INTO THE VIOLET BELLY

arthouse - 20 min - Germany - 2022


directed by 
Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi 
produced 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 - USA
Southeast Asian Shorts - 33rd Singapore International Film Festival  
Competition - Zagreb 25 FPS film festival - Croatia
Grand Jury award
New vision - 20th CPH:DOX - Danemark
New Vision Award
Nominated for best experimental film - 12 Blackstar Film Festival Philadelphia - USA
Shorts - 20th Reykjavík International Film Festival - Iceland
Hamburg International Short Film Festival - Germany
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival - USA
Shorts elsewere within here - 23rd San Diego Asian Film Festival - USA
39th Hamburg International Short Film Festival - Germany
42nd Uppsala Short Film Festival - Sweden

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







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