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Finest Artists 2024: Hà Lệ Diễm

Posted on 04/05/2024

Hà Lệ Diễm

Year of birth: 1991

Field: Film

About the artist: Hà Lệ Diễm is a documentary filmmaker of Tay ethnicity. She completed her undergraduate degree at the Faculty of Journalism & Communications, University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Hanoi, then pursued her study in documentary filmmaking at TPD Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents. Hà Lệ Diễm made “Children of the Mist” on her own over the course of four years in Ha Giang Province, documenting the coming-of-age journey and conflicts of her protagonists in their transition from children to adults amid their Hmong beliefs and customs. The documentary has been invited to around 150 events and garnered 36 awards across the world, notably the shortlist of 15 films for Best Documentary Feature at the 95th Oscars, the Best Directing Award at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in November 2021 as well as the IDFA Award for Best First Feature – Special Mention.

Remarkable activities/projects in 2023 – 2024: In 2023, the film was screened in Vietnam with 36,000 tickets sold. In August 2023, she was invited to be a guest speaker at EBS International Documentary Festival 2023 Docu-Talk – Through the Eyes of Women: Telling the Stories of Women’s Lives hosted by the Educational Broadcasting System of South Korea.

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Scenes cut from the documentary “Children of the Mist”

HANOI GRAPEVINE’s FINEST is an annual event that honors contemporary art projects in Vietnam. The event is organized and nominated by Hanoi Grapevine and the general audience.

The event aims to honor individuals, organizations, creative art projects & activities as well as artists who are 35 or younger who have made impacts on the community in order to encourage the development of local creative arts, to promote greater communication and to further spread the influence of art and culture in the community.

In an effort to give the most comprehensive and objective view, HANOI GRAPEVINE’s FINEST always offers different formats in each edition. This year, Hanoi Grapevine’s Finest 2024 is divided into two major categories: Honouring and Recognition.