Phạm Ngọc Lân

A woman tries to cling onto dimming links to her past after inheriting a pygmy slow loris from her long-estranged husband; meanwhile, her niece prepares for marriage as the young couple ponders their gloomy future together. The present and the complex echoes of Vietnamese history are entwined before a contemplative and poetic perspective.

파괴된 고향을 복원할 방법을 찾기 위해 지구로 온 외계인에 관한 이야기. 우주선은 그를 거대한 사원의 건설 현장이 있는 베트남의 산악 지역으로 데려왔다. 인간의 모습에 숨어 있던 그는 봉신자, 의심 가득찬 건축업자, 비밀스러운 영매를 만난다. 이들이 소환 의식을 치르는 동안 외계인은 '그들이 바라보고 '집'에 대한 서로 다른 시선으로 가진 그들의 의견을 듣는다.

인도차이나반도의 다섯 나라(라오스, 태국, 캄보디아, 베트남, 미얀마) 감독들이 메콩강의 미래를 주제로 엮어낸 옴니버스 영화. 제각기 다른 시선으로 메콩강을 둘러싼 이야기들을 풀어 나가지만, 결국 기저에 깔려 있는 감정은 두려움이다. (제9회 디아스포라 영화제)

Stories told along the river: a woman reunites with her ex-lover at a hydroelectric plant; meanwhile, a young man travels downstream to a temple in search of a cure for his insomnia.

Stories told along the river: a woman reunites with her ex-lover at a hydroelectric plant; meanwhile, a young man travels downstream to a temple in search of a cure for his insomnia.

Stories told along the river: a woman reunites with her ex-lover at a hydroelectric plant; meanwhile, a young man travels downstream to a temple in search of a cure for his insomnia.

In the dune landscape of a cemetery, or is it golf course? Past and present converge in the search for a grave.

In the dune landscape of a cemetery, or is it golf course? Past and present converge in the search for a grave.

In the dune landscape of a cemetery, or is it golf course? Past and present converge in the search for a grave.

In the dune landscape of a cemetery, or is it golf course? Past and present converge in the search for a grave.

When the urban landscape shapes the human relations: a mature woman, a bride and a group of young people seek proximity in the anonymity of the big city.

Utilizing the banality of Vietnamese state radio broadcasts, The Story of Ones gives a face and a sense of place to the unseen and offers a personal counterpoint to the officially sanctioned. Like entering a roomful of stories, the viewer steps into an unfamiliar space guided only by the sound of the radio tuning in to lifestyle programming, call-in shows and radio dramas. The portraits and settings layered atop the aural landscape create questions, provide humor, offer context and withdraw explanation of what once seemed clear before entering the room.

Utilizing the banality of Vietnamese state radio broadcasts, The Story of Ones gives a face and a sense of place to the unseen and offers a personal counterpoint to the officially sanctioned. Like entering a roomful of stories, the viewer steps into an unfamiliar space guided only by the sound of the radio tuning in to lifestyle programming, call-in shows and radio dramas. The portraits and settings layered atop the aural landscape create questions, provide humor, offer context and withdraw explanation of what once seemed clear before entering the room.

The video creates an odd story, in which the old monitor is dragged around the precinct of an old French building while screening some ‘breaking television’ footages from Youtube.