MY MOTHER AND THE WOMEN WHO WENT THROUGH THE WAR
Synopsis
My mother is 90 years old this year. Since she was 85 years old, to review her memories and end her beautiful life, she began to search and visit friends who had participated in the revolution in the past. With my help, my mother's meeting with her friends took place several years later. My mother's friends live in different localities. They are mothers whose children sacrificed themselves for both sides: communist and republican; They are couples, each with their own views: one is a republican, one is a communist... But what they have in common is that they love each other and their homeland. The movie is my mother's journey to meet those friends.
Director's biography
I was born in 1977 and grew up in Danang city, Viet Nam. I studied and graduated from the Faculty of Literature at Hue University of Science in 1999. I worked at the Vietnam television in Da Nang in 2000 as a reporter and editor, I have become passionate about documentary production and have had some achievements when my works won high awards in national film festivals. My signature film Mrs Bua’s Carpet was selected for screening and joined in competition at the 31th International Festival Jean Rouch on November 2012 in Paris; Documentary film Festival Southeast Asia; Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival on October 2013 and won Ogawa Shinsuke Award- the highest award in the Asian documentary category. Also, this favorite movie of mine was also selected for screening in Black Movie Geneva International Independent Film Festival in January 2014 and the 4th Salaya International documentary film festival in March 2014. It was bought copyright by a public library in France in 2013 and University of Helsinki University of Finland had also bought copyright for film teaching work for students in 2018. The film Mrs Bua’s Carpet was shown in many provinces and cities of Japan, serving Japanese teenagers during the years of covid, to inspire the spirit of Japanese teenagers. Her film The trip back to hometown with my parents was chosen to be screened at the Europe-Vietnam Film Festival in 2017, and 6th International Documentary Film Festival Aprés Varan, Paris, 2021. From Now On was chosen to be screened at 7th International Documentary Film Festival Aprés Varan, 2022.