S - Express (Vietnam)
Day 1: 6 July 2023 (Thursday)
Helping Hnads Penan, 4th Floor
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Day 2: 7 July 2023 (Friday)
Helping Hands Penan, 4th Floor
8 - 9:45 pm
A lost astronaut and a
city of footprints (2022)
In his recurring nightmares, a man becomes the wife of his colleague – a lost astronaut.
Vũ Nguyễn Nam Khuê
Vũ Nguyễn Nam Khuê lives in Ho Chi Minh City. His graduation film Mirror Man (2016) in the UK has been selected for S-Express 2017. In 2021, his first feature project was selected by Locarno's Open Doors Consultancy. A lost astronaut and a city of footprints (2022) was officially selected for competition at the Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2023 and Festival International du Film de Fribourg 2023.
Bloody Smell (2022)
Having killed a chicken by himself, a food stand owner discovers his new desire.
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Trần Thị Hồng Nhung
Trần Thị Hồng Nhung (Kelly Kim) currently lives in Ho Chi Minh City. She is a young member of Xám Chì Production. Her motto in filmmaking is: “To reflect the reality in front of you, the first thing to do is to disguise yourself well and make yourself a part of reality.”
How, for heaven’s sake, can you call yourself a poet (2022)
A conversation between two elderly members of the Poets’ Association and an emerging poet reveals the generational conflicts.
Nguyễn Trường Khang
Nguyễn Trường Khang lives in Hanoi. He graduated from Hanoi Academy of Theater & Cinema with a major in Drama & Film Actor. He finished the courses in Film Directing & Documentary Film Directing at TPD and in Screenwriting at Xine House. He is a member of Lucteam Theatre and a collaborator at the Education Department of Vietnam Television. How, for heaven’s sake, can you call yourself a poet (2022) was completed as part of Mein Vietnam 2023 project organized by Goethe Institut Vietnam & Zzz Review.
See (2022)
A woman is practicing a ritual on a lake with witness of her family members.
Đào Hoàng Duy
Đào Hoàng Duy currently studies Film Directing in his final year at Ho Chi Minh Academy of Theater and Cinema, after a graduation in Physics at the National University Ho Chi Minh - University of Science. He wishes to become an independent filmmaker who tells original stories. See (2022) has been awarded Best Film of Vietnam at the short film competition Visual Creator vivo 2022.
The Cloud Is Gone (2022)
A man remembers the memories with his lost wife during his visit to some known places in the countryside.
Nguyễn Việt Anh
Nguyễn Việt Anh is based in Ho Chi Minh City with a background in mass communication. In 2022, he participated in NAFF Fantastic Film School at Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival. The Cloud Is Gone (2022) is his second short film. He currently develops his first feature film.
Páo's Forest (2022)
At 14, Páo – an ethnic H’Mong got married against his will. Four years later, his life drastically changes when he meets a female tourist.
Nguyễn Phạm Thành Đạt
Nguyễn Phạm Thành Đạt currently studies Film Directing at Hanoi Academy of Theater and Cinema. Páo's Forest (2022) won the First Prize of the "My Vietnam" contest launched by Netflix Vietnam and the Best Short Film Award at Hanoi International Film Festival 2022.
