Myanmar to hold first ASEAN film festival: report

The December 6-9 festival will show seven films, including Myanmar's love-story "Mystery of Snow " and Indonesian entry "Denias : Singing On the Cloud)", said The Voice.

Myanmar joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1997, which includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The Voice said Brunei, Cambodia and Laos would not participate in the upcoming film festival.

Myanmar, under military rule since 1962, has proved a major headache for the budding democracies of Southeast Asia, who have been admonished by the West for failing to press for democratic reforms.