Ma Aeint
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| မအိမ့် | |
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| Known for | Writing and producing Money Has Four Legs |
Ma Aeint (Burmese: မအိမ့်) is a Burmese filmmaker and writer, best known for her 2020 film, Money Has Four Legs.[1][2]
In the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, she was detained by the military junta on 5 June 2021 at Insein Prison, after becoming a target of the junta for her involvement in Money Has Four Legs.[3][4] While in custody, her legs were reportedly broken by interrogation authorities.[5] In April 2022, she was sentenced under section 505A of Myanmar's Penal Code to 3 years of hard labour, after pleading not guilty.[1][4] She was released from Tharyarwaddy Prison on 3 May 2023. [6]
Her sentencing was condemned by PEN America and the international filmmaking community, including the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk, the Directors Guild of Japan, eleven South Korean film festivals led by the Busan International Film Festival, and Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab.[7][4][8][9][10] In September 2022, actress Julianne Moore led a flash-mob protest at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, calling for the release of Ma Aeint and other imprisoned filmmakers.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Frater, Patrick (2021-08-04). "Myanmar's Maung Sun Attends Locarno, Ma Aeint Faces Jail (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Filmmaker Ma Aeint missing after arrest". Burma News International. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Let's go to the movies? Junta wants to reopen Myanmar's cinemas". Coconuts. 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ a b c "PEN America Condemns Harsh Sentencing of Myanmar Filmmaker Ma Aeint, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison with Hard Labor on Baseless Charges". PEN America. 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "ရုပ်ရှင်ဖန်တီးသူ မအိမ့် စစ်ကြောရေးတွင် ခြေချောင်းများ ကျိုးသည့်အထိ နှိပ်စက်ခံရဟု ဆို". ဧရာဝတီ (in Burmese). 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "၅၀၅-က လွတ်ငြိမ်းခွင့် - ရုပ်ရှင်ဖန်တီးသူ မအိမ့် သာယာဝတီထောင်က ပြန်လွတ်မြောက်". BBC Burmese (in Burmese). 3 May 2023. Retrieved 13 Dec 2023.
- ^ "Japanese Directors' Guild calls for release of another Myanmar filmmaker Maung Thein Dan". The Star. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Myanmar Filmmaker Ma Aeint's Arrest Condemned by International Film Festival Community, Release of Detained Producer Urged". Silverscreen India. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Yonhap (2021-06-08). "S. Korea's 11 intl. film fests call for release of Myanmar filmmaker". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (2021-06-08). "Myanmar Filmmaker Ma Aeint Arrested and Detained by Military Regime". Variety. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Julianne Moore leads red carpet protest for jailed Iranian filmmaker". Arab News. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Actress leads red carpet protest in Italy for jailed filmmakers including Myanmar's Ma Aeint". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Retrieved 2023-02-28.