The Wathann Film Fest ( my, ဝဿန် ရုပ်ရှင်ပွဲတော်)is a

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 ...

held annually in

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 ...

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, during the rainy season in September. With its launch in 2011, in a time of political transition after the general elections in 2010, it is the first film festival in

. 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 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 festi ...

. The primary mission of the festival is, according to its director and co-founder,

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, "to improve the standards of local films and inspire directors to produce higher-quality and more artistic films." In its 2012 edition, the Wathann Film Fest features a writing contest organized by the

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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 ...

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