Trương Minh Quý
Still: The Tree HouseTRUONG Minh Quý (Vietnam, 1990) was born in Buon Ma Thuot, a small city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. In his films, he experiments with combining abstract concepts and images with realistic improvisations during shooting. He is an alumnus of the 2012 Asian Film Academy (Busan International Film Festival) and 2016 Berlinale Talents. His films have been selected for international film festivals and exhibitions such as the Locarno International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, IFFR, Busan International Film Festival and Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin. He won the main Art Prize at the 20th VideoBrasil (São Paulo) in 2017. His second feature, The Tree House (2019), premiered at Locarno Film Festival, where it was acclaimed as “one of the festival’s three best premieres” by MUBI and “a singular entrancing ode to memory and filmmaking” by The Film Stage. The film went on to screen at major festivals worldwide.
Filmography
(selection) A Raw Video (2012, short doc), Someone Is Going to Forest (2013, short), Mars in the Well (2014, short, co-dir), Déjà Vu (2014, short), The City of Mirrors (2015, short), How Green Was the Calabash Garden (2016, short doc), The City of Mirrors: A Fictional Biography (2016), The Tree House (2019), Nhím/Porcupine (2023, short)
Trương Minh Quý op IFFR
Viêt and Nam
100'
Vietnam
CM 2021
How Green Was the Calabash Garden
Een oprechte, persoonlijke film die een onverwachte wending neemt als de regisseurbegint te reflecteren op het verhaal van de veteraan.
15'
Vietnam
IFFR 2017
The Tree House
Bespiegelingen van een filmmaker op Mars, voortvloeiend uit de verhalen van een zeer geïsoleerd levend volk in Vietnam.
84'
Singapore
IFFR 2020
Porcupine
Een jonge man zendt performances uit vanuit een stedelijke bouwval: een portret van onze tijd.
13'
België
IFFR 2023