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shareIn this collection of Vietnamese short films, plots haunt the ephemeral: old crushes on scooters, reanimated memories, and tenderness found in between the past and present.
Co-presented by the AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship.
In this program
Grandma’s Four Colored Cards
Directed by: Sally Phuong Tran | 10 mins
From a tiny house in Saigon’s slums, 101-year-old Ngoai lives her everyday life feeding the cat, cleaning the altar, and running an illegal card game. A day through her clouded radiant eyes, overflowing with community care.
We Used to Take the Long Way Home
Directed by: An Nguyen | 13 mins
A teenage girl embarks on a summer road trip with old friends, racing against time through the Vietnam countryside to return to a place that can no longer exist.
These Yellow Stars of Ours
Directed by: Vinh Nguyen | 22 mins
Inventive and experimental, a son chronicles his parents’ journey fleeing war-torn Vietnam and their love story in the States to reconcile with the family’s legacy of diaspora.
Gà Lavabo: Tết 1969
Directed by: Duy Do | 14 mins
It’s 1968 San Diego, and amid a shifting political climate, a group of South Vietnamese exchange students attempt to celebrate their first Tết away from home.
Goodbye and Hello to my Dad
Directed by: Kathleen Hoang | 6 mins
Between newspaper shapes and heavy brushstrokes, a recently passed Vietnamese father lingers with his daughter, as time, space, and videocam memories overlay a final quiet reckoning.
Long’s Long Lost & Mini Mart
Directed by: Julian Doan | 18 mins
At a conspicuous quick mart, a young man pays for one last conversation with his dead father, an encounter filled with ashes, lotto tickets, grief, and spirals of “what ifs.”
