Discoveries from Vietnam World Cinema

A young cadre of the state is in the board of a re-education programme for bourgeoisies, but the object of its "rehabilitation" turns out to be her mother-in-law who moved South after 1954.

Truong Minh Qúy’s found footage film brings together multiple scenes depicting soldier’s deaths in Vietnamese propaganda films, revealing aesthetic patterns that speak to a nationalist agenda while hinting at a broader value system within Vietnamese society.

Climb up, let’s jump, the fields are green and the houses grey. We’re all small. It feels like the pores of my skin have become gigantic.

An alien arrives on Earth on a quest to find assistance to rebuild his home. Under dissociated instruction of his spaceship, he makes a stopover at a construction site in Vietnam, where the biggest temple of the world is being built. In disguise, the alien encounters a reverent worshipper, a cynical construction worker and a mysterious medium. As the group performs a spirit summoning ceremony, the alien observes these individuals exchanging their different ideas of home.

Also called "Rain Drop's Fate" or "Like The Falling Raindrops", Như Hạt Mưa Sa is a black and white film based on the novel of the same name by the late writer Ngọc Linh made by Việt Ảnh Film. Bạch Tuyết played the role of Dã Lan with Trần Quang, the painter Thuyên, and Thẩm Thúy Hằng played the roles of Yến and Dung (twin sisters), Đoàn Châu Mậu, Tony Hiếu, Tùng Lâm... The film was made in 1971.

Ten years after signing up as an army nurse, a woman returns to her village with a son in tow. Because she has no proof that she was ever married, the conservative village folk shun her.

A famous artist invites her old friends to her luxurious new home. For one night only, the group is back together. But celebrations come to an abrupt end when the host suffers a horrific accident. As the victim lies in a coma, an almost unthinkable plan starts to take shape: could her suffering be their next work of art? Pool (No Water) is a visceral and shocking play about the fragility of friendship and the jealousy and resentment inspired by success.

Nguyễn Hồng Sến's debut feature, based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Quang Sáng. Members of the Viet Cong attempt to defend their fellow citizens from being forcefully relocated from their village by a South Vietnamese army officer while at the same time continue with their efforts to win the war in Vietnam.

A Vietnamese person comes out to her mother, amidst cultural constraints, her mother’s tears of despair, and her own tangled thoughts and emotions. Among cultural constraints, Nhật (17) has to find a way out.

The pandemic virus has left serious consequences on not only the economy, but also the life and spirits of countless people. A quarantine status, established by the government for 60 days in order to protect citizens from the virus, has accidentally put an LGBT couple to the brink of life.

Vixna and her two children are lured from the safety of Paris by her husband, a officer in Pol Pot's army, back to Cambodia where they undergo brainwashing and enslavement by the Khmer Rouge.

The film explores the theme of war, depicting the extremely harsh realities of people’s lives, interwoven with love stories of young people during wartime.

A hard up historian lives happily with his newly-wed wife and her child from her previous husband. But as he becomes more successful and financially stable, the family relationships begin to fracture.

A short documentary exploring the life and marriage of renowned Vietnamese actor Công Lý, as seen through the eyes of his daughter from his first marriage - who always felt abandoned due to an incomplete family.

Duong and Tho are two military intelligence officers tasked with investigating enemy positions. They arrive in a rural area and meet Kien, a guerrilla fighter. Kien's wife, who deeply loves her husband, fears that if he continues his activities, he will be targeted by terrorists, leading to the destruction of their family's happiness. For this reason, she tries to stop her husband and clashes with Tho.

Climb up, let’s jump, the fields are green and the houses grey. We’re all small. It feels like the pores of my skin have become gigantic.

An alien arrives on Earth on a quest to find assistance to rebuild his home. Under dissociated instruction of his spaceship, he makes a stopover at a construction site in Vietnam, where the biggest temple of the world is being built. In disguise, the alien encounters a reverent worshipper, a cynical construction worker and a mysterious medium. As the group performs a spirit summoning ceremony, the alien observes these individuals exchanging their different ideas of home.

The year 1963 drags on heavily. Rumors about the US-backed coup are spreading. Ngo Dinh Diem's ​​government continues to suffer from a severe loss of popularity that is still worsening. Two lots of trafficked drugs from the Golden Triangle to South Vietnam have vanished into thin air. Luan sets out on what may be his final collaboration with Ngo Dinh Nhu.

A famous artist invites her old friends to her luxurious new home. For one night only, the group is back together. But celebrations come to an abrupt end when the host suffers a horrific accident. As the victim lies in a coma, an almost unthinkable plan starts to take shape: could her suffering be their next work of art? Pool (No Water) is a visceral and shocking play about the fragility of friendship and the jealousy and resentment inspired by success.

A Vietnamese person comes out to her mother, amidst cultural constraints, her mother’s tears of despair, and her own tangled thoughts and emotions. Among cultural constraints, Nhật (17) has to find a way out.

On the way to a highland tourist town, a Youtuber with hidden memories about his family is unconsciously lost in a deserted pass, where magical events gradually happen to him.

