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Ngọc Duy Lê
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Born in Da Nang, Lê Ngọc Duy is a filmmaker exploring the politics of memory, history, queer expression, and Central Vietnamese heritage. Using narrative, essay film, reenactment, and archival materials from his family and hometown, his recent works interrogate the influence of official narratives in shaping collective memory and the dominant influence of larger systems on the construction of history.
Duy’s first short, "The House That Stays," has screened at Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, ZINEBI, Kaohsiung, Uppsala, and Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, among others. In 2024, he received a production grant from the 5th CJ Short Filmmaking Project in Vietnam.
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Born in Da Nang, Lê Ngọc Duy is a filmmaker exploring the politics of memory, history, queer expression, and Central Vietnamese heritage. Using narrative, essay film, reenactment, and archival materials from his family and hometown, his recent works interrogate the influence of official narratives in shaping collective memory and the dominant influence of larger systems on the construction of history. Duy’s first short, "The House That Stays," has screened at Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, ZINEBI, Kaohsiung, Uppsala, and Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, among others. In 2024, he received a production grant from the 5th CJ Short Filmmaking Project in Vietnam. As a member of A Sông Art Collective, Duy organizes and co-curates Cinema of the Peasants (Cinema CNN), a grassroots project promoting local independent cinema.
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