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Ash Mayfair

Ash Mayfair

Directing

Biography

Ash Mayfair was born in Vietnam and educated in the UK and the US, receiving an MFA in filmmaking at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her short films include The Silver Man (11), Sam (11), Heart of a Doll (11), Grasshopper (12), and Lupo (16). The Third Wife (18) is her debut feature.

Known For

The Third Wife
6.5

Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.

The Third Wife

2019
Skin of Youth
9.0

Two young LGBTQ+ lovers in 1990s Saigon get entangled in the criminal underground and must do battle with dark forces that threaten their relationship and test the limits of their humanity.

Skin of Youth

2025
Between shadow and soul
8.8

Mây, a fourteen year-old girl is being married as the third wife to a rich landowner in the late 19th century Northern Vietnam. A black & white reworking of 'The Third Wife' with no dialogue and a newly composed score.

Between shadow and soul

2020
Porn Without Sex
7.5

Three not-quite-pornographic vignettes from 1991: Dirty Secrets, Motions to Satisfy, and Invasive Treatments.

Porn Without Sex

2016
Afronauts
6.7

16th July 1969: America prepares to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of kilometers away, a ragtag group of Zambian exiles is trying to beat America to the Moon.

Afronauts

2014
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In the year 1965, Louisa, a young housewife, finds herself fighting for her husband's love against his preoccupation with the Vietnam War and his wish to become a military hero. To deter her husband from leaving, Louisa desperately tries to remind him of the excitement of their early marriage. As Louisa reaches for what she thinks she wants, she discovers that what she needs is to be independent, albeit alone.

Heart of a Doll

2011
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A silver human-statue finds himself having an unusual day at work.

The Silver Man

2011
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Sam and his best friend realize that the games they play every day in their neighborhood suddenly turn dangerous.

Sam

2011
Grasshopper
7.0

A young girl saves a pig's life and incidentally changes her own.

Grasshopper

2012