Age Of Youth

By Myo Thar Khin

Myanmar | In Burmese with English subtitles | 2020 | 20 min 12 sec | PG13 (Some Coarse Language)

Singapore Premiere

Sithu and Min Htet are friends who live hand to mouth. When they hatch a plan that will enable Sithu to elope with his pregnant girlfriend, the quiet drama in their everyday life unfolds as they try to scrape together enough money to repair Sithu’s motorcycle.

Age of Youth was selected for the Locarno International Film Festival (2021).

Supreme Court Wing, Level 5, UOB Southeast Asia Gallery, Theatrette

• Daily | 6.00pm

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Myo Thar Khin (b. 2000, Myanmar) moved from his hometown to Yangon in 2016 to study filmmaking at the National University of Arts and Culture, Yangon, as a Cinema and Drama major. In 2018, he joined a Film and Society workshop organised by the Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) and Wathann Film Festival. His first short film, 1/4 wasted, won the New Vision Award at the Wathann Film Festival (2019).