No Magic for Socialists

  • Documentary
  • History
  • Horror
  • Fantasy
2/2/2025
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Storyline

Artist Htoo Lwin Myo excavates the lesser-known and wildly joyful history of Myanmar’s horror and genre film industry in the 1950s that has persisted through political turmoil and archival neglect, told directly by the people who made it.

Director:
Htoo Lwin Myo
Writer:
Htoo Lwin Myo
  • fantasy sequence
  • analog film
  • analog filmmaking
  • film history
  • direct animation on negative

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Cast

  • Myint Myint Khin
    5 times Myanmar Academy winner Actress
  • Htay Aung (Swe Bama Film)
    Veteran Filmmaker
  • A1 Thein Tut
    Veteran Filmmaker and Comedian
  • Myint Thein Pe
    Retired Member of Film Censor Board (Burma), Filmmaker
  • Sayar Wam
    Artist, Shaman (ကန္နားစီး)
  • Kong Rithdee
    Deputy Director (Thai Film Archive)
  • San Shar Tin
    Wunna Theingi
  • Thein Maung
    Phoo
  • Ma Mya Lay
    Sandi Maw the witch
  • Than Nwet
    Younger Prince from Wunna Theingi
  • Khin Maung Zin
    Monarch (Thama Waddy)
  • Myint Myint Swe
    Princess (Thama Waddy)
  • Lwin Mar
    Tree born maiden (Legend of Po Wun Taung)
  • Jubilee Sein
    Monastery helper (Legend of Po Wun Taung)

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