Operation Bottleneck (1961)

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted

This is a historical account of an army officer in 1759 who managed to gather together and train 400 civilians for a special mission to try to repel an incoming Burmese army contingent.

The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier in Burma's junta to a pro-democracy activist.

A man an his family find out more about the Kamma laws.

The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American entertainer who gets stranded in Rangoon.

Street art, creativity and revolution collide in this beautifully shot film about art’s ability to create change. The story opens on the politically charged Thailand/Burma border at the first school teaching street art as a form of non-violent struggle. The film follows two young girls (Romi & Yi-Yi) who have escaped 50 years of civil war in Burma to pursue an arts education in Thailand. Under the threat of imprisonment and torture, the girls use spray paint and stencils to create images in public spaces to let people know the truth behind Burma's transition toward "artificial democracy." Eighty-two hundred miles away, artist Shepard Fairey is painting a 30’ mural of a Burmese monk for the same reasons and in support of the students' struggle in Burma. As these stories are inter-cut, the film connects these seemingly unrelated characters around the concept of using art as a weapon for change.

A fugitive in British Burma hides on a tea plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.

In this special Clarkson, Hammond and May don’t just buy three knackered old lorries and drive miles through the beautiful landscapes of Burma. Oh dear no. They actually have to use their lorries to do something useful. They have to build a real, use able bridge over the River Kwai. On their way to the river they almost bring down Burma’s power supply, encounter the world’s least relaxing truck stop, race around the streets of a deserted capital, saddle up a trio of unhelpful horses and attend a completely deranged party.

Ashin Yevata, a humble monk from Burma (Myanmar), helped lead the massive protests that spread throughout the country calling for change. Burma is one of the poorest countries in the world, strangled by its own despotic government. Forced labor, torture and systematic genocide are practiced by the ruthless Junta. Ashin was able to escape to the Burma-Thai border, where thousands of Burmese refugees live in fear of deportation and at the will of a corrupt police. He gathered footage from what he and his friends had as well as what he could find on the news.

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

세상과 단절한 채 살아가는 람보(실베스타 스탤론 분)를 찾아온 선교사들은 무자비한 살상이 자행되는 미얀마(버마)의 냉전지대로의 안내를 부탁하지만 단호히 거절당한다. 하지만 여인 사라의 진심이 느껴지는 간곡한 부탁으로 생지옥을 방불케하는 미얀마의 안내자가 된 람보. 그의 안내로 미얀마로 이동하던 일행은 해적의 위협으로 절체절명의 위기에 놓이고, 람보는 감춰왔던 전투술로 해적을 전멸시킨다. 그러던 어느 날, 함께 했던 선교사들이 납치되었음을 전해 듣고 전쟁에 대한 뜨거운 피를 느끼게 된 람보는 결국 선교단을 구하기 위해 용병들을 이끌고 지옥같은 전쟁의 땅으로 향하는데..

Moving to Mars charts the epic journey made by two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK. At times hilarious, at times emotional, their travels provide a fascinating and unique insight not only into the effects of migration, but also into one of the most important current political crises - Burma.

2차 세계대전 중의 미얀마. 메릴 장군 휘하의 스톡턴 중위가 이끄는 소대가 정글을 지나 일본군 점령지인 왈로범 마을을 향해 이동한다. 마을 어귀에 다다른 스톡턴은 기습 작전을 펴고, 작전은 성공한다. 그러나 스톡턴의 소대는 쉴 틈도 없이 다시 북쪽으로 이동하라는 명령을 받는다. 실제로 ‘약탈자들’이라 불렸던 메릴 장군의 부대에서 연락병으로 복무했던 찰튼 오그번 주니어의 논픽션을 바탕으로 한 작품. 풀러는 총격전과 같은 액션보다는 끝이 날 것 같지 않은 행군이 이어지는 동안 병사들이 겪는 신체적·정신적 피로와 고통, 그들의 인내와 정신력에 초점을 맞추었다.

A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.

Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.

The film tells the story of Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during Early in World War II, Chungking schoolteacher Lin Yang is recruited to help with the dangerous mission of protecting the Allied supply line from Burma into China. In spite of the danger involved, her determination to help is strengthened when one of her young students is killed in a Japanese air raid. Some time later, she is part of a group of Allied representatives departing from Lashio, on a bus traveling the Burma Road back to China. A bridge outage forces them to spend the night in a monastery along the way, and during the night they watch in horror as a supply convoy of trucks is bombed by Japanese planes. The timing and accuracy of the raid brings them to realize that either one of their group, or perhaps the priest in the monastery, is really an enemy agent

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

1943년 8월, 일본 군대는 진군 중이다. 버마에 파견된 한 소대는 사기 진작을 위해 노래를 부른다. 하프 연주의 달인인 병사 미즈시마가 반주를 하고 음악학교 출신의 소대장이 지휘를 하면서 이 소대는 합창단 소대라는 별칭을 얻는다. 일본이 패전하자 그들은 영국군이 관리하는 무동의 포로 수용소에서 송환을 기다린다. 그러던 어느 날 미즈시마는 항복하지 않는 일본군 중대를 설득하기 위해 산 위에 있는 진지로 보내지는데…

버마군에 맞서 싸워 전설이 된 11명의 마을 사람 이야기. 1763년 망그라 왕은 버마의 왕권을 잡고, 국내의 반란세력을 잠재우면서 세력을 확장해 나간다. 하지만 아유디야(태국의 전 수도)의 지지를 업은 버마의 지방 군주들은 왕권을 우습게 여긴다. 이런 이유로 망그라 왕권은 아유디야의 세력을 축소할 목적으로 침공을 감행한다. 결국 1765년, 왕은 두개의 전투부대 -망 마하 노라다가 이끄는 부대, 네메아오 스리하보디가 이끄는 부대-를 아유디야에서 집결시킬 계획을 세우고 동서로 나누어 공격을 펼친다. 아유디야로 가는 도중, 네메아오의 부대는 잠복해 있던 방라잔 마을의 사람들에게 기습을 당해 패하고 만다. 이 소식은 왕국 전역에 빠르게 퍼져 국민들의 무장봉기를 촉발하고 버마에 대항하고자하는 의지에 불을 붙인다. 참패를 당한데 자극을 받은 네메아오 스리하보디는 군사를 증강시키고, 방라잔 마을 사람들은 다시 최고의 사기로 전투를 벌이지만 리더인 포탄이 부상을 당하자 퇴각해야 하는 처지에 놓인다.

Fists of Pride follows Little Tiger and his fellow fighters as their Thai coaches prepare them for the annual Water Festival competition. In a boxing camp on the Thai-Burmese border the children of mostly illegal migrant workers fleeing Burma live and train for prize fights. In a region where combat sports have always been a matter of honor and money, the film reveals their daily struggles. Bets are open and as the hope of prize money rizes, the young boxers contemplate what it could mean for them and their families