Born in 1998, Lin Htet Aung is a self-taught filmmaker based in Myanmar. He started making short films in 2017. In 2020, his experimental short film Estate won "Silver Screen Award – Best Director" in the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition at the 31st Singapore International Film Festival. His short films have been selected at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Ruang Rantau Exhibition (US), Ecological Futurisms (UK) and so on. He is always seeking the magic of changing details in his environment through time and composes them as dysfunctional stories in his artworks.
Me and My Country Pornography
Me and My Country Pornography
Me and My Country Pornography
Synopsis
While Maung Maung's family was away, intruders broke in. The map, old and experienced, still a bad actor, and Maung Maung who is travelling in the map starts performing intercourse.
'This piece investigates ideas around pornography, pleasure, boredom, repetition and cruelty through an otherworldly narrative. I created this piece as a "dysfunctional" story to explore time and duration in this work, with vignettes exploring power and abuse of power.' - Lin Htet Aung
Festivals & Awards
2022 ISFF, Oberhausen
Director's Profile
Lin Htet Aung
Filmography
2017 Silence!
2019 Shower at 1AM
2020 Estate
2020 The Green Frog and The Red Rose
2021 Seeking Wombs for Rebirths
2021 A February Dream of a Young Boy Living In a Country where Dogs Became Celestials Again
2022 Eclipse
2022 Me and My Country Pornography
2023 Once Upon a Time There Was a Mom
Print Source
Lin Htet Aung｜linnhtutaung.tdi1@gmail.com