RAIN IN 2020

202179 min15+

Synopsis

This seven-years-documentary tells a family’s changing and the current situation of the society in Myanmar. The pandemic had been spreading in 2020, A major collapse happened at a jadeite mine, many miners was killed and injured，and Ah Tian was forced to go back home from the jade mine in the rainy season. A heavy rain causes the family and the entire village soaking in the flooding sewage. Masks getting wet and dry over and over again is like people in Myanmar tucking in the life dilemma. Nobody knows when will the muddy water be gone and the calm after the storm is…

Credits

Director

Lee Yong-Chao

Lee Yong-Chao, born in Myanmar, was accepted into the 7th Golden Horse Film Academy founded by Hou Hsiao-hsien in 2015, and now works both in Taiwan and Myanmar. His short films have been nominated at Busan International Film Festival and Warsaw Film Festival, Black Nights Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival Short Film Competition, etc…
His first documentary feature, “Blood Amber, “ was selected at Locarno Film Festival for the Semaine de la critique competition section.

Details

Country of ProductionMyanmar, Taiwan
Spoken LanguagesAchinese, Burmese
SubtitleEnglish
ColorColor
Production HouseLEE YONG CHAO FILM STUDIO
Previous Festival2021 - Busan International Film Festival
2021 - FIRST International Film Festival Xining
2021 - Reykjavik International Film Festival
2021 - Tirana International Film Festival

Festival records

Edition | Program

2021International Feature-Length Competition
Competition Program Note
For 20 years straight, FFD’s Competition program has been the main course that is held consistently. This year is the third year for the competition program to present four categories: International Feature-length Documentary, Indonesian Feature-length Documentary, Short Documentary, and Student Documentary. Through the Competition program, we keep trying to organize a place for documentary films from around the world as a reflective medium for responding to issues around us critically and delivered in a creative documentary film.
This year, over 150 films were submitted to our Competition program, from June to August. This number actually is lower than the numbers in the last two years of the festival. But, the quality of this year’s films is incredibly impressive. We have chosen 11 films for the category International Feature-length Documentary, 4 films for the category Indonesian Feature-length Documentary, 6 films for the category Short Documentary, and 3 films for the category Student Documentary. The 24 films will be presented to be the main focus for the FFD audience online or offline.
We have more interest in films with colorful perspectives, narration, or approaches. This year’s juries-who come from different backgrounds-will choose one film from each category to be awarded on the Awarding Night and Closing Ceremony of Festival Film Dokumenter 2021.

— Rugun Sirait
Program Coordinator

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