe and Burma; * by providing needed services for Burmese, in particular capacity building and facilitating the integration of refugees; and * by supporting the empowerment and active participation of Burmese for the transition of Burma. The organization is working both in the Czech Republic and implementing global projects. Activities Main activities comprise: * Providing services to refugees from Burma who came to the Czech Republic, especially to those who came within the UNHCR resettlement program. * Supporting grassroots organizations of Burmese refugees in India through capacity building, micro financ ...
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Cinema Of Burma
The cinema of Burma has a long history dating back to the 1910s. The person who created the first silent film was Ohn Maung (Burma's first producer and director). Start of the Burmese cinema Burma's first film was a recording of the funeral of Tun Shein - a leading politician of the 1910s, who campaigned for Burmese independence in London. It was captured with a second-hand camera by Ohn Maung and was screened at the Royal Cinema, near Scott Market (now Bogyoke Market), which belonged to a Mr Achar, a friend of Ohn Maung. Despite its documentary nature, the Burmese public was very proud of the film, which opened with the notice "Please accept our apologies for the poor quality of the film". Ohn Maung then founded The Burma Film Company to produce and direct more films. He hired Nyi Pu (Burma's first actor) to shoot the first Burmese silent film ''Myitta Ne Thuya'' (''Love and Liquor'') which proved a major success, despite its poor quality due to a fixed camera position and i ...
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