Thant Zin came to Yangon with his broth­er around three years ago. He may have been twelve years old at the time, but he can’t really remem­ber. After find­ing him a job at a car wash, his broth­er returned to their vil­lage, leav­ing Thant Zin behind. Deeply unhap­py in his badly paid job and fed up with sleep­ing under a torn mos­qui­to net in a dingy room, Thant longs to go home. But he doesn’t remem­ber where his vil­lage is, or even what it is called. A sen­si­tive­ly filmed short doc­u­men­tary about a boy trying to cope with lone­li­ness and aban­don­ment – a fate shared by many chil­dren and young adults migrat­ing from rural Myan­mar to the city in search of work and a better life.

Direc­tor: Shin Thandar
Cin­e­matog­ra­phy: Moe Kyaw Thu, Shin Thandar
Sound record­ing: Ja Roi Aung
Sound design: Ma Aye Chan, Ja Roi Aung
Ukulele: Saw Keh Blu Moo
Edit­ing: Thida Swe
Con­tact: huth@yangonfilmschool.org

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DEUTSCHLAND IST EIN TRAMPOLIN
DON’T COME HOME THIS YEAR