Lin Sun Oo
Tagu Films - Myanmar
Tagu Films - Myanmar
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Lin Sun Oo is the co-founder of Tagu Films production - a local independent film production studio - based in Yangon. He graduated from McDaniel College in Maryland, USA in 2010. Upon his return, he started Tagu Films in 2013 with two of his friends.
He co-produced several award-winning short documentary films. He transitioned to producing short fiction films starting with Acceptance, which won the Audience Award as well as the Best Actress Award in the 9th Wathann Film Festival in 2019. In 2020, he produced a documentary titled No Laughing Matter which received the Best Documentary Award at the 10th Wathann Film Festival.
Created by three like-minded childhood friends in 2013, Tagu Films started with a sharp focus on producing personal and intimate Myanmar documentaries. Their debut work This Land Is Our Land won the prestigious Aung San Suu Kyi Award at Human Rights & Human Dignity International Film Festival in 2014. Since then, Tagu Films has produced many award-winning documentaries in Myanmar. Tagu Films started working on short fiction films in 2016. Their debut short film Across the Riverwind (2016) won the Best Cine- matography Award at Wathann Film Festival 2016. Up to this day, Tagu Films has produced five short films including Zaw Bo Bo Hein’s award-winning short - Sick (2019).
Three Strangers by Lamin Oo (Documentary, 60’, 2021)
Garuda Dragon by Zaw Bo Bo Hein (Drama, 130’, 2023)
Mist of Maya by Nyi Zaw Htwe (Drama, 120’, 2024)