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ABOUT MYANMAR CREATORS

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CREATORS' WISH

Why do they film? The portrait documentaries of Myanmar Creators.
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Founders

Project started by:
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Yuki Kitazumi

Journalist

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While reporting in Myanmar after the coup, I was helped by many people. Residents who held shields in front of me to protect me from snipers while I was filming the approaching army, neighbors who informed me of suspicious people, friends who secretly filmed and informed the media of me being detained. They did all this for me because they wanted me to "share their voices with the world”.

Journalists, who are supposed to be the voices of the people, are placed in a difficult situation in Myanmar. I hope that this project will demonstrate the spirit of mutual help, which I witnessed many times among Burmese. I am very happy to be able to start this project with many fellows, supporting and working together with our friends in Myanmar. I look forward to meeting new supporters along the way.

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Documentary Filmmaker

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In 2022, he was detained by the Myanmar military while filming anti-coup protests in Yangon and was sentenced to ten years in prison. After 111 days, he was released following international pressure. While in prison, a local journalist he met asked him to continue telling the story of Myanmar even after returning home—words that later inspired him to found Docu Athan. In 2024, using prize money awarded by the Mitsui Group, he established Docu Athan Square, a community hub on the Thai–Myanmar border supporting exiled creators. His NHK BS documentary Resisters in Borderland – Filmmakers Forced Out of Myanmar received the ATP Award for Best Newcomer, among other recognitions.

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Our team

Management:Toru Kubota, Yuki Kitazumi, Haruka Iharada, Mirei Nakayama

Creative: Yusuke Wakata, Hideyuki Tsushima

Support:Min Thant Maung, Kenta Usui, Akira Kato, Ayano Kimura

Management:Toru Kubota, Yuki Kitazumi, Haruka Iharada, Mirei Nakayama

Creative: Yusuke Wakata, Hideyuki Tsushima

Support:Min Thant Maung, Kenta Usui, Akira Kato, Ayano Kimura

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