Directing
Lin Htet Aung
Known for
Directing
Credits
18 titles
Lin Htet Aung (1998, Myanmar) is a self-taught filmmaker based in Myanmar. In his earlier days, he wrote avant-garde poems and published underground poetry books. In 2020, his experimental short film Estate won the Silver Screen Award for Best Director at the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF). Three years later, his short film Once Upon A Time There Was A Mom won the Silver Screen Award for Best Screenplay there. His short films have been selected at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, among others. I…
Known for
NRA son looks after his dying father. Trapped together in the family home, old conflicts resurface while death approaches.
Estate
2020
NRStorm, Wind, Air, A Gentle Breeze
A Gentle Breeze
2026
NREchoing the story of Vessantara Jātaka, the film depicts a man’s post-widowhood transformation and Myanmar’s complex past through a dysfunctional family.
Once Upon A Time There Was A Mom
2023
A live audiovisual performance along the Singapore River blending sound, text, and image by Lam Li Shuen, Mark Chua, Moe Myat May Zarchi, and Lin Htet Aung.
Scenes at the Singapore River
2023
NRIn A Metamorphosis, Lin Htet Aung transforms the uncanny and absurd experiences of what it is like to grow up with state television propaganda into a kind of counter-broadcast, redefining the compositions and narratives that defined them. This distorted, eerie broadcast explores the daily experiences of living in a dictatorship and the imagery you get accustomed to as a child, accompanied by a lullaby that will haunt you afterwards: Yee, lé-lé! Yee, lé-lé-
A Metamorphosis
2025
4.0In a quiet town, two identical clouds hang in the sky. As the whole town is preparing to welcome the ex-minister, the weak and sick ex-mayor mysteriously regains his strength, and accidentally kills a stray dog. He must now confront his buried guilt, illusions of power, and the quiet decay of the community.
Buried a Dog Called it Love
2026
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRA son looks after his dying father. Trapped together in the family home, old conflicts resurface while death approaches.
Estate
2020
NRA son looks after his dying father. Trapped together in the family home, old conflicts resurface while death approaches.
Estate
2020
NRA son looks after his dying father. Trapped together in the family home, old conflicts resurface while death approaches.
Estate
2020
NRStorm, Wind, Air, A Gentle Breeze
A Gentle Breeze
2026
NREchoing the story of Vessantara Jātaka, the film depicts a man’s post-widowhood transformation and Myanmar’s complex past through a dysfunctional family.
Once Upon A Time There Was A Mom
2023
NREchoing the story of Vessantara Jātaka, the film depicts a man’s post-widowhood transformation and Myanmar’s complex past through a dysfunctional family.
Once Upon A Time There Was A Mom
2023
NREchoing the story of Vessantara Jātaka, the film depicts a man’s post-widowhood transformation and Myanmar’s complex past through a dysfunctional family.
Once Upon A Time There Was A Mom
2023
A live audiovisual performance along the Singapore River blending sound, text, and image by Lam Li Shuen, Mark Chua, Moe Myat May Zarchi, and Lin Htet Aung.
Scenes at the Singapore River
2023
NRIn A Metamorphosis, Lin Htet Aung transforms the uncanny and absurd experiences of what it is like to grow up with state television propaganda into a kind of counter-broadcast, redefining the compositions and narratives that defined them. This distorted, eerie broadcast explores the daily experiences of living in a dictatorship and the imagery you get accustomed to as a child, accompanied by a lullaby that will haunt you afterwards: Yee, lé-lé! Yee, lé-lé-
A Metamorphosis
2025
NRIn A Metamorphosis, Lin Htet Aung transforms the uncanny and absurd experiences of what it is like to grow up with state television propaganda into a kind of counter-broadcast, redefining the compositions and narratives that defined them. This distorted, eerie broadcast explores the daily experiences of living in a dictatorship and the imagery you get accustomed to as a child, accompanied by a lullaby that will haunt you afterwards: Yee, lé-lé! Yee, lé-lé-
A Metamorphosis
2025
NRIn A Metamorphosis, Lin Htet Aung transforms the uncanny and absurd experiences of what it is like to grow up with state television propaganda into a kind of counter-broadcast, redefining the compositions and narratives that defined them. This distorted, eerie broadcast explores the daily experiences of living in a dictatorship and the imagery you get accustomed to as a child, accompanied by a lullaby that will haunt you afterwards: Yee, lé-lé! Yee, lé-lé-
A Metamorphosis
2025
4.0In a quiet town, two identical clouds hang in the sky. As the whole town is preparing to welcome the ex-minister, the weak and sick ex-mayor mysteriously regains his strength, and accidentally kills a stray dog. He must now confront his buried guilt, illusions of power, and the quiet decay of the community.
Buried a Dog Called it Love
2026
4.0In a quiet town, two identical clouds hang in the sky. As the whole town is preparing to welcome the ex-minister, the weak and sick ex-mayor mysteriously regains his strength, and accidentally kills a stray dog. He must now confront his buried guilt, illusions of power, and the quiet decay of the community.
Buried a Dog Called it Love
2026
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Me and My Country Pornography
2022
NRA boy went to a town. He went to find his next life.
Seeking Wombs For Rebirths
2021
NRA boy went to a town. He went to find his next life.
Seeking Wombs For Rebirths
2021
NRA boy went to a town. He went to find his next life.
Seeking Wombs For Rebirths
2021
