Myanmar
In 2011 the Myanmarese government initiated a series of reforms including a relaxation of its harsh censorship on the country's media. While IMS was previously engaged primarily with supporting media to ensure a regular flow of objective and independent information to the people in Myanmar from the outside, the recent developments show signs of positive progress. With new opportunities and challenges for the country's often young journalists, IMS in close partnership with local media, will be looking to support the work of local journalists and the creation of a sustainable media sector to support the country’s emerging democracy.Archive
- Myanmar’s government eases control of the media
- Change is in the air: An assessment of media development challenges and opportunities in Myanmar
- Stop cyber attacks against independent Burmese media
- Burmese video journalists in the running for an Oscar
- Burma documentary hits box office record in UK
- Broad support in Denmark for Burmese VJs
- Support rally for Burma VJs in Copenhagen
- Speech by Thomas Hughes at the sixth Burma Media Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 21-23 February 2009
- Next steps for Burmese media
- Burma film won prize at Sundance Festival
- Two awards to film about Burmese journalists
- Burmese journalists portrayed in new documentary film
Two awards to film about Burmese journalists
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The danish documentary film "Burma VJs - reporting from a closed country" was awarded with two prizes at the Copenhagen doumentary film festival CPH:DOX 2008. The film is portraying how Burmese journalists risk their lives to keep the world updated about news from Burma
"Burma VJs - reporting from a closed country" was awarded with the Amnesty Award for its focus on human rights issues in competition with nine other documentaries. Furthermore, the film won the main competition of the Dox:Award for best documentary 2008 at the closing event in Copenhagen on Sunday 16 November.
This is bound to make Anders Østergaard, the director of the film happy. In connection with the world premiere of the film, Anders Østergaard said, that he hoped the film could keep the subject alive and maintain a critical global eye on the developments in one of the world's most oppressive societies.
IMS had a small hand in the production of the documentary film providing the team with background information as well as contacts to media operating inside Burma.
To read more about the awards, please follow this link to the CPH:DOX website
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