Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories by Phan Dang Di
2015
  • 3 Continents Film Festivals 2015 – Youth Jury Award
  • Berlin International Film Festival 2015
  • Film Festival of Sarlat 2015

Saïgon, early 2000’s. Vu is a photography apprentice, Thang lives of small traffic and Van dreams to become a dancer. Reunited by the tumult of the city, they will have to face the reality of a country in full mutation.

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  • Van : Do Thi Hai Yen
  • Vu : Le Cong Hoang
  • Thang : Truong The Vinh
  • Mr. Sau (the father) : Nguyen Ha Phong
  • Tung (the singer) : Mai Quoc Viet
  • Cuong (the factory worker) : Truong Van Hoang
  • Melle Phung : Kieu Trinh
  • Huong (the young woman) : Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc
  • Mai : Thanh Tu

  • Director : Phan Dang Di
  • Screenwritter : Phan Dang Di
  • Photography : Nguyen K’Linh
  • Art Direction : Nguyen Dinh Phong
  • Editing : Julie Béziau
  • Sound : Ngo Quoc Kien / Franck Desmoulins
  • Make-up : Lilian Tran / Ton Nu Diem Trinh
  • Costumes : Huynh My Ngoc
  • Choreographies : Nguyen Ngoc Anh
  • Assistant director : Xinh Xan Tina
  • Production Director : Huynh Long Hai
  • Production : DNY VIET NAM PRODUCTIONS / ACROBATES FILMS
  • Co-production : BUSSE & HALBERSCHMIDT FILMPRODUKTION / VOLYA FILMS
  • Producers : Tran Thi Bich Ngoc / Claire-Agnès Lajoumard
  • Associate producers : Calvin T.Lam / Do Thi Hai Yen / Le Hang Lizeroux Nguyen
  • International sales : UDI
  • Distribution : Memento Films Distribution

Phan Dang Di’s films have been screened at festivals globally, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Hong-Kong, Moscow, Stockholm, Vancouver, and Busan… He won the ACID and SACD prizes at Cannes for his first film, “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid!”. His second film, “Big Father, Small Father, and Other Stories” was selected for the Golden Bear prize of Berlin. He is also a professor of Cinema History and screenwriting. He is also a professor of Cinema History and screenwriting. Furthermore, he is the founder and president of Autumn Meeting, which meets every year with the new generation of Vietnamese and Asian filmmakers.

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