THIRD FLOOR PRODUCTION

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.

About the film

97 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
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 / Production Third Floor Film Production / Co-production D1 FILM, ART_Production / Cast Nandar Myat Aung, Nandar Myint Lwin, Thida Soe Khant, Tin Tin Ei, Min Nyo / Contact Third Floor Film Production, D1film

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: Seasonal Rain (2018, short)

Cobalt Blue (2019, short)

Evening Clouds (2022, short), 

Fruit Gathering (2026).