SOUND OF THE SPIRITS
Lin Hnin Aye / Germany, Myanmar / 2023 / 63 min / Colour
Italian premiere
In the heart of Shan State, Myanmar, in the village of Chaung Gyi, the Lisu people live in deep connection with nature, passing on ancient traditions. Lisu animism envelops the forests and silent highland fields where farmers mow their grain, ever alert to the spirits that lurk there, ready to cause all manner of mischief. The mellifluous voice of the shaman Byar Wu echoes through the mountains, summoning the lost souls of his community to be protected from misfortune and disease, revealing an intangible world of souls that continue to persist. Among the people going about their daily activities, the shaman prepares rituals, with chickens, woven plants, incense and broken eggs to drive negative energies away from the dwellings.
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Lin Hnin Aye
She was born in 1993 and studied journalism at the National Management College of Myanmar, working, for part of her life, both as a reporter and as a documentary maker. She furthered her studies at the Yangon Film School in 2014. She directed The Washu Family (2016) and Sound of the Spirits (2023). The short film, Missing (2015), on which she collaborated, was awarded at the Wathann Film Festival, in Myanmar.
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Screenplay Lin Hnin AyeCinematography David Kyaw Thet AungSound Zaw LarEditing Khin MyanmarMain cast shaman Byar WuProduction company Yangon Film School, Soe Arkar Htun
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