The Wathann Film Fest (Burmese: ဝဿန် ရုပ်ရှင်ပွဲတော်)is a film festival held annually in Yangon, Myanmar, during the rainy season in September. With its launch in 2011, in a time of political transition after the general elections in 2010, it is the first film festival in Myanmar.[1] Entries to the competition are categorized as Short Fiction, Documentary Film, or Other (in 2011 called "New Vision").[2] Winners of the competition for each award are selected by a jury. The length of films is limited to 15 minutes for fiction, animation, experimental film or video art or 30 minutes for documentary film.
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The design of the Wathann Film Fest was inspired by the Berlin International Film Festival.[3] The primary mission of the festival is, according to its director and co-founder, Thu Thu Shein, "to improve the standards of local films and inspire directors to produce higher-quality and more artistic films."[4]
In its 2012 edition, the Wathann Film Fest features a writing contest organized by the NGO Burma Center Prague.[5]
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- ^ "Competition". Wathannfilmfest.net. 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ "Second Wathann Filmfest announced". Mmtimes.com. 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ "Wathann Film Festival invites entries". Mmtimes.com. 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ "ဒုတိယအႀကိမ႙ ၀ႆန႙႐ုပ႙ရွင႙ပဲြ႘တာ႙ တြင႙ ခရီးသြား အ႘ၾကာင႙းအရာႏွင့႙ ပတ႙သက႙သည့႙ ၀တၴဳတိုၿပိဳင႙ပဲြႏွင့႙ အက႙႘ဆးၿပိဳင႙ပဲြပါ ထည့႙သြင႙းျပဳလုပ႙မည႙". News-eleven.com. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-06-14.