'Fruit Gathering' Review: Burmese Debut Examines Lesbian Desire

The film about forbidden love took home Karlovy Vary's top prize after its recent premiere at the fest.

‘Fruit Gathering’ Director on Exploring ‘Conditional’ Female Connection and Bringing the First Myanmar Premiere to Karlovy Vary

"Fruit Gathering" director Aung Phyoe talks about exploring a "conditional" female friendship and intimacy in his Karlovy ...

Tortured, humiliated and killed: the women who disappear into Myanmar’s prisons

The military junta has detained thousands of political prisoners since the 2021 coup, and a pattern of gender-based abuses is becoming clear ...

‘Fruit Gathering’ Explores Dreams of Intimacy and Escape of Young Female Textile Factory Workers in Myanmar (Exclusive Trailer)

"Although the grueling pace of everyday life stifles opportunities for human connection, [two] women continue to dream of ...
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Far from family, young female refugees from Myanmar find friendship

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (UNHCR) - Two teenagers sip iced tea at a roadside stall in Kuala Lumpur, their conversation peppered with laughter. But despite their happy demeanour, the two young women have ...
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Female recruits head into battle with Myanmar's pro-democracy rebels

An curved arrow pointing right. Women in Myanmar are upending cultural norms by enlisting in the fight against the military junta that took control of the country in 2021. More from News Women in ...