Midi Z

On the night of their high school graduation, three juvenile delinquents get drunk at their regular hangout. But for these boys about to enter a new chapter of life, they decide to share their darkest secrets with one another. The first secret is shocking. The second secret is terrifying. The third secret is... Wait! Unless you want us to kill you, you must do something terrible enough! Right now! Tonight!

Nina Wu es una joven que abandona una pequeña compañía de teatro en el campo para marcharse a la gran ciudad, donde aspira a convertirse en una actriz. Sin embargo, las cosas no salen como ella espera, y la oportunidad que tanto busca nunca llega. Pronto, una depresión comienza a hacer mella en su carácter, hasta que por fin un día recibe una oferta para interpretar a una heroína de los años 70 en una película de espionaje. Nina decide entregarse en cuerpo y alma para tener éxito en su papel, algo que no sólo consigue, sino que además hace mella en su mentalidad. Antes de poder darse cuenta se ve obligada a enfrentarse a complejas decisiones relacionadas con su sexualidad, que le recuerdan una y otra vez de dónde procede.

Nina Wu es una joven que abandona una pequeña compañía de teatro en el campo para marcharse a la gran ciudad, donde aspira a convertirse en una actriz. Sin embargo, las cosas no salen como ella espera, y la oportunidad que tanto busca nunca llega. Pronto, una depresión comienza a hacer mella en su carácter, hasta que por fin un día recibe una oferta para interpretar a una heroína de los años 70 en una película de espionaje. Nina decide entregarse en cuerpo y alma para tener éxito en su papel, algo que no sólo consigue, sino que además hace mella en su mentalidad. Antes de poder darse cuenta se ve obligada a enfrentarse a complejas decisiones relacionadas con su sexualidad, que le recuerdan una y otra vez de dónde procede.

Nina Wu es una joven que abandona una pequeña compañía de teatro en el campo para marcharse a la gran ciudad, donde aspira a convertirse en una actriz. Sin embargo, las cosas no salen como ella espera, y la oportunidad que tanto busca nunca llega. Pronto, una depresión comienza a hacer mella en su carácter, hasta que por fin un día recibe una oferta para interpretar a una heroína de los años 70 en una película de espionaje. Nina decide entregarse en cuerpo y alma para tener éxito en su papel, algo que no sólo consigue, sino que además hace mella en su mentalidad. Antes de poder darse cuenta se ve obligada a enfrentarse a complejas decisiones relacionadas con su sexualidad, que le recuerdan una y otra vez de dónde procede.

In Quan Ma He village, deep in the mountains of Northern Myanmar, a young couple welcomes their newborn child. Should they follow the other villagers by travelling to southern China to make their fortune, or should they simply stay and inherit the family farm?

Wang Shin-hong is suffering from insomnia. A fortune teller advises the Mandalay businessman, whose car and bulging wallet suggest that business is going pretty well, to spend 14 days in a monastery, living life as a monk and eating an apple a day. Such a thing is possible in Burma today. Wang Shin-hong arrives at the rural monastery, has his head shaved and dons a red robe, in which he instantly becomes an authority. During the welcome procession, the village women, their poverty clear from their clothing and the huts in the background, put more than they have in his alms bowl. During his fleeting role as their advisor, Wang Shin-hong soon learns of the villagers’ attempts to survive and make a living as legal or illegal migrants in China, Thailand or Malaysia. He also finds out how the other monks try to generate profit and additional income.

Wang Shin-hong is suffering from insomnia. A fortune teller advises the Mandalay businessman, whose car and bulging wallet suggest that business is going pretty well, to spend 14 days in a monastery, living life as a monk and eating an apple a day. Such a thing is possible in Burma today. Wang Shin-hong arrives at the rural monastery, has his head shaved and dons a red robe, in which he instantly becomes an authority. During the welcome procession, the village women, their poverty clear from their clothing and the huts in the background, put more than they have in his alms bowl. During his fleeting role as their advisor, Wang Shin-hong soon learns of the villagers’ attempts to survive and make a living as legal or illegal migrants in China, Thailand or Malaysia. He also finds out how the other monks try to generate profit and additional income.

