Carol Nguyen

Online cinema

No Crying at the Dinner Table
- Documentaire
- 15 min
- anglais, vietnamien, sous-titres anglais
- 2019
Every Grain of Rice
- Documentaire
- 6 min
- anglais, vietnamien, sous-titres anglais
- 2017
Façade
- Expérimental
- 10 min
- anglais
- 2016
This Home Is Not Empty
- Expérimental
- 3 min
- anglais
- 2015

Filmography

Nanitic
- Fiction
- Drame
- 14 min
- anglais, vietnamien, sous-titres anglais
- 2022
na-nit-ic / adjectif : La première couvée de fourmis ouvrières produit par une reine qui n’utilise que les réserves nutritives de son corps. Les nanitiques assument le destin initial de… Main theme: Enfant-famille, Secondary theme(s): Société.

Diffusion : Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) - Canada
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) - Canada
Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) - Canada
Berlin International Film Festival - Generation Kplus Official Selection - Allemagne
No Crying at the Dinner Table
- Documentaire
- 15 min
- anglais, vietnamien, sous-titres anglais
- 2019
Une collection de secrets de famille, de confessions et de confrontations. La réalisatrice Carol Nguyen interroge sa propre famille pour dresser un portrait émotionnellement complexe et méticuleusement composé des traumatismes,… Main theme: Enfant-famille, Secondary theme(s): Enfant-famille.

Prix : Prix Video Co-op & Meilleur Film Étudiant, Rendez-Vous Cinéma Québécois (RVQC) - Canada
Prix Relève Québécoise - Documentaire, Festival Filministes - Canada
Mention Spéciale, La soirée de la relève, Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) - Canada
Change Connect Award, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival - Canada
Best Documentary Nomination, Canadian Screen Award
Best Student Documentary Film, Indy Shorts - États-Unis
Short Documentary Jury Award, SXSW Film Festival - États-Unis
Best International Short Documentary, Galway Film Fleadh - Irlande
Diffusion : *80+ Selections | 15+ Awards*
Festival Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) - Canada
Rendez-Vous Cinéma Québécois (RVQC) - Canada
Festival Filministes - Canada
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) - Canada
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) - Canada
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival - Canada
Vancouver International Film Festival - Canada
Off-Courts Trouville - France
DOC NYC - États-Unis
Indy Shorts - États-Unis
SXSW Film Festival - États-Unis
Palm Springs Shorts Fest - États-Unis
Rincon International Film Festival - Puerto Rico
Galway Film Fleadh - Irlande
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - Pays Bas
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival - Ukraine
Busan International Short Film Festival - Corée du sud
It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival - Brésil
Tundra
- Fiction, Expérimental
- Drame
- 11 min
- anglais, vietnamien, sous-titres anglais
- 2018
Une mère rêve et hallucine, essayant de faire face à la perte de sa fille. Main theme: Enfant-famille,

Prix : DGC Women in Film and Television Award, Reel Asian Film Festival
Best Narrative Film, Josiah Media Festival
Best Actor, Insomniac Film Festival
Diffusion : Nuit Blanche Montreal
Hamilton Youth Film Festival
CBC Short Film Face Off
Indy Shorts Film Festival
Reel Asian Film Festival
Josiah Media Festival
Altan Khalis Independent Film Festival - Special Presentation
Insomniac Film Festival
Concordia Film Festival
Youth Lens Film Festival
Seattle Asian American Film Festival
CineYouth Film Festival
Visions Film Festival
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Houston Asian American & Pacific Islander Film Festival
Film Festival
National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Every Grain of Rice
- Documentaire
- 6 min
- anglais, vietnamien, sous-titres anglais
- 2017
On dit qu’il suffit de trois générations pour qu’une culture s’assimile. Que se passe-t-il ensuite? Main theme: Art et culture, Secondary theme(s): Société.
Façade
- Expérimental
- 10 min
- anglais
- 2016
Quatre personnes découvrent que le principal élément qui les unit est aussi la raison de leur isolement. Main theme: Société,

Prix : Best Experimental Film, Scout Film Festival
Best Experimental Film, Altan Khalis Independent Film Festival
Best High School Film, Breckenridge Film Festival
Best Student Film, Flagship City International Film Festival
Audience Choice for Best Film, Insomniac Film Festival
AfterTHOUGHT Award, Grenada Afterglow Film Festival
Diffusion : Scout Film Festival
Altan Khalis Independent Film Festival
Breckenridge Film Festival
Flagship City International Film Festival
Insomniac Film Festival
Grenada Afterglow Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Young Independent People Seattle Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Highway 61 Film Festival
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
Toronto New Wave
National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Altan Khalis Independent Film Festival
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
CineYouth Film Festival
VideoDrunk Film Festival
This Home Is Not Empty
- Expérimental
- 3 min
- anglais
- 2015
Un film personnel qui s’interroge sur les “mensonges que vous vous racontez” à travers une lentille métaphorique. Main theme: Art et culture,

Prix : Grand Prize High School Competition Winner, Heartland Film Festival
Best Non-Fiction Short, Golden Reel International Underground Film Festival
Gold Medal & Best in Grade, Scholastics Art and Writing Awards
Best Experimental Film, South Bay Student Video Festival
Best Experimental Film, Scout Film Festival
New Talent Award, National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Emerging Youth Artist, Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
Best Experimental Film, Scout Film Festival
Best Short Film (Animasion Award), Reel Asian Film Festival
Best Non-Fiction, Big Screen Student Film Festival
Diffusion : Heartland Film Festival
Golden Reel International Underground Film Festival
Scholastics Art and Writing Awards
South Bay Student Video Festival
Scout Film Festival
National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
Scout Film Festival
Reel Asian Film Festival
Big Screen Student Film Festival
Mosaic World Film Festival
Fantastic Fest
Toronto After Dark
Vancouver International Film Festival
POW Fest (POW Girls)
Cucalorus Film Festival
Citizen Jane Film Festival
Insomniac Film Festival
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Festival de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada
Barrie Film Festival

BIOGRAPHY

Carol Nguyen is a Vietnamese Canadian filmmaker, born and raised in Toronto, now based in Montreal. Her films often explore the subjects of cultural identity, silence and memory. Her newest film Nanitic (2022) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was selected for Berlinale Generation Kplus 2023. Her previous film No Crying at the Dinner Table (2019) also screened at TIFF alongside IDFA, where she was additionally invited as the Opening Night speaker. In 2020, No Crying at the Dinner Table received the Jury Prize for Short Documentary at South by Southwest (SXSW). Carol is a 2018 Sundance Ignite fellow and a TIFF Share Her Journey ambassador. Recently, her project The Visitors was selected for the IDFA Project Space 2022, a development lab for first- or second-time directors. Today, Carol is writing and directing several projects, including two feature films as well as an animated short.

WEB SITE
carolnguyenfilms.com