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TRAILER | VIETNAM: HERE & THERE From 18 to 31 May 2026 at Babylon Berlin Presenting films by: Phạm Văn Nhận, Trần Vũ, Nguyễn Hữu Luyện, Tự Huy, Trần Phương, Tất Bình, Nguyễn Vinh Sơn, Đặng Nhật Minh, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Việt Linh, Bùi Kim Quy, Trần Phương Thảo, Swann Dubus, Hà Lệ Diễm, Mai Huyền Chi, Pedro Roman, Trương Minh Quý, Phạm Thiên Ân, Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc, Pipou Phuong Nguyen, Tony Bui, Stephane Gauger, Duc Ngo Ngoc, Khoa Lê, DUŽAN DUONG, Huong D. Ta, Huỳnh Lập, Lê Mỹ Cường, Akio Fujimoto Edited by Phạm Huy Anh (@eikiaa ) & Trần An Music by Lý Trang 🏄 Tickets & Catalogue: Link in bio -- 🌸 Do not miss: > Opening 18 May, Q&A with director Dužan Duong > Q&A with director Bùi Kim Quy, film "The Inseminator", 27 May, 20:00 > Q&A with director Duc Ngo Ngoc, film "Farewell Halong", 28 May, 20:00

𝖵𝖨𝖤𝖳𝖭𝖠𝖬: 𝖧𝖤𝖱𝖤 & 𝖳𝖧𝖤𝖱𝖤 2026 18—31.05.2026 Babylon Cinema, Berlin Over 70 years of Vietnamese cinema — 30 films, from classics to contemporary works, from Vietnam to the diaspora Building on the first two editions (2024–2025), which featured 28 films and drew over 2,600 visitors, this year’s program expands to include restored works, independent films, and documentaries engaging with contemporary social issues. Spanning more than seven decades, from "Two Worlds" (1953) to "Good Mourning Vietnam" (2026), VIETNAM: HERE & THERE  traces the Vietnamese and the diasporic filmmaking practices, reflecting on the shifts of the pre-1980s period up to the present, when sociopolitical transformations opened up new cinematic currents. -- 🌸 Do not miss: > Opening 18 May, Q&A with director Dužan Duong > Q&A with director Bùi Kim Quy, film "The Inseminator", 27 May, 20:00 > Q&A with director Duc Ngo Ngoc, film "Farewell Halong", 28 May, 20:00 -- ✨️ Full Festival Catalogue & Ticket link in bio Design: Cẩm Ngân Copyright (last image): A Tale of Love by Trinh T. Minh-ha & Jean-Paul Bourdier / Kino Rebelde Sales Agency.

A FIERCE CHILDHOOD | TUỔI THƠ DỮ DỘI First Indochina War. The film follows 31 patriotic young boys who were Viet Minh scouts and messengers, during the war against French colonialism in Huế (Vietnam). Based on the novel of the same name by Phùng Quán (1988), which was awarded the National Prize 2007. 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles 🎟️ Tickets & Catalogue in bio Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema -- Nguyễn Vinh Sơn (*1953) grew up during the war between North and South Vietnam. He started his career as a photographer & filmmaker, inspired by those lives devastated by war and poverty. He directs films for Vietnamese TV and some feature films including The Last Knight, The Sweet Motherland and Fierce Childhood. A heartfelt thanks to Vietnam Film Institute for support. #VietnameseCinema #TuổiThơDữDội #AFierceChildhood

THE ANCESTRAL HOUSE | NHÀ GIA TIÊN A story about family values and the tradition of ancestor worship in a contemporary context. Returning to her ancestral home to film "viral" social media videos, a Gen Z content creator is stunned to encounter her long-deceased older brother. This extraordinary reunion sets off a journey to uncover shocking secrets. 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema --- Huỳnh Lập (1993) is an actor, director, and screenwriter known for comedy and spiritual-themed films. He operates his own production company, 17 Production. Some of his works include: The Ancestral Home (Nhà Gia Tiên), Land of Spirits: The Blind Shaman (Pháp Sư Mù), Ai Chết Giơ Tay (Who Dies, Raise Your Hand), Một Nén Nhang (A Stick of Incense). Credit & Copyright: Skyline Media #VietnameseCinema #NhàGiaTiên #TheAncestralHouse #HuỳnhLập #FamilyHeritage

