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00:00M.A. – Cry of Silence, a topical drama film from Myanmar, which will debut in the Busan

00:22Festival's New Currents main competition, has been picked up by Franco-Japanese sales

00:27firm Alpha Violet.

00:29With Myanmar's civil war now in its third year, the film tracks My That, a young Burmese

00:34woman employed in a garment factory in Yangon.

00:38For the past two months, wages have not been paid and a group of female workers, led by

00:43the young Nyan Nyan, get organized to claim.

00:46My That, whose family disappeared during previous uprisings is reluctant, but eventually joins

00:52the strike due to an emergency situation.

00:54The film is the second feature to be directed by the Ma Nang who debuted in 2014 with The

00:59Monk.

01:00Ma Nang studied filmmaking at the Yangon Film School in 2005 and FAMU Prague in 2008.

01:08Living and working in Myanmar, he is also a poet and artist.

01:12Structured as a Myanmar, Singapore, France, Norway, South Korea, Qatar co-production,

01:18The film is produced by Ma Nang, 1.0, and screenwriter Oh Young Jong, Plus.1.

01:25Co-producers include Jeremy Chua, of Singapore's Podacol, Charlotte Goonan, Masala, Marie Fuglestine

01:32Laigrade, Ingrid Lilhobton and Linda Bolstad-Stronen, Duo Film, and Jean-Baptiste Bailey-Maitre,

01:38Alpha Violet Production, Other credits go to cinematographer Tin Win Maying, line producer,

01:44Ong Min Seo and chief sound editor and sound design, Matthew Farnerior.

01:49The Busan International Film Festival disclosed its selections for the New Currents and Jysiak

01:54competition sections earlier this week.

01:57Its full lineup will be unveiled on Tuesday.

02:01The festival runs October 2-11.