Trương Minh Quý

Trương Minh Quý, 1990, was born in Buon Ma Thuot, a small city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. In 2010 he quit Ho Chi Minh City College of Cinema and Theatre to follow independent filmmaking. Quý lives and works here and there in the vibrancy of memories and present moments, his narratives and images, lying between documentary and fiction, personal and impersonal, draw on the landscape of his homeland, childhood memories, and the historical context of Vietnam. His films have been selected for international film festivals and international exhibitions such as Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Rotterdam, Busan, VideoBrasil, Les Rencontres Internationales Paris&Berlin. He is the alumnus of 2012 AFA (Asian Film Academy, Busan International Film Festival) and 2016 Berlinale Talents (Berlin International Film Festival). His latest film The Tree House, a collaboration with Chinese producer Guo Xiao-Dong, is the only Asian project supported by Berlinale World Cinema Fund in 2017, was premiered in Cineasti del Presente of 72th Locarno Film Festival, selected in international competition of Nantes 3 Continents Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival and Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, as well as showcased in New York Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam.