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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

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Yuki Kitazumi

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Toru Kubota

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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Toru Kubota

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Toru Kubota

There are people who continue to tell the reality of Myanmar from a penetrating perspective. They are the people who do not cease, even when placed in difficult situations.

On July 30, 2022, I was detained in Yangon, Myanmar, while filming a demonstration and spent three and a half months in Insein prison. I remember the political prisoners I spent together in prison, who showed me three fingers, asking me “to keep taking action for Myanmar” when I returned. In order to fulfill my promise to them, I decided to start by supporting Myanmar creators who have the same role of “conveying” as myself and to create a system that would enable them to continue their creation.

Looking back at the notes I wrote while in prison, I had written; "I wonder if I could work with Myanmar people to create a filmmaker’s network," "When I return home, I will act for Myanmar, and I mean it”. I had no idea when I would be released at that time, but I am happy now that I am free and able to make this project a reality.

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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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