Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards

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Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards
မြန်မာ့ရုပ်ရှင်ထူးချွန်ဆု
Current: 2017 Myanmar Academy Awards
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Awarded forBests in Film Production Industry
Location Mandalay Naypyitaw
Country Myanmar
Presented by Myanmar Motion Picture Organisation
Reward(s)Golden Angel Trophy seizing Real Golden Star
First awardedSince 1952
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Myanmar Academy Award Ceremony held for 2012 Movies

The Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards are presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Burmese Film Industry of Myanmar. [1] The awards ceremony has been held annually since 1952. [2] Each winner is presented with a golden statue and in recent years also a cash prize. [2] [3] [4]

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History

The awards were first introduced in 1952, and the ceremony has been held annually since 1952 (apart from 1963, 1986, 1987, and 1988). In the first awards ceremony, only three kinds of awards (Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress) were presented. In the beginning, second and third place prizes for Best Film category were also given. Over time the awards ceremony has expanded significantly; in 1954, a Best Director award was introduced with the second and third place prizes for Best Film being removed in 1955. In 1955, first Special Award for Best Child Artist was awarded. In 1956 a Best Cinematography award was created, and in 1962, Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards were also introduced. In 1990, the number of awards reached 10 with the addition of Best Screenplay, Best Music and Best Sound awards. The awards have topped out at 11 with the addition of a Best Editing award. In 2017, Myanmar Academy Awards introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award category.

Adding to the unpredictability of the awards ceremony are prizes given to Special Awards some years and the duplication of awards when the judging panel cannot decide who should win. And of course, sometimes awards are simply not awarded if it is decided that no person is worthy.

The first film to win the Best Picture award was Chit Thet Wai (Dear Thet Wai) in 1952. The best director award was first given to U Thukha for his Aww Main Ma (Oh, women!), a comic drama. Actor Kyaw Win won the first best actor award in Marlaryi with Kyi Kyi Htay winning Best Actress for her performance in Chit Thet Wai (Dear Thet Wai).

As of 2017, there are total of 13 awards.

  1. Best Picture
  2. Best Director
  3. Best Screenplay
  4. Best Actor
  5. Best Actress
  6. Best Supporting Actor
  7. Best Supporting Actress
  8. Best Music
  9. Best Cinematography
  10. Best Film Editing
  11. Best Sound
  12. Special Award
  13. Lifetime Achievement Award

List of Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards

1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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Thet Mon Myint 2010 Best Actress
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
AwardRecipientFilmRef.
Best Film Shwe Kyar
Best DirectorAww Ratha Clinging with Hate
Best Leading ActorThu Htoo SanWeretiger
Best Leading Actress Phway Phway Shwe Kyar
Best Supporting Actor Kyaw Kyaw Bo Clinging with Hate
Best Supporting Actress Aye Myat Thu Naung Dwin Oo Dan Twin Zay Dee
Best Screenplay Wyne Shwe Kyar
Best MusicShalom M. Reynor Dimensions
Best CinematographyWin Lwin Htet Clinging with Hate
Best EditingKyaw Khaing Soe Shwe Kyar
2023
Award201920202022
RecipientFilmRef.RecipientFilmRef.RecipientFilmRef.
Best Film Padauk Musical Way Ma Nay Chin Bu
Best Director Mee Pwar Padauk Musical
Best Actor Myint Myat Yoma Paw Kya Tae Myet Yay Sai Sai Kham Leng Padauk Musical Pyay Ti Oo The Butterfly Trap
Best Actress Eaindra Kyaw Zin Hit Tine Soe Pyae Thazin Golden Princess Shwe Hmone Yati Way Ma Nay Chin Bu
Best Supporting Actor Shwe Htoo Dan Dar Yee Moe Ohn TheeThaung Tike Ka Kyar Say Thar
Best Supporting Actress Khin Wint Wah Palpitation in the Breeze May Thinzar Oo Golden Princess
Best ScreenplayMaung Myat Swe Responsible Citizen
Best MusicKyaw Kyaw Htun The Milk Ogre Aung Ko Latt Gandaba: Strings of a Broken Harp
Best CinematographyArkar Toe Dan Dar Yee Moe Phyo Kyaw Padauk Musical
Best EditingG3, Kyaw Khine Soe 1014 Kyi TharThe Butterfly Trap
2024
AwardRecipientFilmRef.
Best FilmKan Kaung [5] [6]
Best DirectorTin Aung Soe A Red Blanket
Best Leading Actor Yan Aung A Red Blanket
Best Leading Actress Soe Myat Thuzar Never Give Up
Best Supporting Actor Nay Win Yee Ywae Moe
Best Supporting Actress May Myint Mo Mone Khwint
Best ScreenplayNyo Min LwinThe Teacher
Best MusicKaung Set PaingKan Kaung
Best CinematographyWin Lwin HtetKan Kaung
Best Editing

Records

Most awards to a single film
Most awards won by a male
Most awards won by a female
Most awards for Best Director
Most awards for Best Actor
Most awards for Best Actress
Most awards for Best Supporting Actor
Most awards for Best Supporting Actress
Most awards for Best Screenplay
Most awards for Music
Most awards for Best Cinematography
Most awards for Best Sound
Most awards for Best Film Editing

Significance

The significance of the awards has fluctuated along with the health of Burmese cinema. The number of eligible film entries each year has declined dramatically since the 1980s. Due to heightened competition from foreign films and other entertainment media as well as escalating costs of production, the number of feature-length Burmese films has gone from nearly 100 films per year in the 1970s to barely more than ten today. The number of films screened were 95 in 1978, 75 in 1983, 65 in 1985. [7] In 2008, only 12 were screened. [4] As the Burmese film industry struggles to produce films each year, films that do get produced are mostly with established directors, actors and actresses. Most Burmese films today are dominated by comedies. [4]

The result is that the same coterie of players win the award year after year from a much shallower pool. It used to be that only few actors and actresses could claim as "academy award winner" or even fewer still as "repeat academy award winner". Venerable actors of old like Win Oo and Kawleikgyin Ne Win won just two each in their lifetime. Director Thukha and actress Myint Myint Khin who won six and five respectively were the exceptions, not the rule.[ citation needed ]

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