Details
Directed by: The
Maw
Naing, Pe
Maung Same
Runtime: 1h 30min
Certificate: TBC
Fundraising screening and discussion, presented by the Pe Maung Same Film Fund in collaboration with Stars of Myanmar Friendship UK.
In
May
2008,
a
cyclone
called
Nargis
raged
for
hours
in
Myanmar’s
Ayeyarwaddy
Delta,
killing
140,000
people.
Seven
days
after
the
storm,
several
young
Burmese filmmakers
made
their
way
– carefully,
since
filming
was
banned
by
the
government
–
to
villages
that
had
been
utterly
devastated,
and
met
people
who
had
lost everything
to
the
cyclone.They
recorded
scenes
that
touched
them
to
the
core,
moving
through
a
world
that
appeared
more
surreal
than
real,
where
life
and
death seemed
to
coexist.
Their
images
reflect
their
own
feelings
as
much
as
those
of
the
people
they
met;
these
emotions
have
been
woven
into
a
film
that
conveys
what
it means
when
a
natural
disaster
like
Nargis
changes
forever
the
lives
of
so
many.
Following the screening of Nargis – When Time Stopped Breathing, event organiser Ko Banya from Stars of Myanmar Friendship UK and feminist activist/researcher and filmmaker Shun Lei will lead a panel discussion reflecting on Myanmar today and Burmese documentary film.
This is a fundraising event. All donations and proceeds from ticket sales will be split between the Pe Maung Same Film Fund and the Nargis filmmakers, including the family of Pe Maung Same.
Screening times and booking
Screening times and booking
Wed 22nd Jan
18:20
Panel Discussion
Please note: There are only 5 mins of trailers before our screenings
Prices
Q&A: £12.50 (£10 concessions)
Please note: There are only 5 mins of trailers before our screenings
Prices
Q&A: £12.50 (£10 concessions)