Đỗ Văn Hoàng
Directing
Biography
Đỗ Văn Hoàng (1987) is a filmmaker and writer. He graduated from the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema in 2011, majoring in Screenwriting. Since then, he has been working as a writer and director, creating a range of works including short fictions/documentaries, video art, TV series and music videos. His films have been screened at Hanoi DocFest, Yamagata Film Festival, Centre Pompidou, Guangdong Times Museum, and documenta 15.
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The Tofu Maker's Son
A rusting dream, a mermaid, with a 9-spike crown.
Epsilon Runner
A lovesick man wishes to become a tree. He seeks water. He seeks somewhere to stand. He finds another identity of himself.
False Brillante
In a ship's container, a man cannot put himself to sleep. He is, in fact, on a night flight across continents. Jet-lagged and overwhelmed by time's lassitude, the man relapses into his innermost memories of other places and times. There, in the container, he meets his teenage self, who is remembering his childhood experience as a refugee living in a segregated camp in Hong Kong. They talk, confront, and reproach each other over their mother's coin.
Water Spinach, Garlic, Chili, Coca
The alleyways of Ho Chi Minh City are narrow and labyrinthine, with walls full of splatters and flyers advertising all kinds of services. Through Đỗ Văn Hoàng’s lens, they become a stage whereby the surrealist drama of idleness unfolds. In between moments of profound uncertainty and darkness are playful dialogues grounded in the experience of traversing the city. Probationary speaks of the existential issue of livelihood from within, without pretense.