Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2024 showcases early Myanmar colour film

PYO Chit Lin (My Darling), one of the very few earliest Myanmar colour films, was screened at the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2024 held at Oldham Theatre in Singapore on 27 September, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The movie Pyo Chit Lin, directed by U Tin Myint, is one of the very few surviving Myanmar classics andthe earliest surviving colour film from the 1950s. The process of restoring the film to its original quality and essence was attentively carried out at the best film laboratory in Italy, and it has been preserved in the Asian Film Archive in Singapore.

The cultural festival has been hosted by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), with the support of the European Union (EU), since 2018 to promote cultural dialogue, innovation, and artistic cooperation between Asia and Europe. The Cultural Festival was attended by Chargé d’Affaires ad interim/Minister U Zaw Zaw Soe of the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Singapore, along with embassy officials and representatives from the ASEAN Member States, the United Nations, and the European Union. — ASH/TH

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar