No Magic for Socialists

Name: No Magic for Socialists
Genre: Documentary, History, Horror, Fantasy
Released: 2025-02-02
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Myint Myint Khin, Htay Aung (Swe Bama Film), A1 Thein Tut, Myint Thein Pe, Sayar Wam

February 2, 2025
Directed by
Htoo Lwin Myo

Artist Htoo Lwin Myo excavates the lesser-known and wildly joyful history of Myanmar’s horror and genre film industry in the 1950s that has persisted through political turmoil and archival neglect, told directly by the people who made it.

language Burmese

fantasy sequence

analog film

film history

direct animation on negative

Last Updated: 17 days ago

Cast

Myint Myint Khin

5 times Myanmar Academy winner Actress

Htay Aung (Swe Bama Film)

Veteran Filmmaker

A1 Thein Tut

Veteran Filmmaker and Comedian

Myint Thein Pe

Retired Member of Film Censor Board (Burma), Filmmaker

Sayar Wam

Artist, Shaman (ကန္နားစီး)

Kong Rithdee

Deputy Director (Thai Film Archive)

San Shar Tin

Wunna Theingi

Thein Maung

Phoo

Ma Mya Lay

Sandi Maw the witch

Than Nwet

Younger Prince from Wunna Theingi

Khin Maung Zin

Monarch (Thama Waddy)

Myint Myint Swe

Princess (Thama Waddy)

Lwin Mar

Tree born maiden (Legend of Po Wun Taung)

Jubilee Sein

Monastery helper (Legend of Po Wun Taung)

Trailer

No Magic for Socialists – trailer | IFFR 2025