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Born in a cave and now in her old age, a Rục woman navigates memory and daily life, passing on her disappearing language to her grandchildren.
Trương Minh Quý was born in Buon Ma Thuot, a small city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. His narratives and images, located between documentary and fiction, personal and impersonal, draw on the landscape of his homeland, childhood memories, and the history of Vietnam.
He graduated from Le Fresnoy - National Studio of Contemporary Arts (France) in 2021. His films have been selected for international film festivals and exhibitions such as Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, IFFR, Busan International Film Festival and Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.
Nicolas Graux was born in Binche, a small town in Belgium’s former coal-mining region.His films, blending documentary and fiction, explore sociopolitical realities through immersive research and a poetic, sensitive gaze.
He graduated from IAD (Institut des Arts de Diffusion) and co-founded the production company Replica in 2012.
His debut feature, Century of Smoke (2019), a portrait of a Laotian family struggling with opium addiction, premiered at Visions du Réel and screened at international festivals such as São Paulo, Munich, and Cartagena. Since 2020, he has collaborated across borders and forms with Vietnamese filmmaker Trương Minh Quý.
He is currently developing his first fiction feature.
Hair, Paper, Water…(2025), Porcupine (2023), Century of Smoke (2019), After Dawn (2017), La Colonie plate (2013), Boy with the Devil (2012)