Old Vines 2024-2025: Saigon Experimental
SAIGON EXPERIMENTAL
About project: Saigon Experimental is a HCMC-based initiative launched in 2019, with the aim of creating a platform dedicated to showcasing and discussing experimental short films. Initiated by two emerging artists and filmmakers, the project has since expanded to a larger, dynamic team, connecting both local and international filmmakers through its annual film screening events.
Each year, the festival presents a selection of short films – all experimental whether in narration, editing, or visual content – carefully chosen from an international pool of online submissions.
After 05 editions, Saigon Experimental has showcased over 100 works from various countries. In 2024, the 5th edition of Saigon Experimental introduced 25 short films from 14 countries, which were screened in person in HCMC.
In the same year, Saigon Experimental continued to expand its international network through screenings and exhibitions in Hong Kong, Indonesia, the UK, and many other cities in Vietnam, including Da Nang and Hoi An.
Art form: Cinema
Duration: 2019 – current
Organizer: Group of artists Heidi E Cooper, Phạm Nguyễn Anh Tú, Mary Lou David, Nathan Collis, Vân Đỗ
Activities: Film screenings
Abigail Smith – thread (USA 2022)
Photo: Saigon Experimental
Bruno Moreno & Renato Sircilli – Cinema for the Dead (Brazil 2023)
Photo: Saigon Experimental
Gloria Chung – The Photoplay Obeys the Laws of the Mind (USA 2020)
Photo: Saigon Experimental
Francesco Montagner – Asterión (Czech Republic 2022)
Photo: Saigon Experimental
Philip Ullman – What Dying Feels Like (Netherlands 2021)
Photo: Saigon Experimental
Yuri Muraoka – Transparent, I am. (Japan 2020)
Photo: Saigon Experimental
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.
Entering its 6th year, Hanoi Grapevine’s Finest aims to go beyond an annual honouring event to become a contemporary archive of Vietnam’s art and cultural landscape, as well as a foundational platform to promote interdisciplinary collaborations both domestically and internationally, towards an open, fair, and transparent ecosystem.
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