The Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards are presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Burmese Film Industry of

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. The awards ceremony has been held annually since 1952. Each winner is presented with a golden statue and in recent years also a cash prize.

History

The awards were first introduced in 1952, and the ceremony has been held annually since 1952 (apart from 1963, 1986, 1987, and 1988). In the first awards ceremony, only three kinds of awards (Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress) were presented. In the beginning, second and third place prizes for Best Film category were also given. Over time the awards ceremony has expanded significantly; in 1954, a Best Director award was introduced with the second and third place prizes for Best Film being removed in 1955. In 1955, first Special Award for Best Child Artist was awarded. In 1956 a Best Cinematography award was created, and in 1962, Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards were also introduced. In 1990, the number of awards reached 10 with the addition of Best Screenplay, Best Music and Best Sound awards. The awards have topped out at 11 with the addition of a Best Editing award. In 2017,

Myanmar Academy Awards The Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards are presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Burmese Film Industry of Myanmar. The awards ceremony has been held annually since 1952. Each winner is pr ...

introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award category. Adding to the unpredictability of the awards ceremony are prizes given to Special Awards some years and the duplication of awards when the judging panel cannot decide who should win. And of course, sometimes awards are simply not awarded if it is decided that no person is worthy. The first film to win the best picture award was Chit Thet Wai (Dear Thet Wai) in 1952. The best director award was first given to U Thu Kha for his Aww Main Ma (Oh, women!), a comic drama. Actor Kyaw Win won the first best actor award in Marlaryi with Kyi Kyi Htay winning best actress for her performance in Chit Thet Wai (Dear Thet Wai). As of 2017, there are total of 13 awards. # Best Picture # Best Director # Best Screenplay # Best Actor # Best Actress # Best Supporting Actor # Best Supporting Actress # Best Music # Best Cinematography # Best Film Editing # Best Sound # Special Award # Lifetime Achievement Award

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;1999 *Best Film - Father's Place (Thiha Zaw Film Production) *Best Director - Khin Maung Oo & Soe Thein Htut (Father's Place) *Best Actor -

Lwin Moe Lwin Moe ( my, လွင်မိုး, ; born 1970) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actor. He was born on an island in the Mergui Archipelago at the southern end of Myanmar. Father of two girls, Lwin Moe was a UNIC ...

(Winter in the heart) *Best Actress - Htun Eaindra Bo (Hnaung Ta Myae Myae) *Best Supporting Actor - Htun Htun Win (Hnaung Htone Phwae Metta) *Best Supporting Actress - Myat Kathy Aung (Winter in the Heart) *Special Award - Ei Phyu Soe (Winter in the Heart) ;2000 *Thiha Tin Soe (Hell man) *Myo Thandar Tun (Blade on the Lips) ;2001 *Lwin Moe (Born of a flower) *Min Maw Kun (Nha Lone Hla Lu Mike) *May Than Nu (Else other side of love) *Htet Htet Moe Oo (Tha Mee Mite) ;2002 *Lumin (Golden bling of sky) *Khin Zar Chi Kyaw (Ngar, Thu Ta Bar, Youk Kyar, Main Ma) ;2003 *Kyaw Hein (Sun borns Moon) *Htun Eaindra Bo (A Mae Noe Boe) ;2004 *Lwin Moe (Once Nights of Ayeyarwaddy) *Eaindra Kyaw Zin (Myet Nar Myer Dae Moe Kaung Kin) ;2005 *Lu Min (King Kyan Sitt) *Htun Eaindra Bo (Moe Kot Set Wine Ko Kyaw Lon Ywae) ;2006 *Yan Aung (Diginity of Extreme love) *Nandar Hlaing (Loyalty of Taungsaman) ;2007 *Kyaw Ye Aung (Ninety times of love) *Leading Actress (Not awarded) ;2008 *Khant Si Thu (A myar nae ma thet sai thaw thu) *Moh Moh Myint Aung (Myint Mo Htet Ka Tarafu) ;2009 *Nay Toe (Moe Nya Eain Met Myu) *Leading Actress (not awarded) ;2010 ThetMonMyint0019

*Pyay Ti Oo (Adam Eva Dassa) *Thet Mon Myint (Adam Eva Dassa) ;2011 *Naung Naung (Eternal rays of light) *Melody (Eternal rays of light) ;2012 *

Pyay Ti Oo Pyay Ti Oo ( my, ပြေတီဦး, born 30 November 1978) is a four-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards winning film actor and advertising model in Myanmar.Beautiful Model Worl''Pyay Ti Oo's profile''/ref> He is CEO of Pyay Ti Oo Ed ...