Wang Shin-hong is suffering from insomnia. A fortune teller advises the Mandalay businessman, whose car and bulging wallet suggest that business is going pretty well, to spend 14 days in a monastery, living life as a monk and eating an apple a day. Such a thing is possible in Burma today. Wang Shin-hong arrives at the rural monastery, has his head shaved and dons a red robe, in which he instantly becomes an authority. During the welcome procession, the village women, their poverty clear from their clothing and the huts in the background, put more than they have in his alms bowl. During his fleeting role as their advisor, Wang Shin-hong soon learns of the villagers’ attempts to survive and make a living as legal or illegal migrants in China, Thailand or Malaysia. He also finds out how the other monks try to generate profit and additional income.

Wang Shin-hong is suffering from insomnia. A fortune teller advises the Mandalay businessman, whose car and bulging wallet suggest that business is going pretty well, to spend 14 days in a monastery, living life as a monk and eating an apple a day. Such a thing is possible in Burma today. Wang Shin-hong arrives at the rural monastery, has his head shaved and dons a red robe, in which he instantly becomes an authority. During the welcome procession, the village women, their poverty clear from their clothing and the huts in the background, put more than they have in his alms bowl. During his fleeting role as their advisor, Wang Shin-hong soon learns of the villagers’ attempts to survive and make a living as legal or illegal migrants in China, Thailand or Malaysia. He also finds out how the other monks try to generate profit and additional income.

Wang Shin-hong is suffering from insomnia. A fortune teller advises the Mandalay businessman, whose car and bulging wallet suggest that business is going pretty well, to spend 14 days in a monastery, living life as a monk and eating an apple a day. Such a thing is possible in Burma today. Wang Shin-hong arrives at the rural monastery, has his head shaved and dons a red robe, in which he instantly becomes an authority. During the welcome procession, the village women, their poverty clear from their clothing and the huts in the background, put more than they have in his alms bowl. During his fleeting role as their advisor, Wang Shin-hong soon learns of the villagers’ attempts to survive and make a living as legal or illegal migrants in China, Thailand or Malaysia. He also finds out how the other monks try to generate profit and additional income.

Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of Thailand.

Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of Thailand.

Midi Z visits his oncle who works as a jade miner.

Midi Z visits his oncle who works as a jade miner.

Midi Z visits his oncle who works as a jade miner.

Midi Z visits his oncle who works as a jade miner.

Midi Z visits his oncle who works as a jade miner.

A fascinating documentary, shot in the mountainous north of Burma. No filmmaker is welcome there, because, against the background of a civil war, the jade miners enter the deserted mines illegally. With the aid of filming locals, however, Midi Z was able to compile this portrait. Getting rich quick turns out to be hard and risky work Jade has always been a valuable commodity in Asia. In the mountains in the north of Burma there are valuable deposits of jade. The area forms part of Kachin State, inhabited by many ethnic groups which found themselves embroiled in the Civil War in 2010 with the Burmese government. Jade mining was halted because of the conflict. Thousands of workers, however, went to the war zone in order to dig for illegal jade. It turned the region into a no-go area and the filmmaker Midi Z, who had so far made feature films in Burma, saw no opportunity to go and film there. It was far too dangerous. © iffr.com

A fascinating documentary, shot in the mountainous north of Burma. No filmmaker is welcome there, because, against the background of a civil war, the jade miners enter the deserted mines illegally. With the aid of filming locals, however, Midi Z was able to compile this portrait. Getting rich quick turns out to be hard and risky work Jade has always been a valuable commodity in Asia. In the mountains in the north of Burma there are valuable deposits of jade. The area forms part of Kachin State, inhabited by many ethnic groups which found themselves embroiled in the Civil War in 2010 with the Burmese government. Jade mining was halted because of the conflict. Thousands of workers, however, went to the war zone in order to dig for illegal jade. It turned the region into a no-go area and the filmmaker Midi Z, who had so far made feature films in Burma, saw no opportunity to go and film there. It was far too dangerous. © iffr.com

