Rays of Hope

Rays of Hope (Burmese: ရောင်နီလာရာလမ်း) is a 2023 Burmese autobiographical documentary film directed by Ko Pauk which documents his life as an artist-turned-revolutionary during the Myanmar civil war.^[1][2][3]

Rays of Hope
Burmese	ရောင်နီလာရာလမ်း
Directed by	Ko Pauk
Written by	Ko Pauk
Production company	Thaw Wunn Kyar Phyu Production
Release date	February 4, 2023 (2023-02-04) (Japan)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Myanmar
Language	Burmese

The film was screened in Japan on 4 February 2023.^[4]

Production

Ko Pauk, a filmmaker, illustrator and musician,^[5] produced Rays of Hope after making his short documentary film titled The Road Not Taken.^[6][4] Pauk's intention for the film is to raise funds for the Myanmar Spring Revolution.^[7]

Release

Rays of Hope was screened in a theater in Tokyo, Japan on 4 February 2023, with a reporter from NHK praising it as a "priceless film that should be recorded and preserved in world history."^[4] On 18 February, the film was screened in the United States in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana at a theater along Madison Avenue, with National Unity Government (NUG) Deputy Prime Minister Moe Zaw Oo and Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung in attendance.^[8] It was later screened in Perth, Australia on 11 March at the Canning Town Hall.^[3]

See also

• Myanmar Diaries, a 2022 Burmese collage film about the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
• Broken Dreams: Stories from the Myanmar Coup, a 2023 Burmese anthology film
• Losing Ground, a 2023 Burmese short documentary film about young people in Yangon after the 2021 coup