Mystic Ball

Mystic Ball
Directed byGreg Hamilton
Produced byGreg Hamilton
Matthew London
Narrated byGreg Hamilton
CinematographyJeremy Pollard
Alex Morrison
Matthew London
Aung Ko Latt
Wolfgang Held
Dyanna Taylor
Emiko Omori
John Marsonet
Edited byMary Manhardt
Music byIsmet Ruchimat
Production
company
Black Rice Productions
Release date
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Burmese

Mystic Ball is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Greg Hamilton and released in 2006.[1] The film profiles the Burmese sport of chinlone.[2]

The film premiered on May 1, 2006, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[3] where it received a Special Jury Prize from the Best Canadian Feature Documentary jury.[4] It was later screened at the 2006 Vancouver International Film Festival,[2] where it won the award for Most Popular Canadian Film,[5] and at the 2006 Whistler Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.[6]

  1. ^ Bob Macklin, "Quirky sports films crack VIFF lineup". Vancouver Courier, September 22, 2006.
  2. ^ a b Katherine Monk, "Pick of the flicks". Vancouver Sun, September 29, 2006.
  3. ^ Jennie Punter, "Hot Docs". The Globe and Mail, April 28, 2006.
  4. ^ "'Martyr Street' wins best of Hot Docs". CBC Arts, May 7, 2006.
  5. ^ Alexandra Gill, "VIFF winners". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 2006.
  6. ^ "Myanmar film people's choice". Kamloops Daily News, December 8, 2006.