(Lat Pan) *

Phway Phway Phway Phway ( my, ဖွေးဖွေး, ; born Shwe Yee Ko Oo on 9 August 1988) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actress. She is the Myanmar's highest-paid actress and considered one of the most commercially succes ...

(Lat Pan) ;2013 *Best actor-

(As you like) *Best Actress-Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi (As you like) ;2014 *Best Film-Phyo Yadanar Thwal (Goodmanner exist in mind) *Best Leading Actor-

(Made in Heart) *Best Leading Actress-Khine Thin Kyi (Goodmanner exist in mind) *Best Supporting Actor-Zin Wine (Made in Heart) *Best Supporting Actress-Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi (Made in Heart) *Best Screenplay-Zaw Myint Oo (Goodmanner exist in mind) *Best Cinematography-Toe win, Pyi Soe (Endless love) *Best Music-Khin Maung Gyi (Goodmanner exist in mind) *Best Edit-Thaw Zin (Goodmanner exist in mind) *Best Sound-Kyi Min Thein (Guile Project) ;2015 *Best Director-Wyne (I'm Rose, Darling) *Best Leading Actor-

Nay Toe Nay Toe ( my, နေတိုး ; born Nay Lin Aung on 9 September 1981) is a Arakanese film actor and comedian with the Burmese traditional dance troupe ''Htawara Hninzi''. He won Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards for Best Actor three t ...

(Wrong Nat Khet of Battle) *Best Leading Actress-

(I'm Rose, Darling) *Best Supporting Actor-Bay Lu Wa (Is this called love?) *Best Supporting Actress-Goon Pone (Is this called love?) *Best Music-Hla San Oo (Dear Wife) *Best Edit-Zaw Min Han-Thar-Myay (Love House 2028) *Best Cinematography-Zaw Myint (Salves of Cupid) ;2016 *Best Film-Oat Kyar Myat Pauk *Best Director-Nyunt Myanmar Nyi Nyi Aung (Oat Kyar Myat Pauk) *Best Leading Actor-Tun Tun (Oat Kyar Myat Pauk) *Best Leading Actress-Thet Mon Myint (Lovely Hate) *Best Supporting Actor- Lu Min (Prof Dr Saik Phwar and Myaing Yaza Tartay) *Best Cinematography-Luu Yadanar Treasure *Best Music-D’ramo (Luu Yadanar Treasure) *Best Sound-Kyi Min Thein (Witch Stone Letter) *Best Edit-Nyan Wint (?) *Special award-Jade world of Manaw Region ;2017 *Best Film-Nay Chi Hmar Shwe Yi Laung *Best Director-Sin Yaw Mg Mg ( Eternal Mother) *Best Leading Actor-

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Tar Tay Gyi ''Tar Tay Gyi'' ( my, တာတေကြီး), is a 2017 Burmese comedy horror film starring Nay Toe and Shwe Thamee. The film produced by Lu Swan Kaung Production premiered in Myanmar on November 24, 2017. The film is an unofficial remake o ...

) *Best Leading Actress-

Eaindra Kyaw Zin Eaindra Kyaw Zin ( my, အိန္ဒြာကျော်ဇင်, ; born 24 April 1977) is a two-time Myanmar Academy Award-winning Burmese actress and model. She is Myanmar's third highest-paid actress and an amateur painter. Now, being ab ...

(Knife in the Chest) *Best Supporting Actor-Myint Myat (Kyun) *Best Supporting Actress- Paing Phyo Thu (3Girls) *Best Cinematography-Kyauk Phyu Ba-day-thar (3Girls) *Best Music-Piano Tin Win Hlaing (Kun Lone days 40) *Best Sound-Thein Aung (Eternal Mother) *Best Edit-O win (Eternal Mother) *Best Screenplay-Wyne (Yin Bek Htae Ka Dar) *Lifetime Achievement-U Tint Aung (Bo Ga Lay) ;2018 *Best Director - Aww Ra Tha (Clinging With Hate) *Best Screenplay - Wyne (Shwe Kyar) *Best Film - Shwe Kyar *Best Leading Actor - Thu Htoo San (Were Tiger) *Best Leading Actress -

(Shwe Kyar) *Best Supporting Actor -

Kyaw Kyaw Bo Kyaw Kyaw Bo ( my, ကျော်ကျော်ဗိုလ်; born 17 April 1978) is a Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese actor, singer, traditional dancer and sometime comedian with the Burmese traditional anyeint troupe Htawara Hninzi. ...