HANOI: THE WINTER 1946 | HÀ NỘI MÙA ĐÔNG NĂM 46 Hanoi, around 8 p.m., December 19, 1946. Workers at the Yên Phụ power plant sabotaged the machinery, plunging the entire city into darkness, signaling a citywide uprising, marking the beginning of a 30-year national resistance. The film takes viewers back in time to Hanoi, during an extremely tense time, before the national day of resistance. “I hope that when your child is born, we do not have to speak of guns. Let do our best so that war will not happen.” 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles 🎟️ Tickets & catalogue: link in bio Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema -- Đặng Nhật Minh is one of Vietnam's foremost film directors and a screenwriter. His works are poetic, dense with political arguments and regularly subject to controversy & censorship within the nation. A heartfelt thanks to Vietnam Film Institute for support. #VietnameseCinema #HanoiThe Winter1946 #ĐặngNhậtMinh

SAIGON ELECTRIC | SÀI GÒN YO! Hip-hop community in Saigon fighting for their place "Mai is a traditional ribbon dancer from the countryside and arrives to the big city of Saigon in hopes of being admitted to the national dance academy. Here, she meets the rebellious Kim, a hip hop dancer from a local crew, and enters into a world of newly defined moves, aspirations and battles." (Asian Film Festival Berlin 2011) 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles 🎟️ Ticket and festival catalogue in bio Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema -- Stephane Gauger (1969 - 2018) was born in Saigon to a Vietnamese mother and German-American father. He was nominated for Breakthrough Director at the Gotham Awards and the John Cassavetes Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. His films and contributions have been recognized within the Vietnamese American filmmaking community for their authentic portrayals and dedication to stories from Vietnam. Credits & Copyright: Chánh Phương Films #VietnameseCinema #SaigonElectric #SàiGònYo! #StephaneGauger #berlinkino

THE LAST HOPE | HY VỌNG CUỐI CÙNG "A middle-class couple: the husband is a recently-promoted factory director, and the wife is a journalist. When she found out that the factory is investigated, she is torn between love and integrity."(Aldo Garcia) 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles 🎟️ Tickets & festival catalogue: Link in bio Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema -- Trần Phương was a Vietnamese film actor and director. He was widely known for his leading role in A Phủ and his Wife, and for directing films such as The Last Hope, The Final Sin, and The White Flower River. In the 1990s, during the rise of Vietnam’s “instant noodle films” (commercial popular cinema), his crime and security-themed films—such as The Turtle Lake Case and Hunting Robbers—achieved significant box office success. A heartfelt thanks to Vietnam Film Institute and Như Trăng Trong Đêm team (TPD Film Centre) for support and rediscovering the film. #VietnameseCinema #HyVọngCuốiCùng #TheLastHope #berlin #kino

THE SURVIVOR OF THE LAUGHING FOREST | NGƯỜI SÓT LẠI CỦA RỪNG CƯỜI On the female experience in wartime Vietnam  "The war deprives the women of their lives, their happiness, and romantic love, while changing them into grotesque and ghostly individuals." (Quan Manh Ha) Also known as "Remainder of the Laughing Forest" or "Out of the Laughing Woods" (translated by Quan Manh Ha, Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath), the film is adapted from a novel of the same name by Võ Thị Hảo. 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles 🎟️ Tickets & full catalogue: link in bio Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema -- Trần Phương was a Vietnamese film actor and director. He was widely known for his leading role in A Phủ and his Wife, and for directing films such as The Last Hope, The Final Sin, and The White Flower River. In the 1990s, during the rise of Vietnam’s “instant noodle films” (commercial popular cinema), his crime and security-themed films—such as The Turtle Lake Case and Hunting Robbers—achieved significant box office success. Tất Bình is an actor, director, and producer. He directed the films Trăng Trên Đất Khách (Moon in a Foreign Land, 1998), Cái Tát Sau Cánh Gà (A Slap Behind the Scenes, 2002), Cuốn Sổ Ghi Đời (The Life Ledger, 1994), Những Người Sống Bên Tôi (The People Around Me, 1996), and Đồng Quê Xào Xạc (Rustling Countryside, 1999). A heartfelt thanks to Vietnam Film Institute for support. Credit & Copyright: Vietnam Film Institute, DayDreamer Catalogue design: Cẩm Ngân @livindespiteitall #VietnameseCinema #NgườiSótLạiCủaRừngCười #TheSurvivorOfTheLaughingForest #berlincinema #filmfestival

THE GIRL ON THE RIVER | CÔ GÁI TRÊN SÔNG "The film follows a prostitute who saved a revolutionary soldier during the war. Created amidst the wave of expression opened by the Reformation policy of 1986, it depicts the betrayal and human dignity of the post-war era, questioning systemic contradictions during the socialist reform. Alongside beautiful cinematography, it engraves the loneliness of an individual tossed about by the turbulent history." (takumimous) 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles 🎟️ Tickets & Festival catalogue in bio Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema --- Đặng Nhật Minh is one of Vietnam's foremost film directors and a screenwriter. His works are poetic, dense with political arguments and regularly subject to controversy & censorship within the nation. Usually focusing on a woman whose perspective is marginalized within her world, his stories closely trace Vietnamese historical struggles through the Sino-Vietnamese War ("The Town Within Reach," 1983), the post-war period ("When The Tenth Month Comes," 1984; "The Girl on the River," 1987), the Đổi Mới economic reforms ("The Return," 1994), and post-independence Vietnam ("The Guava Season," 2000). Except for "Miss Nhung," "Don't Burn," and "Hanoi: Winter of 1946," there is often one unifying theme that runs through most of his films: Betrayal. Catalogue design: Cẩm Ngân @livindespiteitall #VietnameseCinema #TheGirlOnTheRiver #CôGáiTrênSông #berlinfestival #indiekino