An elegy for a non-existent country explores the hypothesis that breaking ties with the past can be the path to a new identity. Through an inventive narrative and across temporal distance, it connects a Vietnamese-speaking Kosovan woman and an American soldier in Vietnam, who are surprised by a new experience with language that affects their memory and their reading of the world and relationships.

A Vietnamese animated film about a little girl and her cat.

Vixna and her two children are lured from the safety of Paris by her husband, a officer in Pol Pot's army, back to Cambodia where they undergo brainwashing and enslavement by the Khmer Rouge.

A Vblogger is on the way of indentify the murderer who killed his parents by reconstructing three shocking murder cases in Vietnam, he found the commonalities between his parents' case and these three cases. At one point, he discovered that all the stories had a clue related to the fetus. And the killer who killed his parents is actually the person who has a very close relationship with him.

Tâm is a young delivery worker whose heart condition from birth leads him into a strange folk ritual called 'lying in a coffin' – a practice held to transform one’s destiny through the symbolic act of death.

After losing his eyesight in a tragic accident, a once-successful young man retreats into isolation, struggling to accept a life that no longer resembles the one he knew. To help him navigate daily life, he hires a university student as his caregiver. Their relationship begins awkwardly, shaped by frustration, pride, and the difficulties of dependence, but gradually the young man’s warmth and patience begin to break through the walls of bitterness and despair. As trust grows, their connection deepens into something more intimate, offering the possibility of love and renewed purpose. Yet their bond is tested by jealousy, social prejudice, and the expectations of those around them. Faced with emotional wounds and outside pressure, the two men must decide whether they are willing to fight for a future together despite the obstacles that stand in their way.

A secret of an elderly married couple is gradually revealed, on a trip to a remote seaside town to attend the wedding of their daughter who is 4 months pregnant.

The Vietnam War from the North's viewpoint. Air raids on Hanoi stiffen the resolve of the population to strike back against a far more powerful enemy.

The story of liberation of Saigon by People's Army of Vietnam and National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on 30 April 1975.

Restaurant owner Tang the 11th, learning his older brother, Tang the First is ill, returns to the his remote native village, long plagued by leprosy. Superstition holds that a cure can be obtained when a family of five sons and five daughters makes possible the death of a fish from the Lake of Heaven, since the leprosy remedy is in the flesh of this fish. It just so happens that Tang the 11th has five sons, four daughters, and a pregnant wife.

The story about a lonely editor.

An elderly woman, a boy and a dog. With a cart, they wander around the city collecting boxes and papers, and only return when everyone else is asleep. Produced by Ateliers Varan Vietnam.

The Ideal Squad is a Comedy, revolving around the duo Khue (Hoang Oanh) and Phong (Hua Vi Van). After a chance encounter, the duo drags Bay Cuc (Vo Tan Phat), Bay Suc (Nguyen Thao), Quau (Ngoc Phuoc), Quo (Ngoc Hoa) to participate in a special mission: Swapping the attached bracelet. kiss with precious diamonds and reveal the true face of Tuan (Quang Tuan) - Khue's ex-husband at the wedding between him and Tu Xoan (Le Khanh) - a female giant in the West who owns a million dollar fortune. The reluctant combination of The Ideal Squad - Phong, Khue and the Family Cuc Suc aimed at the eyes of the "bride and groom" at the luxurious resort promises to be extremely thrilling, suspenseful but no less humorous, emotional.

9X is a movie of Vietnam Feature Film Studio. The film is adapted from the short story Co May by writer Tran Thien Huong, telling about the childhood of teenagers going to school with many memorable memories and emotions.

Two soldiers are tasked with mailing an urgent letter to a battalion surrounded by the enemies’ forces.

Phong grew up in a small town in the center of Vietnam - the youngest of six children. From the time she was young, Phong felt like she was a girl with a mismatched boy's body. Not until she moved to Hanoi to attend university at age 20 did Phong discover that she was not the only one in the world with this predicament. Her dream to 'find herself' by physically changing sex becomes a reality several years later. The movie follows Phong's struggle during these years, with excerpts from an intimate video journal, along with encounters with family, friends and doctors - all of whom must come to terms with Phong determination to become a "complete girl".

Linh and Anh were best friends throughout high school, but Anh had to leave Vietnam to live in Korea. On their high school graduation day, the past and present intertwine during their last time together.

Tu's troupe visits a countryside hoping to earn some money back after a big contract collapses. Anh Tu is a funny person, so he is loved and enthusiastically helped by the children here. By chance, he meets Ngoc Linh – a childhood friend who is now a teacher. In the village, a rich wood merchant has been keeping an eye on her for a long time and intends to play a trick to steal her. Will Ngoc Linh escape his evil scheme and the children in the poor countryside have the pleasure of learning drama?

Nga, a Vietnamese woman is recorded on camera by her grandson, Vinh for an entire day. She shares with him her past before her memory fades.

With just a few hours before heading to the airport, a kind-hearted couple agreed to babysit a newborn baby from their neighbor. Little did they know, shortly thereafter, they discovered that the baby had passed away since... A thrilling and heart-wrenching story unfolded in the fateful evening at their old apartment building. The couple had to rack their brains to escape this dire situation, while also uncovering the culprit who pushed them into this predicament.