Discoveries from Vietnam World Cinema

Mask danced with Uncle Teu and the To Nu sisters. Because he didn't know how to dance and was also a troublemaker, people didn't like Mask.

At a family gathering, a company director discovers that he has a child from a short-lived affair 10 years ago.

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.

Paris By Night 129 - Dynasty

The first movie about Vietnamese hip-hop.

2026 version of the annual music festival produced by T Production.

Through footage captured by a home security camera, Nhi (23) drifts through her days in depression, isolated in a room overflowing with clutter and memories of her late mother. From the tender images and soft voices preserved on her mother’s old handycam, she rediscovers traces of companionship, encouragement, and unconditional love that endure beyond loss. These fragments grow into a quiet but steady lifeline, reminding Nhi of the resilience her mother once nurtured in her. As she learns to listen to those echoes, she begins to rise from despair, reclaim agency over her life, and slowly practice caring for herself again.

In Hanoi, Vietnam, tattoo artist Tran Ngoc specializes in the rare and challenging art of tattooing over scars. Despite the social stigma surrounding tattoos in Vietnam, Ngoc empowers her clients, including breast cancer survivors and women with self-harm scars, to reclaim their bodies, demonstrating that her work is a profound act of compassion and resilience.

Tung is a young autistic boy. His parents do battle every day to have his illness recognized and better taken charge of by the state. Prejudice about mental illness is still very tenacious in Vietnam.

The father and mother of a little boy are both motorcycle cab drivers. The boy is often left alone in the single room that is their home. Produced by Ateliers Varan Vietnam.

A 1967 documentary on the lives of Cu Chi guerrillas by the Film Studio of South Vietnam National Liberation Front.

One day, Tung Nhan was shocked to discover that he had an illegitimate son with his ex-lover many years ago. If he admitted the child, he would be involved in a scandal, and his career as a famous TV show MC/director could be ruined. But remembering that he was also an orphan, Tung Nhan decided not to let his son be alone. Unfair things started to happen when father and son reunited...

The bombing of several regions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia during the Vietnam War (1955 to 1975) by the United States Armed Forces—what is considered the largest aerial bombardment in human history—left hundreds of thousands of unexploded ordnances hidden underground, that still pose a tremendous threat to local inhabitants today. In this film, Tuan Andrew Nguyen juxtaposes archival footage from the US army with recently recorded images of an unexploded ordnance (UXO) deactivation in the Vietnamese coastal province of Quảng Trị. The province is one of the main UXO hotspots in the Mekong region, with 8,540 casualties and 3,431 deaths recorded since the end of the Vietnam War. More widely, it is estimated that UXO explosions have caused 40,000 deaths in Vietnam; 29,000 in Laos, of which 40% are believed to be children; and more than 64,000 in Cambodia since the end of the war.

On the way to evacuation, a young woman falls in love with a kind stranger who helps her family and promises to marry him when they meet again one day. This is the first Vietnamese feature film to use synchronised sound recording and was also the 1953 box office hit.

To faces many difficulties working as the director of the A1 hydropower project. Workers do not believe in leadership, so they quit their jobs. To boldly proposes a new way of doing business, paying attention to workers' lives and improving technology. The workers believe in him, returning to the construction site with a new attitude. Han, To's friend reports to the Minister about him with bad intentions, spreading news about his relationship with female engineer Thu Hien. To overcomes those barriers by working hard. The Minister has created all conditions for him to be creative and work.

Three close friends venture to investigate the identity of a handsome man who frequents the cafe opposite their high school

During the American bombings in 1972, a group of workers remain to protect a power plant in the north of Hanoi.

Rồi Thứ Hai Sẽ Đến is a documentary film made by the student group Ái Chà (from the High-Quality Journalism K22-1 class, Faculty of Journalism & Communication, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM). The documentary tells the story of Mr. Thắng - a teacher with no degree and no sign board. For the past 15 years, Mr. Thắng has persistently pursued his dream of bringing literacy closer to children who cannot afford to go to school.

A summer of tender longing, where a fleeting dream felt achingly real.

