THIRD FLOOR PRODUCTION
Fruit Gathering
Writer/Director
Aung Phyoe
Producer
Thu Thu Shein & Thaiddhi (Myanmar)
Co-producers
Claire Marquet, Art-Production (France)
Vít Janeček, D1 Film (Czech Republic)
UPDATE NEWS
FRUIT GATHERING PROJECT WON CNC DEVELOPMENT GRANT, LOCARNO OPEN DOORS HUB 2020.
FRUIT GATHERING PROJECT SELECTED IN SEAPITCH 2020, BANGKOK ASEAN FILM FESTIVAL.
Fruit Gathering on VARIEY : Locarno Open Doors Pick ‘Fruit Gathering’ Fronts Same-Sex Desire in Myanmar
Pyar Pyar Nyo Yaung Maing Ta-lei-lei
(Cobalt Blue)
Short Film | 27mins | Myanmar | 2019
Directed by Aung Phyoe
Cast & Crew
Producer: Thu Thu Shein & Thaiddhi
Cast: May Paing Soe, Arr Koe Yar, Win Htet, Aung Khine Myo
Cinematography: Thaiddhi, Sound: Eaiddhi
Edit: Myo Min Khin, Art Direction: Moore Phyu
Synopsis
Yangon, 1998. The film takes place on one evening at the government housing apartment by the railroad where a boy and his mother waiting for the return of the father, a civil servant, to move out another town at Upper Burma. The boy realises the unusual bond between him and his mother regards the young helpful man-next-door.
Festival
2019 Locarno Film Festival for International Competition in Pardi di domani (Leopard of Tomorrow) section.
2019 Minikino Film Week, Bali, Indonesia.
2019 Singapore International Film Festival, Southeast Asia Short Film Competition.
2020 ASEAN Short Film competition, Bangkok Asean Film Festival, Thailand.
