Tagu Films

A young filmmaker attempts to make a documentary about the Chin refugee community in the Czech Republic. But they end up wrapping themselves in questions of their own ethnic roots.

“Acceptance” is a story of resilience in the face of economic hardships. The tense relationship between an elderly woman and her daughter-in-law acts as a micro example of the financial difficulties of the working class in Myanmar and exposes a conflicted family where generations can no longer connect. Nyi Zaw Htwe masterfully links the micro with the macro in this social and familial drama.

Aung Naing’s health is deteriorating, and he has to be transferred to a hospital due to inadequate facilities at the local health centre. While his friend is desperately searching for the money needed, he is losing the will to live.

Gwa To, a transgender man from a remote village in Rakhine, plans for relationship impermanence, assuming all women will eventually move on to “real” men. Ma Soe, a high school dropout with a traveling troupe, has sworn off marriage because she doesn’t want to end up with a drunk like her father. At a village event, Gwa To sees Ma Soe sing and falls in love. After a brief period of courtship, Ma Soe and Gwa To live together as a couple. Their relationship is tested when Gwa To brings home a two-month old boy, Phoe Htoo, put up for adoption.