THE ROAD TO MANDALAY

DIRECTOR: Midi Z
SCREENPLAY: Midi Z
DOP: Tom Fan
EDITOR: Matthieu Laclau
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Akekarat Homlaor
MUSIC: Lim Giong
CAST: Kai Ko, Wu Ke-Xi

PRODUCERS: Patrick Mao Huang, Midi Z
PRODUCTIONS: Seashore Image Productions (TW), Flash Forward Entertainment (TW), House On Fire (FR), Myanmar Montage Films (MM)
CO-PRODUCERS: Vincent Wang, Dominique Welinski, Aditya Assart, Zhao De-Fu, Katharina Suckale, Arfi Lamba
CO-PRODUCTIONS: Bombay Berlin Film Production (DE), Pop Pictures (TH)
WORLD SALES: Urban Distribution

The human-traffickers have a well-established route: from Burma into Thailand across the Mekong River at Tachileik, along quiet country roads, passing bribed police checkpoints and into Bangkok, where the illegal migrants are on their own. Lianqing is one of five illegals who travels this route one summer night with a fellow migrant Guo.

Midi Z (1982) was born in Myanmar. He studied design and art before obtaining a master degree from the National Taiwan University of Technology and Science. Return to Burma, his debut feature, was competing at the Rotterdam Festival in 2012. Ice Poison won the Best Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2014.

2016 Ι 108’ Ι Taiwan, France, Myanmar, Germany Ι drama

Venice Days 2016 (FEDEORA Award), Amiens International Film Festival 2016 (Grand Prix), Busan International Film Festival 2016, Toronto International Film Festival 2016, Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2016, Vancouver International Film Festival 2016, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017