Urgent Call for the Release of Myanmar filmmaker Ma Aeint

Sub-title: 

We call for the Myanmar authorities to immediately and unconditionally release filmmaker Ma Aeint.

Description: 

"The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR*) and its founding institutions, the European Film Academy, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and International Film Festival Rotterdam, together with the undersigning, call for the Myanmar authorities to immediately and unconditionally release filmmaker Ma Aeint. Ma Aeint was a producer and co-writer of MONEY HAS FOUR LEGS which ran in the New Currents competition at the 2020 Busan International Film Festival and is an alumna of FAMU Summer Filmmaking Initiation Campus, Locarno Open Doors Lab, as well as Ties That Bind. Leaving her house on 5 June, she was detained and is currently being held in an undisclosed place, with no official explanation. We are very concerned for the well-being of Ma Aeint. We encourage all film and culture institutions around the world to join us in calling upon the Myanmar authorities to immediately and unconditionally release her. If there are any charges against her, they must be made clear, though her safety must first be guaranteed. Berlin International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival Eurodoc European Film Promotion FAMU FERA Festival de Cannes Festival des 3 Continents FIFDH FSE German Film Academy Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Locarno Film Festival MEMORY ! MOOOV Morelia International Film Festival Mostra de Cinema Àrab i Mediterrani de Catalunya Movies that Matter Quinzaine des réalisateurs Cannes SEAFIC Semaine de la Critique Cannes Sicilia Queer filmfest Sundance Institute Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film Sydney Film Festival Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Tokyo International Film Festival Udine Far East Film Festival Venice Film Festival Visions du Réel..."

Source/publisher: 

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk

Date of Publication: 

2021-06-09

Date of entry: 

2021-06-15

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar

Language: 

English

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text

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