Back on the tourist map after being off-limits for years. The New York Times’ article last week on “45 Places to Go” which noted the country’s “world-class boutique hotels and deserted beaches.”

With renowned cultural treasures, world-class boutique hotels and deserted beaches, Myanmar has long been high on intrepid travelers’ wish lists. For years, though, heeding calls by the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and others, many stayed away in protest of Myanmar’s authoritarian regime.

Co-Sponsored and Presented by Asian Student Union (ASU) of San Francisco State University, Burmese Youth Association (BYA) and the Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA). The SF Burmese Film festival is the first ever held for the Myanmar (Burmese) community in the San Francisco and Bay Area.

Please join us for this special opportunity to hear and meet the well-known actress Thet Mon Myint.

Saturday – December 3, 2011:

Time: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi will take place November 3–10, 2011 in Hollywood, California at the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the Chinese 6 Theatres at the Hollywood & Highland Center, the Egyptian Theatre of the American Cinematheque and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

Adam, Eve and Datsa (အာဒမ္ရယ္ ဧ၀ရယ ္ဒသရယ္)

DVD | 135 min | Burmese w/English subtitle | 2011

Director: Wyne

Producer: Heart ‘N’ Soul

Writer: Ponnya Khin

Starring: Pyay Ti Oo, Sai Sai Kham Leng, and Thet Mon Myint

A newly released Myanmar (Burmese) feature film recently showing at the theaters in home country Myanmar/Burma, “Adam, Eve and Datsa”, “The Floating Tomatoes,” a documentary directed by Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, and “Crossing Salween” will be shown at the 4^th Annual Myanmar Film Festival in Los Angeles on November 19 & 20, 2011.  The festival will be a two-day event and organized by the Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA).

The movie, “Adam, Eve and Datsa”, is directed by Wyne, with starring famous actors: Pyay Ti Oo, Sai Sai Kham Leng, and famous actress Thet Mon Myint.

“Crossing Salween,” a 20-minute short film, will be shown at the 4^th Annual Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles at Downtown Independent Theater on November 19 and 20.

Irish film producer Gary Moore said the film, based on a Karen girl who flees from the fighting in Burma, is a story that throws highlight on the reality of Karen life and the lives of Burmese in general.

The film star, 11-year-old Karen refugee Ronnachai Mai Whittio, or Mai for short, who Moore found through “street casting”––searching for talent among non-professionals to play the lead role, as happened with the casting of slum children in the 2008 Hollywood hit, “Slumdog Millionaire.”