A fascinating documentary, shot in the mountainous north of Burma. No filmmaker is welcome there, because, against the background of a civil war, the jade miners enter the deserted mines illegally. With the aid of filming locals, however, Midi Z was able to compile this portrait. Getting rich quick turns out to be hard and risky work Jade has always been a valuable commodity in Asia. In the mountains in the north of Burma there are valuable deposits of jade. The area forms part of Kachin State, inhabited by many ethnic groups which found themselves embroiled in the Civil War in 2010 with the Burmese government. Jade mining was halted because of the conflict. Thousands of workers, however, went to the war zone in order to dig for illegal jade. It turned the region into a no-go area and the filmmaker Midi Z, who had so far made feature films in Burma, saw no opportunity to go and film there. It was far too dangerous. © iffr.com

A fascinating documentary, shot in the mountainous north of Burma. No filmmaker is welcome there, because, against the background of a civil war, the jade miners enter the deserted mines illegally. With the aid of filming locals, however, Midi Z was able to compile this portrait. Getting rich quick turns out to be hard and risky work Jade has always been a valuable commodity in Asia. In the mountains in the north of Burma there are valuable deposits of jade. The area forms part of Kachin State, inhabited by many ethnic groups which found themselves embroiled in the Civil War in 2010 with the Burmese government. Jade mining was halted because of the conflict. Thousands of workers, however, went to the war zone in order to dig for illegal jade. It turned the region into a no-go area and the filmmaker Midi Z, who had so far made feature films in Burma, saw no opportunity to go and film there. It was far too dangerous. © iffr.com

Everyday there are many people traveling long distances from Burma to China. They buy motorcycles and resell them in Burma to earn money. Lashio is the traffic center of middle Burma. Jay, who graduated from high school, having no jobs and staying at home, plans to earn money from motorcycle selling after his mum suggested him to do so. Jay then borrows money from his elder brother and sets off his journey to China. Successfully buying motorcycles, will Jay be lucky enough to stay away from robbery while he is driving back home with hopes? Midi left his hometown for a decade and this time he came back and spent two days in underground risky shooting.

A young farmer and his father are barely able to survive on their meagre corn harvest and so they make their way down from the mountains to the village to borrow money from their relatives working in jade mines or on opium plantations. But missing paperwork, deceit and corruption have left them impoverished too. Finally, the father pawns his cow for a moped so that his son can earn a living as a taxi driver. His first customer is Sanmei, who has returned to Myanmar to bury her grandfather. She decides not to go back to China and to get out of an arranged marriage in order to begin a new life with her son in her old country. When Sanmei accepts a job as a drug runner she persuades the young farmer to be her driver.

A young farmer and his father are barely able to survive on their meagre corn harvest and so they make their way down from the mountains to the village to borrow money from their relatives working in jade mines or on opium plantations. But missing paperwork, deceit and corruption have left them impoverished too. Finally, the father pawns his cow for a moped so that his son can earn a living as a taxi driver. His first customer is Sanmei, who has returned to Myanmar to bury her grandfather. She decides not to go back to China and to get out of an arranged marriage in order to begin a new life with her son in her old country. When Sanmei accepts a job as a drug runner she persuades the young farmer to be her driver.

A young farmer and his father are barely able to survive on their meagre corn harvest and so they make their way down from the mountains to the village to borrow money from their relatives working in jade mines or on opium plantations. But missing paperwork, deceit and corruption have left them impoverished too. Finally, the father pawns his cow for a moped so that his son can earn a living as a taxi driver. His first customer is Sanmei, who has returned to Myanmar to bury her grandfather. She decides not to go back to China and to get out of an arranged marriage in order to begin a new life with her son in her old country. When Sanmei accepts a job as a drug runner she persuades the young farmer to be her driver.

A young farmer and his father are barely able to survive on their meagre corn harvest and so they make their way down from the mountains to the village to borrow money from their relatives working in jade mines or on opium plantations. But missing paperwork, deceit and corruption have left them impoverished too. Finally, the father pawns his cow for a moped so that his son can earn a living as a taxi driver. His first customer is Sanmei, who has returned to Myanmar to bury her grandfather. She decides not to go back to China and to get out of an arranged marriage in order to begin a new life with her son in her old country. When Sanmei accepts a job as a drug runner she persuades the young farmer to be her driver.

