Thank you all for your support! Please visit our YouTube channel for free videos that will be posted as available. Big thank yous to the filmmakers, community partners, and the all-volunteer team who made the BSBFF such a success! https://t.co/bHfjc1AV9o
The Burma Spring Benefit Film Festival (BSBFF) has concluded after streaming 60+ programs to over 10k ticket holders, and raising over US$60k for distribution to grassroots groups, activists, and journalists in the nonviolent movement to restore democracy in Burma/Myanmar.
Snapshots from our Film Screening & Discussion "Irrawaddy Mon Amour" last Saturday as part of @BenefitBurma
Special thanks to @jeanne_hallacy for the introduction & @Nada_Kul for the insightful discussion on #MarriageEquality in Myanmar & beyond, particularly in Thailand
Just a few hours left to watch the BSBFF films! You can also make some last-minute donations at https://t.co/XyMpGPLYmv to support those fighting for democracy in Myanmar.. ❤️
#Myanmar#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#BenefitBurma
The @BenefitBurma film festival is on until the end of this weekend.
I'm obsessed with riding trains in Myanmar, so I watched this one last night about the Yangon circle train, and it was so good.
(some screengrabs I put in my IG stories)
Only 1️⃣ day left to watch our curation of films from or about Myanmar and donate to support those fighting for their freedom, so go now!
https://t.co/XyMpGPLYmv
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#BenefitBurma
📢There’s only two days left to watch the 40+ films of the BSBFF!
Make sure you get your screen time in this weekend don’t forget to donate to support those fighting for their rights in Myanmar.
https://t.co/XyMpGPLYmv
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#BenefitBurma
TOMORROW - Join a screening of "Irrawaddy Mon Amour" as part of @BenefitBurma & a discussion on #MarriageEquality (#สมรสเท่าเทียม) in #Myanmar, #Thailand and beyond. We're pleased to have Nada Chaiyajit as our speaker.
📌12 FEB, 5:00-6:30 pm
📍SEA Junction, 4th floor, BACC
“This Kind of Love” follows human rights activist and founder of Burma's LGBTQ movement Aung Myo Min as he shares his vision of equality for all as his homeland emerges from dictatorship
Only 3 days left to watch! https://t.co/Malo56JdGw
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#BenefitBurma
Join a screening & discussion of "Irrawaddy Mon Amour" this Saturday at 5 pm (as part of @BenefitBurma)
As the film explores #MarriageEquality, we'd like to use this opportunity to discuss it both within & beyond #Myanmar, particularly in neighboring #Thailand#สมรสเท่าเทียม
“Return to Sender” follows a mail-boy who accidentally reads a letter that has been returned to its sender multiple times, and embarks on a mission to make sure the letter is read as it was meant to be.
Watch now until Feb 13th at https://t.co/Malo56JdGw
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
🚨New films have been added! 🚨
Including “What Future (From the Streets of Myanmar)” which gives an inside look into the daily life of a journalist covering street protests and trying to survive in Yangon since the coup.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#BenefitBurma
Thailand friends, check out a screening of "Padauk: Myanmar Spring" February 13th at the Free Bird Cafe to get a chance to speak with the the film's director, Jeanne Hallacy (who is also part of the amazing BSBFF team!) https://t.co/yZfZm0KqRs
The #TechTales film 'Black Out' is screening online in the Burma Spring Benefit Film Festival (@BenefitBurma) encore edition.
Catch 'Black Out' and over 40 films from February 1-13. Learn more about the festival & how to watch: https://t.co/a7sihuqgwx
#TechTalesFilms
"Mrauk Oo Story" documents young boys who make their living as garbage recyclers among the 16th century pagodas at tourist site Mrauk Oo, in northern Rakhine State. Watch now through Feb 13th at https://t.co/Malo56JdGw
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#BenefitBurma
In our newest panel, author Ma Thida, poet and translator Ko Ko Thett, and Burmese language instructor and translator Kenneth Wong discuss the evolving role of Burma poetry and literature in a time of crisis. Watch at https://t.co/Malo56JdGw
#BenefitBurma#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@BenefitBurma film festival is back! Make a donation of whatever you can afford to explore the full program of films & panels Feb 1-13. Your contribution will go to grassroots humanitarian organizations in Myanmar. Tickets here: https://t.co/JUE5O5b3pp #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Thank you to @FCCThai for screening three of BSBFF's films, including the Bangkok premiere of “Walking Through the Darkness” by Aung Naing Soe. You can view all the BSBFF films at https://t.co/Malo56JdGw now through Feb 13th!
#BenefitBurma#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar