Kaung Sint Tha
Kaung Sint Tha
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Filmmaker & Video Editor

Documentaries and short films about human rights and social issues. Co-director of Myanmar Diaries, Berlinale Documentary Award 2022.

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Based in Germany · since 2022 Yangon — Munich — Berlin
Documentary · Human rights · Myanmar

Lightning quick at the editing table. Gifted with a wonderful creativity, both in documentary and in fiction.

— Petr Lom, documentary filmmaker, LOM Films
[ 02 ] Selected workClick to watch
  • 01

    Myanmar Diaries

    RoleCo-DirectorYear2022RecognitionBerlinale Documentary Award · Amnesty International Film Award+
    Still from Myanmar Diaries

    Feature documentary, 70 min. Made in secret after the military coup of February 2021 by an anonymous collective of Myanmar filmmakers. Short personal stories meet citizen-journalism footage from the first year of the coup.

    Berlinale Panorama 2022 · HRW Tony Elliot Impact Award · Best Director, One World · Camera Justitia, Movies that Matter

    Film website ↗Screener on request
  • 02

    Across

    RoleCo-filmmakerYear2015RecognitionVáclav Havel Library Award · One World Prague 2016+
    Still from Across

    Feature-length documentary. Trailer.

  • 03

    Enter

    RoleDirectorYear2014RecognitionBest Picture, Hantharwady U Win Tin Award+
    Still from Enter

    Short drama. Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, Yangon.

  • 04

    Psycho Zero

    RoleCo-Director · ProducerYear2017RecognitionBest Picture, Hantharwady U Win Tin Award+
    No public video

    Omnibus film Oh! Sweet Moonlight of Mine: Psycho Zero. Screened at Cine Palium (Italy) and Mostra Espantomania (Brazil).

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    Third Floor on the Left

    RoleWriter · DirectorYear2019RecognitionScreening & talk, Moviemento Berlin 2022+
    Still from Third Floor on the Left

    Feature film. Teaser.

  • 06

    Youth Standing Up for Human Rights

    RoleProducer · EditorYear2019ClientUNIC Yangon · Human Rights Day+
    Still from Youth Standing Up for Human Rights

    Campaign for the United Nations Information Centre, Yangon. Other UNIC work: COVID-19 awareness, the UN75 campaign, youth activism and child protection.

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    No Music is an Island

    RoleCo-filmmakerYear2015FormatDocumentary+
    Still from No Music is an Island

    Documentary.

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    Bruises and Love

    RoleDirector · ProducerYear2017FormatShort film+
    Still from Bruises and Love

    Short film.

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    Premio München

    RoleCamera · EditCityMunichFormatBrand film+
    Still from the Premio München brand film

    Reifen sind das einzige Bindeglied zwischen Auto und Asphalt. Brand film for a tire and auto shop in Munich.

Short-form & socialMunich · 2025 – 2026
Reel for Premio München at a race track
Premio München

Race-track day, documentary style

No AI
Reel for Gattinger Bäckerei: POV of a loaf of bread
Gattinger Bäckerei

Comedy POV: a loaf of bread in the oven

No AI
Reel for Deine Solarwelt about solar installation
Deine Solarwelt

Explainer: who really installs your solar panels

Real people · AI b-roll
Reel: Berlin just got attacked
Eagle PMX

News-style explainer on a cyber attack in Berlin

AI-modified
Reel: Warum knacken deine Gelenke
Formula Dr. Müller-Wohlfahrt

Social campaign, sports supplements

AI-generated
[ 03 ] Experience2013 — today
  • 2025 — 2026Creation & ProductionThe Modesty Argument, Munich
  • 2023 — 2025Video Editor & Content Creatorwebalyse GmbH, Munich
  • GermanyArtist in ResidenceBerlinAiR, Berlin
  • 2019 — 2021Video Producer & Editor (contract)United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Yangon
  • 2014 — 2019Creative DirectorMiracle Post Media, Yangon · TV commercials, corporate & training films
  • 2013 — todayFilmmaker & Video EditorFreelance · USAID, UNICEF, WWF, UNDP, FAFICS, Apple, BMW, Telenor
[ 04 ] RecognitionFestivals & awards
Berlinale Documentary AwardMyanmar Diaries · 2022
Amnesty International Film AwardBerlinale · 2022
Panorama Audience Award, 3rd placeBerlinale · 2022
HRW Tony Elliot Impact AwardLondon · 2022
Best Director AwardOne World Prague · 2022
Camera Justitia AwardMovies that Matter · 2022
Václav Havel Library AwardAcross · 2015
Hantharwady U Win Tin AwardEnter · Psycho Zero
ASEAN–ROK Film Creativity AwardBusan Film Commission
BerlinAiR Artist ResidencyBerlin
[ 05 ] Working with KaungFrom recommendation letters
I admire Kaung Sint for his intelligence, creativity, discipline and drive.
Petr LomDocumentary filmmaker · LOM Films
Extremely cooperative and patient and most of all, astute.
Aye WinNational Information Officer · UNIC Yangon
I can confidently vouch for his professionalism, work ethic, and diligence.
Myat NoeBarefoot Production · Yangon
[ 06 ] On stage · on the street2014 — 2025
Audience doing the three-finger salute at a Myanmar Diaries screening
Myanmar Diaries screening · 2022
Camera Justitia Award on stage
Camera Justitia Award · Movies that Matter
Myanmar Diaries Q&A at Movies that Matter
Q&A · Movies that Matter, The Hague
Case study talk about Myanmar Diaries
Case study: Myanmar Diaries · 2025
Filming from a rooftop in Yangon, 2021
Filming from a rooftop · Yangon · 2021
Q&A at Biografilm Festival Bologna
Q&A · Biografilm, Bologna · 2022
Third Floor on the Left screening and talk in Berlin
Third Floor on the Left · Moviemento Berlin · 2022
Q&A at Freedom Film Fest 2014
Q&A · Freedom Film Fest, Malaysia · 2014
Kaung Sint Tha and Nay Chi at the Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival
Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival · 2023
[ 07 ] AboutBurmese · English · German
Kaung Sint Tha laughing in a snowy forest

Filmmaker and video editor from Myanmar, based in Germany since 2022.

More than 20 documentaries and short films over twelve years, most of them on human rights and social issues. Five years as Creative Director in Yangon's commercial industry. Campaigns for the United Nations Information Centre. Since 2023, documentary, campaign and short-form editing in Munich.

[ 08 ] ContactOpen to relocate & remote

Documentary, NGO & editing work