Cinema of Myanmar, the Glossary
The cinema of Burma has a long history dating back to the 1910s.[1]
Table of Contents
37 relations: Aung San, Bogyoke Market, Censorship, Cold War, Direct-to-video, India, Kodak, List of cinema of the world, London, Love and Liquor, Mediumship, Mumbai, Myanmar, Nyi Pu, P Moe Nin, Parrot Film Company, Police corruption, Silent film, Sound film, Southeast Asian cinema, Syzygium cumini, Tatmadaw, The Monk, The Myanmar Times, Thukha, U Nu, United States, Wathann Film Fest, World War II, Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi, Zenn Kyi, 20th Century Studios, 21st Busan International Film Festival, 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 72nd Locarno Film Festival, 74th Locarno Film Festival, 8888 Uprising.
Aung San
Bogyoke Aung San (13 February 191519 July 1947) was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary.
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Bogyoke Market
Bogyoke Aung San Market (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းဈေး; formerly the Scott Market) is a major bazaar located in Pabedan township in central Yangon, Myanmar.
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Censorship
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information.
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Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Kodak
The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak, is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in film photography.
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List of cinema of the world
This is a list of cinema of the world by continent and country.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Love and Liquor
Love and Liquor (မေတ္တာနှင့်သူရာ; Myitta Hnint Thuyar) is a 1920 Burmese black & white silent film directed by Ohn Maung, written by P Moe Nin and starring Nyi Pu.
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Mediumship
Mediumship is the pseudoscientific practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings.
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Mumbai
Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.
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Nyi Pu
Nyi Pu (ညီပု,; 12 September 1900 – 1 September 1996) was a Burmese actor and film director.
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P Moe Nin
P Moe Nin (ပီမိုးနင်း; 5 November 1883 – 6 January 1940) was one of Burma's most prolific and treasured writers.
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Parrot Film Company
The Parrot Film Company was one of the earliest film companies in Burmese film history.
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Police corruption
Police corruption is a form of police misconduct in which law enforcement officers end up breaking their political contract and abusing their power for personal gain.
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Silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue).
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Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film.
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Southeast Asian cinema
Southeast Asian cinema is the film industry and films produced in, or by natives of Southeast Asia.
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Syzygium cumini
Syzygium cumini, commonly known as Malabar plum, Java plum, black plum, jamun, jaman, jambul, or jambolan, is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae, and favored for its fruit, timber, and ornamental value.
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Tatmadaw
The Tatmadaw or Sit-Tat is the military of Myanmar (formerly Burma).
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The Monk
The Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796 across three volumes.
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The Myanmar Times
The Myanmar Times, founded in 2000, is the oldest privately owned and operated English-language newspaper in Myanmar.
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Thukha
Thukha (သုခ,; 14 January 1910 – 7 December 2005) was a six-time Burmese Academy Award winning film director, writer, song writer, script writer, film actor and film producer.
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U Nu
Nu (ဦးနု;; 25 May 1907 – 14 February 1995), commonly known as U Nu and also by the honorific name Thakin Nu, was a prominent Burmese statesman and the first Prime Minister of Union of Burma.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Wathann Film Fest
The Wathann Film Fest (ဝဿန် ရုပ်ရှင်ပွဲတော်)is a film festival held annually in Yangon, Myanmar, during the rainy season in September.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi
Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi (ဝတ်မှုန်ရွှေရည်,, sometimes anglicized as Wut Hmone Shwe Yi; born on 10 August 1988) is a Burmese actress.
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Zenn Kyi
Zenn Kyi (born 25 August 1980) is a Burmese actor, scriptwriter, writer and singer.
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20th Century Studios
20th Century Studios, Inc. is an American film studio owned by the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, in turn a division of The Walt Disney Company.
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21st Busan International Film Festival
The 21st Busan International Film Festival was held from October 6 to October 15, 2016 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Sol Kyung-gu and Han Hyo-joo.
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49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 4 to 12 July 2014.
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72nd Locarno Film Festival
The 72nd annual Locarno Festival was held from 7 August to 17 August 2019.
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74th Locarno Film Festival
The 74th annual Locarno Festival was held from 4 August to 14 August 2021 in Locarno, Switzerland.
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8888 Uprising
The 8888 Uprising, also known as the People Power Uprising and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Myanmar
Also known as Burmese cinema, Cinema of Burma, List of Myanmar film companies, Myanmar cinema.