( Clinging with Hate) *Best Supporting Actress -

Aye Myat Thu Aye Myat Thu ( my, အေးမြတ်သူ; born 14 September 1986) is a Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese actress and model, who has acted in videos, movies and television series throughout her career. She entered the entertainment indu ...

(Naung Dwin Oo Dan Twin Zay Dee)

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;Most awards to a single film * Htar Wa Ra A Linn Tan Myar
(Eternal Rays of Light, 2011)= 8 * Ngar Thu Ta Bar Yauk Kyar Mein Ma
(Me, Another, Men, Women, 2002)= 7 * A Mayh Noh Boe
(Value of Mother's Milk, 2003)= 7 * Hlyo Hwat Thaw Hnin
(Mystery of Snow, 2004)= 7 * Taik Pwel Khaw Than
(The Sound of War, 1995)= 5 * Myint Myat Hna Lon Thar
(Noble Heart, 1997)= 5 * Hna Lon Hla Lu Mike
(Good-Hearted Stupid Person, 2001)= 5 * Hsan Yay
(Upstream, 2002)= 5 * Koe Sal Sah Thar Lein Mal
(Ninety Times More Superior, 2007)= 5 * Pin Lal Htet Ka Nay Won Ni
(The Red Sun at Above of Sea, 2010)= 5 * Kaung Kyoe Ko Hnite Ti Say Min
(Keep Good Benefits at Your Body, 2014)= 5 ;Most awards won by a male *

Thukha Thukha ( my, သုခ, ; 14 January 1910 – 7 December 2005) was a six-time Burmese Academy Award winning film director, writer, song writer, script writer, film actor and film producer. His film production company, Thukha Films Company, ...

= 8
(Best Director (6), Best Picture (2)) *

Nyunt Win Nyunt Win ( my, ညွန့်ဝင်း; 8 March 1941 – 1 July 2021) was a Burmese film actor. He won seven Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his distinguished career, the most of any recipient in Burmese history. Nyunt Wi ...

= 7
(Best Actor (3), Best Supporting Actor (4)) *

Yan Aung Yan Aung ( my, ရန်အောင်; born 14 December 1966) is a Burmese film actor. He has won 6 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his career, including in 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2006, second only to Nyunt Win. Yan ...

= 6
(Best Actor (6)) * Than Nyunt (Pan Thar) = 6
(Best Cinematography (6)) * Zaw Min (Han Thar Myay) = 6
(Best Film Editing (6)) *

Zin Yaw Maung Maung Sin Yaw Mg Mg or Zinyaw Maung Maung is Burmese film director and film producer. His 2004 film Hlyo-hwat-thaw-hnin or Mystery of Snow was released internationally. Biography His real name is U Lyn Aung. He is son of U Kan Htoo and Daw Khin ...

= 6
(Best Picture (3), Best Director (3)) * Maung Tin Oo = 5
(Best Director (5)) *

Kyaw Hein Kyaw Hein (, ; born Kyaw Htay, 14 July 1947 – 11 July 2020) was a Burmese actor, film director and singer. He is the five-time winner of the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. He starred in and directed hundreds of films, and was considere ...

= 5
(Best Actor (4), Best Supporting Actor (1)) *

Kyi Soe Tun Kyi Soe Tun ( my, ကြည်စိုးထွန်း, ; born 9 December 1945) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film director, producer and screenwriter of Burmese cinema. He served as the chairman of the Myanmar Motion Picture ...

= 5
(Best Director (4), Best Screenplay (1)) * Ko Ko Htay = 5
(Best Cinematography (5)) * Chit Min Lu = 4
(Best Cinematography (4)) *

= 4
(Best Actor (4)) * Lu Min = 4
(Best Actor (2), Best Picture (1), Best Supporting Actor (1)) * Kyauk Phyu (Pa Dy Thar) = 4
(Best Cinematography (4)) *

Wyne (Own Creator) Wyne (Own Creator) ( my, ဝိုင်း; born Tun Zaw Win on 22 December 1973) is a film director and screenwriter of Burmese cinema. His career began as a supporting actor in Burmese films. He gained success as a director in the early days o ...

= 4
(Best Director (2), Best Screenplay (2)) ;Most awards won by a female *

Myint Myint Khin Sithu Myint Myint Khin ( my, မြင့်မြင့်ခင်, ; nicknamed Baby; born Khin Kyi () on 13 August 1934) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award and Myanmar Academy Award (Lifetime Achievement Award - Everlasting Outstanding Ho ...

