Aung Myat Noe Aye Priscilla Bawicia Nay Chi Japan Gyi Novem Htoo Poe Meh Kyaw Meh La Moe Aung Myint Myat Preh Reh Russell Paing Phyoe Thu Chit Thu Wai May Wynn-Maung Flynn the Fish
Most of the cast and crew members of Broken Dreams were in exile during production of the film.[2] Some of the directors grouped in the Ninefold Mosaic had previously worked on the 2022 collage film Myanmar Diaries, to which Broken Dreams is considered a follow-up.[2]
Release
Broken Dreams was first screened in Thailand at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok on 7 September 2023, with Nikkei Asia editor-at-large and former FCCT president Gwen Robinson moderating the question-and-answer session.[2][3] After further editing, the film was later screened at the SEA Junction within the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre on 11 November.[2] It was also screened on 10 December, with director Bo Thet Htun in attendance, as an entry to the "Asian Select" section of the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Award.[4][5][6]
In Europe, the film was screened in Munich, Germany on 29 December 2023.[7]
Frontier Myanmar noted that some viewers have complained on social media about the abstruseness of many of the segments.[8]
