Synopsis

In industrial Yangon, young factory worker San Kyi dreams of returning to her native village. Her relationship with co-worker Theint Theint Oo evolves from closeness to growing distance, revealing tensions between their expectations and life prospects. Amid exhausting labour, social repression, and economic uncertainty, both women seek escape and intimacy. San faces family pressure, emotional confusion, and a deep yearning for a life of dignity. The film delicately portrays female friendship and the fragile balance between intimacy, longing for change, and the social realities of contemporary Myanmar.

Director Aung Phyoe / Screenplay Aung Phyoe​ / Dir. of Photography Thaiddhi / Sound Jan Richtr / Editor Emily Swe / Art Director Mg Moore Phyu / Producer Thu Thu Shein, Thaiddhi (Third Floor Film Production) / Co-production Vít Janeček (D1 FILM), Michal Mocňák (RUR) / Cast Nandar Myat Aung, Nandar Myint Lwin, Thida Soe Khant, Tin Tin Ei, Min Nyo / Contact Third Floor Film Production, D1film

Supported by: Czech Audiovisual Fund, PURIN Foundation, CNC – Aide aux cinémas du monde

Pitchings, development presentations

• Jury Award, Myanmar Script Fund, 2017 

• Autumn Meeting Grand Prix for feature film project Fruit Gathering at Art House Film Corner Pitching, Vietnam, 2018 

• FLY Film Lab, Session 1, 2019 

• Southeast Asian Film Lab, Singapore International Film Festival, 2019 

• Luang Prabang Talents Lab, 2019 

• Locarno Open Doors Hub, 2020 – Development Grant CNC 

• Ties That Bind, 2020 – Selected

Aung Phyoe is a writer, director, and film editor based in Yangon, Myanmar. He holds a Diploma in Editing from Whistling Woods International in Mumbai. His body of work includes the short films “Seasonal Rain” (2018), “Cobalt Blue” (2019), and “Evening Clouds” (2022), which have been screened at prestigious festivals such as the Locarno International Film Festival, the Singapore International Film Festival, MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, and Wathann Film Festival. From 2018 he worked with 3-ACT, an organization he co-founded, contributing to the publication of a cinema magazine as a writer, translator, and editor. "Fruit Gathering" marks Aung Phyoe’s debut feature film, which will have its world premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic.

Filmography:

• Fruit Gathering – feature fiction film, 97 min, 2026 

• Evening Clouds – short fiction film, 18 min, 2022; Singapore International Film Festival – Southeast Asian Short Film Competition 

• Cobalt Blue – short fiction film, 27 min, 2019; Locarno International Film Festival – Pardi di Domani, Singapore International Film Festival – Southeast Asian Short Film Competition 

• Seasonal Rain – short fiction film, 30 min, 2018; Locarno International Film Festival – Open Doors Screenings

25mins | Documentary | Myanmar | 2026 

Directed by Thaiddhi

Produce by Thu Thu Shein, Soe Moe Aung

Co-producer - Arga Thura

Sound Design - Eaiddhi

Inle Echoes documents the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that struck Nyaung Shwe, Myanmar, devastating communities built on Inle Lake. Homes collapsed into the very water that once sustained daily life, leaving loss etched into the landscape. Through intimate observation, the film follows residents as they mourn, rebuild, and remember, with the lake itself becoming both witness and archive, reflecting resilience alongside grief.

Centred on lived experience (rituals, memories, and quiet endurance), the documentary reveals how a community holds on to its identity and spirit after a sudden rupture.