Born in Myanmar, Midi Z moved to Taiwan at the age of sixteen. In 2011, Return to Burma, his debut feature, was nominated for the Busan New Currents and Rotterdam Tiger Competitions. In 2014, Ice Poison won Best International Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival and represented Taiwan at the Oscars for the Best Foreign-language Film. In 2016, The Road to Mandalay won Best Feature Film FEDEORA Award at the Venice Film Festival. Midi's feature, Nina Wu was selected for the Un Certain Regard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
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