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I wanna be your Lobster...

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Wira and Snow were childhood friends, separated during their high school years due to family circumstances. Both were passionate about the arts from a young age—especially music—and years later, they unexpectedly reunite. Snow accepts Wira’s invitation to sing as the lead vocalist in The Blu Band, where he plays the drums.

Thi Ha, a successful interior designer and businessman with a deep love for art and music, is a regular at the bar where the band performs. Snow, also a talented painter, meets Thi Ha at Pleasant Home Gallery, where she often sells her artwork. Sharing similar childhood wounds—both from divorced families—and a common love for music, painting, and even the Friends sitcom, Snow and Thi Ha quickly form a close bond.

As Snow struggles to save money to travel to Thailand to be with her ailing father, Thi Ha, who is planning to open a bar in Bangkok, offers her the chance to perform there—giving her a path to reach her father and pursue her music.

Will Snow follow her childhood sweetheart, Wira—a gifted drummer and passionate artist still chasing his dreams—or will she choose Thi Ha, a gentle and attentive businessman who truly understands the soul of art, and perhaps even more deeply, the soul of Snow herself???

  • Pyae Zaw Phyo
    Director
    The Dark Cinema
  • Pyae Zaw Phyo
    Writer
    The Dark Cinema
  • Si Phyo
    Producer
  • Pyae Zaw Phyo
    Producer
    The Dark Cinema
  • Pan Yaung Chel
    Key Cast
    "Snow / May Hnin"
  • Henry San
    Key Cast
    "Thi Ha"
  • Bon Bon
    Key Cast
    "Wira"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Romance, Music, Youth
  • Runtime:
    2 hours 9 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 18, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    200,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Myanmar
  • Country of Filming:
    Myanmar, Thailand
  • Language:
    Burmese, English, Shan, Thai
  • Shooting Format:
    4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.37:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Available
  • FLY Film Festival 2025
    Busan
    South Korea
    November 3, 2025
    Work-in-Progress (WIP) Screening
    Opening Film
  • Da Nang Asian Film Festival
    Da Nang
    Vietnam
    June 28, 2026
    International Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Pyae Zaw Phyo

Pyae Zaw Phyo is a filmmaker from Myanmar whose creative roots began in music—he has been a Burmese harp player since high school, and that deep connection to music continues to shape his artistic vision today. Before transitioning to filmmaking in 2013, he worked as an aerospace engineer. Since then, he has written, directed, and produced numerous short fiction films and documentaries, working across both commercial and independent projects through his own company, Skyward Film Production. Early in his career, he also worked as a coordinator for the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival in Yangon, Myanmar.

In 2015, he directed and produced the feature documentary Across, which was selected by several international film festivals and received a number of awards. His debut fiction feature, The Dark Cinema (2019), was officially selected for the Panama Horror Film Festival and the Diorama International Film Festival (India), where it won Best Horror Film. It was also a local box office success in Myanmar.

He has been selected to participate in several international film development programs, including the Locarno Open Doors Film Lab, Produire au Sud (Nantes & Bangkok), Talents Tokyo, and the FLY Post Lab. Following the military coup in Myanmar in 2021, the country’s film industry came to a near standstill, and the difficult circumstances made it nearly impossible to continue working. Although the situation remains challenging, he has found a way to return to filmmaking. Four years later, he completed his second fiction feature, I wanna be your Lobster… , based on his original screenplay—a film that brings his lifelong love of music to the screen through live performances and heartfelt storytelling. He continues to do his best and hopes the film will resonate with both local and international audiences.

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Director Statement

As a former professional player of the Burmese harp, music has always been in my blood. When I became a filmmaker, I carried with me a long-held dream: to create a film about music and the lives of musicians. With my second feature, I wanna be your Lobster…, that dream has finally come true.

In this film, I have carefully woven together love, youth, and music—elements that mirror both the emotional complexity and the rhythm of real life. Because of my deep love for live music, I made the bold decision to capture all performances 100% live during filming. Every note played, every lyric sung —what the audience hears is exactly what the actors performed on set. This approach brought many challenges during production, but the authenticity it gave the film made every difficulty worth it.

I wanna be your Lobster… is not just a film to watch. It’s a film to listen to, to feel, and to experience—heart and soul.