directed by Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chiproduced by THNC
Synopsis
Interweaving family lore, mythology, science fiction, and digital abstraction, Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi’s film follows the collaboration between the artist and her mother, Thuyen Hoa, who fled Vietnam after the end of the American War via a near-calamitous sea journey.
Festivals
Official Selection - 60th New York Film Festival
Southeast Asian Shorts - 33rd Singapore IFF
Competition - Zagreb 25 FPS FF
New vision - 20th CPH:DOX
Nominated for best experimental - Blackstar FF Philadelphia
Shorts - 20th Reykjavík IFF
Milwaukee Underground FF
Shorts elsewere within here - 23rd San Diego Asian FF
39th Hamburg International Short FF
42nd Uppsala Short FF
Museum and exhibitions
The 12th Berlin Biennale
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
Forum Lenten, Jakarta
The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Troy
Art House, Shkodër
Rencontres Internationales 2023/24, Paris/Berlin
Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila