Marion Hill
Directing
Biography
Marion Hill is a Vietnamese British filmmaker who grew up in the UK and in France and now lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Her first feature film Ma Belle, My Beauty premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and received the NEXT Audience Award. With a background as a classical pianist and oboist, she started composing for short films as a teenager and soon began writing and directing her own work.
Known For
High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
Princess Cyd
A surprise reunion in southern France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.
Ma Belle, My Beauty
A married woman in her forties navigates a fine line between love and infatuation with her friend's daughter.
Bird of Prey
After the fall of Paris, Lionel and Nana return to Saigon as climate refugees with colonial habits. Trapped inside a private karaoke room purchased in the name of protection, Nana is forced to confront the fruit of a marriage system built on patriarchal shame—and awaken her way out.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
Saigonese DJ Van Anh and her girlfriend Ly are struggling to end their relationship. Then a strange woman shows up to free the spirit of her long lost Father from their apartment.
Spring Will Come
Made in collaboration with THAO and Marion Hoàng Ngọc Hill, Nguyen's film Amongst the Disquiet, 2024, speaks to the ties that bind within a multigenerational Vietnamese family based in New Orleans. Through interwoven vignettes told through dialogue and songs, the film winds through the challenges, longings, and affections between family members.