Phuong Thao Nguyen

I am an artist and filmmaker living and working in France and Germany. My works follow the trails of people, objects, and practices through borders and cultural landscapes — hitherto forming a series of portraits situating each one in the current of history.

CIRCA: HOW IS YOUR PROJECT TIED TO THE THEME OF ‘HOPE‘?
The film is comprised of three successive shots filmed in an isolated village in the mountains, where people speak their own language. The camera is placed from afar, shameful of its flaws: an enamoured but voyeuristic visitor. The scene is breathtaking and atypical for anyone but the locals. The camera observes a small group of tourists leaving the village, disrupting