Fruit Gathering (2026)

Original title

သစ်သီးခူး

Directed by

Aung Phyoe

Genre

romantic drama film

Country

Myanmar, Czech Republic, France

Runtime

1h 37m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two women working in a garment factory in Yangon share a deep friendship that becomes charged with unspoken queer desire. The film follows the quiet development of their emotional bond.

slow-burnlongingintimatetenderatmosphericemotionalrestrainedyearning

What happens

Fruit Gathering (Burmese: သစ်သီးခူး) is an internationally co-produced Myanmar 2026 romantic drama film written and directed by Aung Phyoe in his feature directorial debut. The film explores the slow-burning queer longing and intense friendship between San Kyi and Theint Theint Oo working in a Yangon garment factory. It shares its title with a poetry collection by Rabindranath Tagore. The film, a co-production between Myanmar, Czech Republic and France premiered at 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 9 July 2026, where it won the Crystal Globe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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