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THE WOMEN

Mi-Thet (18), has suddenly become the head of her household after the military causes the collapse of her family. She moves to Yangon to work in a garment factory, but she has not been paid for several months. Though she wants to join her coworkers in a strike, she is paralyzed by a traumatic past. In time she realizes that the real problem facing women like her is not money but the lack of rights. At last she finds the strength to change her situation.

Director: The Maw Naing
Producer: Oh Youngjeong
Screenwriter: Oh Youngjeong
Country of Production: Myanmar, Korea
Co-production: Norway, Singapore, France
Co-financing: Switzerland, Germany
Language: Myanmar
Total Budget: 400,000 EUR
Production Company: One Point Zero, Plus Point One, Duo film, Potocol, Acrobates Films

Official Selection

Cannes Atelier 2019
Purin Picture Spring 2020 Production Grant
Sørfond Production Grant 2020
IMDA Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant 2020
Doha Film Institute Post-production Grant 2023
HBF+Europe: Post-production Support 2023

Featured
Director The Maw Naing The Maw Naing studied at Yangon Film School in 2005 and FAMU Prague in 2008. A poet, artist and filmmaker, he co-directed NARGIS: WHEN TIME STOPPED BREATHING (IDFA, CPH:DOX 2010), first under a pseudonym. His debut featur

Director
The Maw Naing

The Maw Naing studied at Yangon Film School in 2005 and FAMU Prague in 2008. A poet, artist and filmmaker, he co-directed NARGIS: WHEN TIME STOPPED BREATHING (IDFA, CPH:DOX 2010), first under a pseudonym. His debut feature THE MONK (2014) premiered at Karlovy Vary and later attended around 40 IFF including Busan & Rotterdam.

Producer OH Youngjeong Youngjeong Oh (Korea) is a screenwriter and a producer of this project, THE WOMEN . She has a B.F.A and M.F.A in Fine Arts, and is a PH.D. candidate in Art Therapy in psychology. With the project, she has attended Busan As

Producer
OH Youngjeong

Youngjeong Oh (Korea) is a screenwriter and a producer of this project, THE WOMEN. She has a B.F.A and M.F.A in Fine Arts, and is a PH.D. candidate in Art Therapy in psychology. With the project, she has attended Busan Asian Project Market, Sørfond Pitching Forum, and Locarno Open Doors, with the latter garnering them the Open Doors Award (ex-aequo). Also, received the AVA Award at SAFF Singapore Project Market, and attended in the Cannes L’Atelier.

Producer Jeremy CHUA Jeremy CHUA (Singapore) is a screenwriter and producer who has co-produced A Family Tour by Ying Liang (Opening Film of International Competition, Locarno IFF 2018), Brotherhood by Pepe Diokno (Karlovy Vary IFF 2016), A

Producer
Jeremy CHUA

Jeremy CHUA (Singapore) is a screenwriter and producer who has co-produced A Family Tour by Ying Liang (Opening Film of International Competition, Locarno IFF 2018), Brotherhood by Pepe Diokno (Karlovy Vary IFF 2016), A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery by Lav Diaz (Alfred Bauer Silver Bear, Berlinale 2016) and A Yellow Bird by K. Rajagopal (Cannes Critics' Week 2016), which he also co-wrote.