On Sofa #7: Screening & Q&A with Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang and Linh-Dan Pham
07:30 PM – 09:30 PM, Thurs 23 July 2026
HAS Library
T2.4, 2nd Floor, Complex 01
Alley 167 Tây Sơn, Hanoi
Films with English subtitles. The post-screening conversation will be conducted in Vietnamese
Registration link (Limited to 20 participants)
From the organizer:
On Sofa #7 invites art lovers to gather on the sofa for an evening of cinema. The programme features two short films by director Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang – An Interrogation and Visiting Heaven Gate – alongside Accidents & Emergencies (Nos Urgences), the debut short film by director Linh-Dan Pham. The screenings will be followed by an online Q&A with both directors.
About the films:
Accidents & Emergencies (Nos Urgences)
A short film by Linh-Dan Pham
2023, 14’
Thu, her brother Christophe and Sophie, his fiancée, meet in the emergency room. Bà, their grandmother, has had a fall. As they wait for a diagnosis, tensions rise between the family members, each questioning their role, their involvement and the bond that unites them.
An Interrogation
A short film by Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang
2011, 15’
A young Vietnamese woman faces an immigration interview to obtain residency in France. As she recounts the story of her marriage, the line between truth and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.
Visiting Heaven Gate
A short film by Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang
2024, 16’20’
After her father’s passing, a daughter and her mother visit a mountain peak, where the mother seeks reunion with her husband. The daughter, grappling with vulnerability, exploring her own abyss. Together, they look for healing and understanding.
About the directors
Linh-Dan Pham
Linh-Dan Pham made her film debut in Régis Wargnier’s Indochine, playing Camille, the adopted daughter of the character portrayed by Catherine Deneuve. The role got her a nomination for the Cesar Award for Most Promising Actress.
After this extraordinary start, she disappeared from the screen for ten years to focus on her studies. She then moved to New York, where she trained in the Actors Studio method at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.
Upon returning to France, she resumed her acting career, appearing in Frédéric Balekdjian’s Les Mauvais Joueurs and then Jacques Audiard’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped. For the latter, in which she starred opposite Romain Duris, she won the Cesar Award for Most Promising Actress—thirteen years after her first nomination for the same award.
She later reunited with Régis Wargnier for Have Mercy on Us All (Pars vite et reviens tard), and appeared in films such as Dante 01, Sunny Spells (Le Bruit des gens autour), and All That Glitters (Tout ce qui brille). She then went on to star in productions including James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin, Jaco Van Dormael’s Mr. Nobody, Maïwenn’s The Actresses’ Ball (Le Bal des actrices), Abdel Raouf Dafri’s Qu’un Sang Impur, and Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou (presented at the Cannes and Deauville Film Festivals).
In parallel, Linh-Dan has appeared in numerous television series such as Pigalle, la nuit (Canal Plus), Mytho (Netflix/Arte) , Or de Lui (France TV), and Last Days of the Space Age (Disney+).
In 2023, Linh-Dan stepped behind the camera to direct her first short film, Nos Urgences, which was presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
Latest Projects:
– Les Tourmentés (Haunted Minds) by Lucas Belvaux –
Release date in France: September 2025
Role: Madame
Co-starring with Niels Schneider, Ramzy Bedia, and Déborah François
– Kaamelott – Part II (Part 1) by Alexandre Astier –
Release date in France: October 2025
Role: Vareznota, the Snow Witch
Co-starring with Alexandre Astier, Alain Chabat, Audrey Fleurot, Clovis Cornillac, Christian Clavier, Guillaume Gallienne, Virginie Ledoyen, and others
Award: 2006 – César Award for Most Promising Actress for The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s’est arrêté)
Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang
Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang is a Vietnamese filmmaker working between Prague and Hanoi. She studied political science in Hanoi before training in filmmaking in Paris. Her work is shaped by living between places and by an interest in how larger social changes leave traces in intimate lives. She often returns to stories of migration, family memory, intergenerational distance, and the complex search for belonging.
Trang co-wrote the feature Cu Li Never Cries (directed by Phạm Ngọc Lân), which won the GWFF Best First Feature Award at the 2024 Berlinale, and she also served as the film’s producer and production designer. She recently returned to directing with the short film Visiting Heaven Gate, selected for the Czech Film Center’s Czech Short Films 2026 collection.
Note:
– This is a non-profit event. We encourage attendees to support the artist with a small contribution (from 80,000 VND) as a gesture of appreciation. All proceeds will be given directly to the artist after the event.
– Doors will close at the scheduled start time (including for those who have registered). Please arrive on time to choose your seat.
– The event will be documented through photography and audio recording for archival, research, and communication purposes by the artist and Heritage Art Space. By attending, you consent to the use of this material.
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