Movies: Vietnamese

The Art of Nom explores an ancient and nearly extinct Vietnamese script called Chu Nom and the five scholarly artists known as Zenei, Gang of Five. The beauty, heritage and emotion of the Chu Nom characters inspire Zenei’s art. The film also examines...

A young man with no plans discovers an old pay phone and tries to reconnect to his past....

This film follows the lives of undocumented Vietnamese workers in Taiwan doing odd jobs to survive, after having been forced to flee their employers due to harsh working conditions and lack of medical care. How will living this way for more than a de...

My Thu, an immigrant of Vietnamese origin who had to flee her country during the war, faces an eviction order from her Montreal apartment. In the midst of a battle against gentrification, she needs her daughter's help....

Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vietnamese refugees have built the largest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam, in Orange County, California. In 1999, "Little Saigon" burst onto the national stage when a store owner displayed a poster of Ho Chi...

The Vietnamese German Huong, equipped with her small video camera, documents her life before moving out, exploring her relationships with friends, family, places and objects that she leaves behind. A poetic snapshot of her person, addressed to her fa...

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The short film “Wooden Fish” tells the beautiful love story of a seafaring man who had to give up his passion for singing and choose a life at sea to take care of his family....