MA - Cry of Silence


MA - Cry of Silence is a 2024 Burmese film written by Young Jeong Oh and directed by The Maw Naing. It is produced by The Maw Naing and Young Jeong Oh under the production studios One Point Zero and Plus Point One. It is inspired by women's strikes that took place in 2012 in Myanmar.
MA - Cry of Silence was premiered at various film festivals, which include 29th Busan International Film Festival 2024, Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2024, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2024, World Film Festival of Bangkok 2024, Dharamshala International Film Festival 2024, 19th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2024, Festival International du Film de Marrakech 2024, 2nd Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival 2025 and Göteborg Film Festival 2025.

Cast

  • Su Lay as Mi-Thet
  • Kyawt Kay Khiang as Nyein-Nyein
  • Ko Nanda as Ko-Tun
  • Nwe Nwe Soe as Ei-Lay
  • Nay Htoo Aung
  • Thidar
  • Htet Htet
  • Khine Tha Zin Ko

Production

The film is co-produced by Jeremy Chua, Charlotte Guénin, Marie Fuglestein Lægreid, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Linda Bolstad Strønen and Jean-Baptiste Bailly-Maitre.

Release

MA - Cry of Silence was screened on 4 October 2024 at the 29th Busan International Film Festival. The film was premiered at the Dharamshala International Film Festival on 9 November 2024. It had its European Premiere at the Göteborg Film Festival on 31 January, 1 & 2 February 2025.

Reception

The film was reviewed by Allan Hunter of Screen Daily, Clarence Tsui of The Film Verdict, Namrata Joshi of Cinema Express, and Panos Kotzathanasis of ''Asian Movie Pulse.''