Nam is a boy who makes a living cycling around the city selling bánh giò. One day he meets Vy, another seller of street food, and they fall in love. But Vy's mother does not support their relationship.

Huy, a promising young cook, was fired from the five-star restaurant where he worked by his boss, jealous of his talent. Without any more income, he still has to take care of his younger student sister. At the same time, Thang, a childhood friend, resurfaces. Although they didn't part on very good terms the last time they met, they ended up starting a catering business together. As they work together and face different obstacles, their feelings begin to change.

The battle with the ogre is simulated from the folk tale Thach Sanh with a filial and honest boy with a beautiful relationship with Princess Quynh Nga. Adapting from a plot that has been infiltrated into the blood and blood of many Vietnamese people with the spirit of respect for identity but also needing novelty is a big challenge for the film crew The War with the Elves. Based on the famous fairy tale, the film has built a fictional plot. While the country was at peace, the invaders and King Hung's army had to confront a mighty opponent. In that critical situation, Thach Sanh appeared as a savior hero. Still faithful to the original plot when letting the hero save the princess, but not from the evil eagle but dangerous enemies. However, the higher task of Thach Sanh is to destroy the ogre to save the whole country from the invasion.

A short film by Bùi Thạc Chuyên that won third prize in the short film category at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000.

Plot TBA; based on the video game about a haunted apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City.

Tells the story about Nhien's family. Nhien's parents got divorced so she lived with her mother and her aunt. Since the divorce, many difficulties came upon the family and three women started to expose their differences.

Thạch Sanh, a kind-hearted woodcutter, chances upon wine merchant Lý Thông. Orphaned from a young age, he gladly embraces being adopted by Lý Thông as his brother and comes to live with his family, unaware that the scheming merchant has other plans for him.

In this intimate portrayal of the lives of workers migrating away from home to the city in Vietnam, a young woman goes to the zoo to meet ex-boyfriends, and a married teacher has a secret relationship with a security guard.

I didn’t realize how much you mean to me until you were gone. Everything reminds me of you. I am lost without you. I can only be whole again once you are back with me. Without the guide of her “lost love”, Thuy is on the verge of death by boredom. Aimless and indecisive. Having no agenda, she finds odd ways to entertain herself in the bustling city of Saigon, Vietnam.

A young man, recently returned from study abroad, accompanies his father on a ship bringing food and weapons to South Vietnam.

A cinematic journey to the death in searching for the paradise of youth on the highlands of northern Vietnam.

In mid-1971, French television organized a press conference in both Paris and Washington, with 20 journalists participating—10 of them, mostly American, defending the U.S. stance, while the other 10, mostly French, remained neutral. Madam Bình sat alone among these formidable journalists, under bright lights, calmly and confidently responding with strength yet courtesy, clearly expressing her goodwill in seeking a political solution to end the war. Her image at that moment led people to metaphorically compare it to "dancing among wolves."

The story follows a young Kitten from the time it is small and innocent until it grows up and becomes strong enough to defeat the evil old Rat.

An executive trapped in his own nightmares. In those dreams, he becomes a woman, the wife of a colleague. In those dreams, the belongings of the deceased astronaut are handed over to the wife. The woman and her bureaucracy, the executive and his recurring nightmares. How can one escapes?

Paris By Night 132 - Spring With New Life is the 141st Paris By Night program (including special digital programs) produced and published by Thuy Nga center. This is also the 9th spring-themed program in the series of Paris By Night programs.

For over 50 years, Madam Lien has taken care of her family's shipyard all by herself. The shipyard produces traditional wooden ships. It's the last of its kind and its days are numbered. While keeping an eye on her workers, she's reflecting on her life through many changes in the times and the life of missed opportunities.

Adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Ung Ngoc Tri, the film is a journey to pursue the dream of being a soldier by a young man named Long as well as his wartime love affair with an American nurse.

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

Vu Dinh Cuong's next short film after "Dear mom... and to my friends"

While awaiting the return of her husband from the war to no avail, a woman gradually finds herself charmed by a newly arrived engineer.

Rolling and uncut, the camera accidentally captured a turning point in Lila’s acting career.