The screening will feature the documentary Behind the Screen (2013), followed by a discussion about the film. Advanced registration is required for this event!
Language: Eng Duration: 2 h Age Limit: For all ages
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Sat 7.3. -
11:30 -
Finnkino Cine Atlas 3 -
Advanced Registration to Participate
Behind The Screen (2013)
Behind the Screen (2013), a documentary film which tells the love story of a famous Burmese film-star couple using archival footage from the 1960s and 1970s offers a rare glimpse into the fascinating Golden Age of film in Myanmar and the personal implications for one couple's private life.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with invited guests with first-hand knowledge about the challenges of being a filmmaker in this politically unstable yet fascinating country. Filmmakers from Southeast Asia will share their experiences with Tuula Mehtonen (Editor) and Johanna Huth (Distributor, SEA). The event is organised in collaboration with Vikes.
SPEAKERS:
- Tuula Mehtonen
- Johanna Huth
- May
- Sai Naw Kham
- Honey
- Win Htut
PLEASE NOTE! Participation in the discussion event requires advance registration and the event will take place under the Chatham House Rules.
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Behind the Screen
Director: -Country: -Year: 2013Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 36 minA son dissects his parents' marriage – they were film icons in 1960s Myanmar. It turns out the heartrending scenes they acted out on the silver screen are a pretty accurate reflection of their real lives. While the camera slides across the glamour photos from their heyday, the filmmaker looks on, entranced. He grapples with the incredible fame of his parents. Now that he is reconstructing their relationship, he sees the old film footage through different eyes – as if it might contain the answers he didn't get as a child, when his parents separated. This merging of family history and film excerpts creates a magical mix of fact and fiction, or – as the son calls it – "the real and the celluloid wedding." The son's public revelation of how things went wrong is an emancipatory act, as divorce is still a big taboo in Myanmar. But the filmmaker doesn't publically jump onto the barricades. Rather, he keeps things personal, showing the pain caused by the divorce, both for him as a child and for his parents. He also shows how, 50 years ago, ambitions in Myanmar in the area of film were in line with Hollywood: the first film his parents appeared in together was called Sweet Sixteen.