MONEY, MONEY! | TIỀN ƠI! A comedy film of post-Reformation Vietnam "Returning to Vietnam after studying abroad, a doctorate in atomic force gets into an unimaginable reality. He is tricked into losing money, while his father and brother buy liquidated bombs to earn money." 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles 🎟️ Link to tickets & catalogue in bio Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema -- Trần Vũ directed Vợ Chồng Anh Lực (Lực and His Wife) (1973), Đến Hẹn Lại Lên (Time and Again) (1974), Chuyến Xe Bão Táp (The Unquiet Ride) (1977), Những Người Đã Gặp (Those We’ve Met) (1979), Anh Và Em (The Brothers) (1987), amongst others. His debut feature Con Chim Vành Khuyên (The Passerine Bird) (1962, co-directed with Nguyễn Văn Thông) became the first Vietnamese feature to win an international award, with the Special Prize for short-length features at the Karlovy Vary film festival (Czechoslovakia). Nguyễn Hữu Luyện received three Silver Lotus at various editions of the Vietnam Film Festival. Since 1978, he worked at the Vietnam Feature Film Studio as a director and a screenwriter. Some of his works include: Duyên Nợ (Love Ties) (1987), Lạc Cầm (1994), Mùa Hoa Cúc Quỳ (The Season of the Wild Sunflowers) (1996), Tứ Tử Trình Làng (The Four Sons) (1998), Tiếng Xưa (Echoes of the Past) (1999), amongst others. Special thanks to Vietnam Film Institute, Như Trăng Trong Đêm team (TPD Film Center), and Bùi Tuấn Anh, Nguyễn Thị Thu Phương, Nguyễn Thị Hải Yến for rediscovering the film Catalogue design: Cẩm Ngân (@livindespiteitall ) #VietnameseCinema #TiềnƠi! #MoneyMoney! #indiefilm #indiecinema

IN CHASE OF THE WINDY DEVIL GANG | TRUY LÙNG BĂNG QUỶ GIÓ "A young policeman is determined to trace down the elusive Windy Devil Gang that has been wrecking terror and fear across the city. As the chase seems to know no bounds, the possibilities of discovery dissolve into infinity." 🪅 Content note: Violence, Nudity, Coarse language 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles 🎟️ Ticket link in bio Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema -- Tự Huy is an actor and director at the Hanoi Feature Film Studio (now the Vietnam Feature Film Studio). He appeared in famous films such as Chung một dòng sông (On the Same River), Chị Tư Hậu (Sister Tư Hậu), and Chom và Sa. A heartfelt thanks to Vietnam Film Institute, Như Trăng Trong Đêm team (TPD Film Center), and All About Movies for rediscovering the film and the generous support. Catalogue design: Cẩm Ngân #VietnameseCinema #TựHuy #InChaseOfTheWindyDevilGang #TruyLùngBăngQuỷGió #babylonberlin

A GLORIOUS TIME IN MÊ THẢO HAMLET | MÊ THẢO THỜI VANG BÓNG "Early 20th century, North Vietnam. Lord Nguyen, a westernised nobleman and landowner, plans to get married, but his fiance passed away in a car accident. Grief-stricken, Nguyen turns his back on everything modern." 🪅 Content note: Grief, Trauma, Sexual content 🎏 Vietnamese with English subtitles 🎟️ Ticket link in bio 21.5, 22:30 25.5 21:45 26.5, 17:15 30.5, 21:45 Program VIETNAM: HERE & THERE (18 - 31.5.2026) at Babylon Cinema -- Việt Linh is a renowned Vietnamese film director and screenwriter known for sensitive, realistic films often based on literature. Educated at VGIK in the Soviet Union, she created acclaimed features like Gánh xiếc rong (1988), Nơi bình yên chim hót (1986), Phiên tòa cần chánh án (1987), Dấu ấn của quỷ (The Devil's Mark, 1992), Chung cư (The Building/The Tenement House, 1999). #VietnameseCinema #AGloriousTimeInMeThaoHamlet #ViệtLinh #MêThảoThờiVangBóng #vietnam