INTO THE VIOLET BELLY
arthouse - 20 min - Germany - 2022
directed by Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi produced by THNCSynopsis
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 - New York F F - USA
Competition - Zagreb 25 FPS F F - Croatia
New vision - CPH:DOX - Danemark
nominated for best expe film - Blackstar FF Philadelphia - USA
nominated for best south east asian short - Singapore IFF
Shorts - 20th Reykjavík I F F - Iceland
Hamburg I S F F - Germany
Milwaukee Underground F F - USA
Shorts elsewere within here - 23rd San Diego Asian F F, USA
39th Hamburg I S F F, Germany
42nd Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden
Museum and exhibitions
The 12th Berlin Biennale
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
Forum Lenten, Jakarta
Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media & 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