Two Sides

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Streaming period: 9/8 (Mon) 12:00 AM ET - 9/14 (Sun) 11:59 PM ET.

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US Premiere

Director   Mi Ni Ni Aung @ Chan Sorn
Country   Myanmar
Year   2025
Language   Burmese
Genre   Documentary
Running Time   18 min

Thit Lwin Htun, a transgender man, lives in the bustling city of Yangon, in a quiet neighbourhood where he runs a barber shop. He is finally happy with his body and loves his job. Now, he must learn to emotionally navigate his past life as a mother of a budding teenage daughter and presence as a recently married man.

This film is part of the Shorts: Radical Acceptance program.

Director’s Bio

Mi Ni Ni Aung @ Chan Sorn (she/her)

Mi Ni Ni Aung is a Myanmar-based artist who lives in Bilu Island. In 2014, she graduated from Mawlamyine University majoring in Chemistry. She studied journalism at Burma News International (BNI) in 2014 and worked in media organizations until 2023. Through her role as a Digital Producer in Khansarkyi Program she worked on stories about Myanmar peace process and conflict in ethnic areas (BBC Media Action) 2018-2021. In 2022, she attended a film course at Yangon Film School. 'Dancing with the Spirits'(2022) was her first film with an international premiere in France at ‘One country One film festival’, 42nd Jean Rouch International Film Festival.