
Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp
Writing
Biography
Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp is one of the prominent face among the independent filmmakers in Vietnam. She has become well-known for her great love of cinema which she expressed through many of her short films, TV and documentary series.
Known For

In an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. His favorite playgrounds are an ice factory and the wild grass along the river. After being absent for years, his grandfather, seriously ill, reappears and settles at their house. While Bi gets closer to his grandfather, his father tries to avoid any contact with his family. Every night, he gets drunk and goes and see his masseuse, for whom he feels a quiet strong desire. Bi's mother turns a blind eye on it. The aunt, still single, meets a 16-year-old young boy in the bus. Her attraction to him moves her deeply.
Bi, Don't Be Afraid

14-year-old Ròm works as bookie lottery runner to earn a living. He lives an unsettling life due to his separation from his parents and always yearns to earn enough money to find them.
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Annual Lunar New Year program from Vietnam Television (VTV), with 12 prominent faces in fields of culture, sports, economy of the previous year, representing the 12 zodiacs.
12 Con Giáp

Văn comes back to Ho Chi Minh City from the US with his boyfriend Ian to visit his mother. Being the male heir of the family, everyone expects him to take a wife soon. And to top it all, his grandmother, who has Alzheimer, mistakes Ian for her grandson.
Goodbye Mother

When they discover that they are pregnant, a young couple in Hanoi resort to desperate (and bizarre) measures to raise money for an abortion.
Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere

Saigon, early 2000s. Photography student Vu has just arrived from Vietnam's backwaters and is immediately attracted to his handsome roommate Thang, who works odd jobs as a bouncer and low-level drug dealer. Entranced by the nocturnal rhythms of Thang's world, Vu follows him around the city where he meets Van, a ballet-cum-exotic dancer and Thang's sometimes-girlfriend.
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories

A socially anxious schoolgirl navigates family, new friends and relationships as she enters her first year in high school.
The Fabulous Four of 10A8

A bankrupt director in need of money to make a dream movie is trying to find her Alzheimer's mother who has just disappeared after promising to sell a house and divide her assets.
1982

Minh lives in a village where every child is born with a tree on their heads, except for him. On graduation day, students who have turned 18 will get their tree cut to signify adulthood. Problems arise when Minh’s sister decides to keep hers.
The Graduation of Edison

A cinematic journey to the death in searching for the paradise of youth on the highlands of northern Vietnam.
On the Endless Road
Red Bean and Green Bean sustain life by stealing food from the past. The time machine is also a portal for Seahorse – the only surviving girl in the future, to travel back to the present with the Beans family to search for help. A horrible truth is revealed. The 3 girls face a life-or-death decision. Past debt has to be paid in the present, otherwise humankind will become extinct in the future.
Who is alive, hands up!

A young woman and her relationship with two men.