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Director DOP Editor Production sound mixer Hien Nguyen

Hien Nguyen develops films collaboratively, working across traditional production roles. The German filmmaker is part of an emerging film team in which she takes on directing, cinematography, and editing. Her work focuses on documentaries and short films, often conceived and realised collectively.

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13 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Kurzfilm

Feeling different—or feeling that she does not belong—is nothing new to Yen Nguyen: be whiter, have more German friends. From her new life in Oslo, 900 kilometres from her family, she journeys back to her roots, confronting questions of self-acceptance, identity and family.

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Alles gehört zu dir

Motherland

4 Min., Kurzfilm , Music

MOTHERLAND returns to the persistent question of belonging between two cultures, as artist ANOTHER NGUYEN searches for reconciliation with herself and her roots.

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Motherland

Zuhause ist dort, wo die Sternfrüchte sauer sind

24 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Kurzfilm

Filmmaker Huy Nguyen chronicles a transcontinental relationship with his grandparents, shaped by intimacy and distance. Speaking with them for the first time about a family taboo—love and emotional connection—he embarks on a personal journey that brings the intergenerational tensions within his family to the surface.

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Zuhause ist dort, wo die Sternfrüchte sauer sind

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