HCMC – Mini DocFest with German Filmmaker Michael Brynntrup

19 and 20 Mar 2016, 6 – 7 pm
Hoa Sen University

From Goethe Institut:

This March, Mini DocFest will bring you a number of experimental documentary films, along with an exciting programme of accompanying discussions.

San Art and Hanoi DocLab have co-selected a number of experimental documentaries by young film makers from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to be shown alongside work by renowned German filmmaker Michael Brynntrup as well as his students at Film Class Braunschweig. The two-day film screening will include discussions with professor Michael Brynntrup (Germany), film maker Truong Minh Quy, and film group mê phim’s co-founder Tran Minh Duc.

PROGRAMME

Saturday, 19 March 2016
6pm – 7pm
Screening of short films by Professor Michael Brynntrup and students of Film Class Braunschweig
7:15pm – 8:30pm
Discussion with Prof. Michael Brynntrup about experimental films

Sunday, 20 March 2016
6pm – 7:15pm
Screening of short films by Vietnamese filmmakers
7:30pm – 9pm
Discussion with Prof. Brynntrup and local independent filmmakers/producers

Films and discussions are in Vietnamese and English.

Register:
Please send an email with the subject line “Mini DocFest – REGISTER” to [email protected]g until 17th March 2016, stating your name, number of tickets required and day(s) you would like to attend (Sat, Sun or Sat + Sun).

PROFILE OF GUEST SPEAKERS

Michael Brynntrup was born in Münster, Germany. Since 1982 he has been based in Berlin. He has made over 70 experimental short films and videos as well as four feature films. In addition to film exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art New York in 1987, 1992 and 1999 he has participated in many international film festivals and received numerous awards. He is professor for Film and Video at Braunschweig University of Art in Germany.

Truong Minh Quy was born in 1990 in Buon Ma Thuot, a city in the central highlands of Vietnam. In 2008 he entered a film directing class at the Cinema and Theatre University in Ho Chi Minh City. After one year he decided to quit school to pursuit his independent filmmaking path. In 2012, he was a fellow of AFA (Asian Film Academy, Busan International Film Festival). In 2016, he attended Berlinale Talents at Berlin International Film Festival. Currently he is working at ZeroStation, an alternative art space in Ho Chi Minh City.

Tran Minh Duc was born and currently lives in HCMC. He studied at the College of Culture and Arts of HCMC. In addition to his work as a visual artist he co-founded ‘mê phim’ – ‘passionate about films’ together with Nguyễn Kim Tố Lan and Sophie Hughes, a film group that organises film screenings with the aim of introducing young filmmakers’ work to HCMC’s film lovers.

Mini DocFest – Saigon version is a co-curated event by Hanoi DocLab and San Art, supported by Goethe-Institut and generously hosted by Art House Saigon of Hoa Sen University.