= 6
(Best Actress (3), Best Supporting Actress (2), Lifetime Achievement (1) ) *

May Than Nu May Than Nu ( my, မေသန်းနု; born on 27 January 1961) is a Burmese film actress. She has won 5 Myanmar Academy Awards throughout her career. Biography May Than Nu was born Than Than Hsint (သန်းသန်းဆင့်) ...

= 5
(Best Actress (4), Best Supporting Actress (1)) *

Moh Moh Myint Aung Moht Moht Myint Aung ( my, မို့မို့မြင့်အောင် , also Moh Moh Myint Aung) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actress, best known for her leading lady roles in several Burmese films ...

= 5
(Best Actress (4), Best Supporting Actress (1)) * Kyi Kyi Htay = 4
(Best Actress (2), Best Supporting Actress (2)) * Cho Pyone = 4
(Best Actress (2), Best Supporting Actress (2)) ;Most awards for

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= 6 * Maung Tin Oo = 5 *

= 4 *

= 3 ;Most awards for

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= 3 ;Most awards for

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Wah Wah Win Shwe Wah Wah Win Shwe ( my, ဝါဝါဝင်းရွှေ, also spelt War War Win Shwe) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Myanmar, Burmese film actress. She is considered one of the most commercially successful actresses in the Mya ...

= 3 * Khin Thidar Htun = 3 *

Htun Eaindra Bo Htun Eaindra Bo ( my, ထွန်းအိန္ဒြာဗို, ; also Htun Aeindra Bo; born 1 May 1966) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning actress and singer. The Mogok native began her film career in 1991, and has achieved fame ...

= 3 *

= 3 ;Most awards for Best Supporting Actor * Nyunt Win = 4 * Kyauk Lon = 3 *

Bo Ba Ko Bo Ba Ko ( my, ဗိုလ်ဗကို) was one of the revolutionary leader in Fascist Japan Revolution and two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor, military service, writer, film director, and University lecturer in Myanmar.ဗ� ...

= 2 * Zaw Lin = 2 * Nay Aung = 2 * Zin Wyne = 2 ;Most awards for Best Supporting Actress * Kyi Kyi Htay = 2 * Aye Aye Thin = 2 *

= 2 * Myint Myint Khaing = 2 * Cho Pyone = 2 * Soe Myat Nandar = 2 * Myat Kay Thi Aung = 2 * May Thinzar Oo = 2 ;Most awards for

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* Nyein Min = 3 * Zaw Myint Oo = 2 *

= 2 ;Most awards for

Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

* Gita Lulin Maung Ko Ko = 3 * Zaw Myo Htut = 3 * Khin Maung Gyi = 3 ;Most awards for Best Cinematography * Than Nyunt (Pan Thar) = 6 * Ko Ko Htay = 5 * Chit Min Lu = 4 * Kyauk Phyu (Pa Dy Thar) = 4 * San Maung = 3 ;Most awards for

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* San Oo = 2 * Kyi Min Thein = 2 ;Most awards for Best Film Editing * Zaw Min (Han Thar Myay) = 6 * U Myint Khaing = 3

Significance

The significance of the awards has fluctuated along with the health of Burmese cinema. The number of eligible film entries each year has declined dramatically since the 1980s. Due to heightened competition from foreign films and other entertainment media as well as escalating costs of production, the number of feature-length Burmese films has gone from nearly 100 films per year in the 1970s to barely more than ten today. The number of films screened were 95 in 1978, 75 in 1983, 65 in 1985. In 2008, only 12 were screened. As the Burmese film industry struggles to produce films each year, films that do get produced are mostly with established directors, actors and actresses. Most Burmese films today are dominated by comedies. The result is that the same coterie of players win the award year after year from a much shallower pool. It used to be that only few actors and actresses could claim as "academy award winner" or even fewer still as "repeat academy award winner". Venerable actors of old like

Win Oo Win Oo ( my, ဝင်းဦး; , 13 March 1935 – 14 December 1988) was a two-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards winning Burmese actor, singer, director, writer and publisher. He became publicly known for his acting, singing and di ...

and

Kawleikgyin Ne Win ''Kawleikgyin'' Ne Win ( my, ကောလိပ်ဂျင်နေဝင်း, ; 1 October 1928 – 2 June 1983) was a two-time Burmese Academy Award winning Burmese film actor and director. Early life Ne Win was born in Hinthada (Henza ...

won just two each in their lifetime. Director

and actress

who won six and five respectively were the exceptions, not the rule.

References

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History

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Significance

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References

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