Simple, yet complex. A man (favourite actor Wang Shin-hong) meets a woman (standard actor Wu Ke-xi) on a moored ship, a sort of floating palace decorated like a Buddhist temple. The woman or her spirit struggles with her memories and the man takes on the form of a Buddhist monk in his next life. Complex and yet simple. The man, the woman and the camera move gracefully 'dancing' through the space. Only the thought of escape.

Simple, yet complex. A man (favourite actor Wang Shin-hong) meets a woman (standard actor Wu Ke-xi) on a moored ship, a sort of floating palace decorated like a Buddhist temple. The woman or her spirit struggles with her memories and the man takes on the form of a Buddhist monk in his next life. Complex and yet simple. The man, the woman and the camera move gracefully 'dancing' through the space. Only the thought of escape.

CARTAS DEL SUR es una colección de seis cortometrajes sobre el tema de la diáspora china en Asia Sur - Oriental . Cada película se presenta como una letra que representa los sentimientos y las emociones de los cineastas hacia su patria de origen , China . Los seis cineastas son Aditya Assarat ( Tailandia ) , Royston Tan ( Singapur) , Midi Zhao ( Birmania ) , Sun Koh (Singapur ) , Tan Chui Mui ( Malasia) , y Tsai Ming Liang ( Malasia) .

CARTAS DEL SUR es una colección de seis cortometrajes sobre el tema de la diáspora china en Asia Sur - Oriental . Cada película se presenta como una letra que representa los sentimientos y las emociones de los cineastas hacia su patria de origen , China . Los seis cineastas son Aditya Assarat ( Tailandia ) , Royston Tan ( Singapur) , Midi Zhao ( Birmania ) , Sun Koh (Singapur ) , Tan Chui Mui ( Malasia) , y Tsai Ming Liang ( Malasia) .

Tras arreglar con la mafia, A-Hong y su hermana adolescente cruzan clandestinamente junto con un grupo de jóvenes birmanos la frontera con Tailandia. Llegan a un pueblo remoto llamado Dagudi, en el norte del país. La hermana de A-Hong es capturada por la banda criminal luego de que su madre la delatase y vendiese. A-Hong llega hasta Bangkok, y consigue trabajo con un guía turístico, que también es birmano y vive ilegalmente en Tailandia. Pero las últimas inundaciones han arruinado el negocio del turismo, y A-Hong decide volver a Dagudi a buscar a su hermana, intentando vender un lote de medicamentos a los líderes de la banda criminal. Lo que quiere es obtener el dinero de manera rápida y redimir a su hermana, pero no logra contactarse con la red de contrabandistas.. (FILMAFFINTY)

After decades of military rule, Burma has finally held its first presidential election. Many Burmese living abroad believe that peace and prosperity will soon soon follow, including Wang Xing-Hong who is living as an immigrant laborer in Taiwan and saves his money so he can return home. When Xing-hong arrives, he feels like a stranger in a foreign land but is determined to stay and make his life in Burma.

After decades of military rule, Burma has finally held its first presidential election. Many Burmese living abroad believe that peace and prosperity will soon soon follow, including Wang Xing-Hong who is living as an immigrant laborer in Taiwan and saves his money so he can return home. When Xing-hong arrives, he feels like a stranger in a foreign land but is determined to stay and make his life in Burma.

After decades of military rule, Burma has finally held its first presidential election. Many Burmese living abroad believe that peace and prosperity will soon soon follow, including Wang Xing-Hong who is living as an immigrant laborer in Taiwan and saves his money so he can return home. When Xing-hong arrives, he feels like a stranger in a foreign land but is determined to stay and make his life in Burma.

After decades of military rule, Burma has finally held its first presidential election. Many Burmese living abroad believe that peace and prosperity will soon soon follow, including Wang Xing-Hong who is living as an immigrant laborer in Taiwan and saves his money so he can return home. When Xing-hong arrives, he feels like a stranger in a foreign land but is determined to stay and make his life in Burma.

After decades of military rule, Burma has finally held its first presidential election. Many Burmese living abroad believe that peace and prosperity will soon soon follow, including Wang Xing-Hong who is living as an immigrant laborer in Taiwan and saves his money so he can return home. When Xing-hong arrives, he feels like a stranger in a foreign land but is determined to stay and make his life in Burma.