In 2019, some local media reported a revival in the local movie industry, stating that in 2016 there were 12 movies cleared by local censorship and waiting to be screened, 18 in 2017, more than 40 in 2018, and more than 60 in 2019. The success of "Now and Ever" (2019), starring Zenn Kyi, was also cited as evidence of the revival. According to "The Myanmar Times", the most successful Myanmar movie in 2019 was "The Only Mom", directed in Myanmar by Thai director Chartchai Ketnust, starring Burmese actress Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi and telling the story of a family that moved into a colonial-era haunted house. The movie also starred a real Burmese Spiritualist medium, U Hla Aye, who died after his part of the shooting was done.