Van Ngoc Dang

Filmed across the Hong Kong islands, 'Ashima' follows Natacha Maboma, a young Cameroonian-American woman, as she reflects on the experience of being a young woman - and specifically, a black woman - living away from home and travelling the world on her own.

Van Ngoc Dang reflects on the end of her most formative long term relationship while wandering through Da Lat, a hauntingly beautiful town located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, and the last place that Van (who is Vietnamese - Canadian) and her ex visited together as a couple. Her memories are framed through the lyrics of 5 songs that were especially meaningful to her during the breakup.