The original Burma Spring Benefit Film Festival (BSBFF) ran from June 4-20, 2021. Acknowledging that the military is still terrorizing the country, seizing and holding political prisoners (including leading democratically elected government officials), still violently suppressing any resistance,. There are ongoing refugee crisis on the borders,... the work is far from done.

An Encore Edition of the BSBFF with new films and panels added takes place February 1-13, 2022, with over 40 films and speaker forums. This is exactly one year since the coup, to bring new attention to the suffering in the country, and to raise more much needed money for trusted civil society groups in Myanmar. This provides humanitarian assistance in Chin, Kachin, Karen, Karenni and Shan states-poor, ethnic areas most severely impacted by food insecurity and emergency shelter needs. Support will also go to freelance media and non-violent human rights activists forced into Thailand.

Contributions will make a difference in Myanmar, through enabling dedicated local organizations to courageously carry on grassroots work in a time of darkness, and by letting them know the world is still holding a light for peaceful change. Click the "Get Pass" button below and make a donation of whatever you can afford and then explore the full program of films and panels February 1-13, 2022.

The Burma Spring Benefit Film Festival salutes the courage and dignity
of the ordinary people working nonviolently
to regain control of Myanmar’s destiny.