Arts

Documentary on Shan State opium farmers, short film about a man struggling to cover cost of treating a sick friend among this year’s winners at WFF.

In just its 2nd year, the University Students Film Festival has become an important incubator of young filmmaking talent; 10 shorts competed for the top prize this year.

At Myanmar’s Aung Clinic, patients struggling with mental illness find a path to wellness in painting. JoSaZo is displaying their works in a new exhibition, ‘The Room’.

‘08:06:06’ exhibition comprises 28 pieces by six of the country’s brightest young talents.

A dizzying array of global artistic talent in a range of new media exhibits is on display at Building Bridges Yangon. Writer Myint Myat Thu shares some favorites.

Yangon-based artist Kaung Kyaw Khine expresses both the anguish and the hope of the waiting masses.

Magazine launches, wine tastings and Yangon’s first-ever Spanish film festival make this a particularly good week to go out and enjoy the city. Just bring an umbrella.

Be sure to bring your smartphone and earphones to the punk rocker and painter’s second solo show, ‘Micro’

Photographers from Dhaka and Yangon come together to create a book of visual narratives discussing cultural, societal and identity realities on both sides of the Naf River.