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Hồng Anh Nguyễn is a queer German-Vietnamese writer, director, and editor currently based in Frankfurt am Main and Ho Chi Minh City. Her work focuses on exploring the tension, tenderness and intimacy inherent in encounters between people, often strangers.
Recently, Hồng Anh directed documentaries for EST Eastern Standard Times, highlighting the voices of modern Vietnamese women.
Her work includes GAP | GẶP, a queer digital dance duet commissioned by the British Council Vietnam, and her first poetry publication, [khát], funded by the Goethe Institute.
Her last short film, Amber Blue, premiered at the Scottish Queer International Film Festival and screened at the Berlin Feminist Film Week and Cineffable Paris.
Hồng Anh is a recipient of the STEP writers' stipend from Hessen Film & Media and is a fellow of the Kyoto Filmmakers Lab 2022. She holds a BA (hons) in Theatre and Film from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh.