Phạm Ngọc Lân
Pham Ngoc Lan is a Vietnamese artist whose work focuses on the direct, poetic and whimsical aspects of human life. Lan has made 3 shorts: The Story of Ones (2011, Visions du Reel), and two Berlinale Shorts Competition Another City (2016) & Blessed Land (2019). Lan is developing his first feature Cu Li Never Cries (Cannes L’Atelier, Busan APM, SEAFIC x Produire Au Sud & Talents Tokyo).
Another City (2016)
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. (more)
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. (more)
Blessed Land
(2019)
In the dune landscape of a cemetery, or is it golf course? Past and present converge in the search for a grave. (more)
In the dune landscape of a cemetery, or is it golf course? Past and present converge in the search for a grave. (more)
The Story of Ones
(2011)
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 ... (more)
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 ... (more)
The Unseen River
(2020)
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. (more)
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. (more)
Mekong 2030 (2020)
Produced by the Luang Prabang Film Festival, "MEKONG 2030" is a collection of short narrative films that envision the future of the Mekong River from five different national and cultural perspectives. Set in the year 2030, they aim to both entertain and inspire ... (more)
Produced by the Luang Prabang Film Festival, "MEKONG 2030" is a collection of short narrative films that envision the future of the Mekong River from five different national and cultural perspectives. Set in the year 2030, they aim to both entertain and inspire ... (more)
Cu Li Never Cries
A middle-aged Asian woman travels between two different worlds to scatter ash of her Western husband, while her niece’s wedding happens in the middle of tropical jungle and then finally vanishes into a massive fire. (more)
A middle-aged Asian woman travels between two different worlds to scatter ash of her Western husband, while her niece’s wedding happens in the middle of tropical jungle and then finally vanishes into a massive fire. (more)
Sabre Dance upon Monitor
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. (more)
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. (more)