Yangon | Memory! Film Festival

The 3rd edition of the MEMORY! International Festival of Heritage Cinema will take place in Yangon, Myanmar from May 29 to June 7, 2015 and the thematic this year will be WOMEN! MEMORY! International Festival of Heritage Cinema was created in 2013, in the continuity of the very few existing festivals entirely focused on classics such as Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna (Italy) of Lumière Festival in Lyon (France).

MEMORY! is the sole international film heritage event in Asia and it will be one of the largest cultural events in Myanmar in 2015. Matching the standards of an international film festival, the objective of MEMORY is to enable access to film heritage, as a key part of memory and source of development/enrichment : 60 films from all over the world will be projected during 10 days, with free access and a program designed for the general public. MEMORY! is also a unique annual rendez-vous in Asia for the professionals working in film heritage with a 5-day program of conferences gathering international speakers from May 30th to June 3rd, 2015. Education Programs, in the field of Cinema, are being launched in close liaison with universities and schools.