Myanmar: Land-Grab Documentary Takes Top Burma Prize at Human Rights Film Festival

Jun 20, 2014 | Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy
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RANGOON — A 30-minute documentary about land confiscation in Burma won two out of eight awards at the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival held this week in Rangoon.

The Burmese documentary, “This Land Is Our Land” by Sai Kong Kham, won the Aung San Suu Kyi National Film Award and the Vaclav Havel Library Award at the HRHDIFF award ceremony on Thursday evening.

The second annual HRHDIFF honored filmmakers with eight awards for national, Southeast Asian and international documentary films, with the various prizes’ namesakes paying tribute to prominent figures in human rights and pro-democracy movements globally.