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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.
Her latest short film Saigon Kiss, a co-production between Vietnam, Germany, and Australia, was supported by the Asia-Europe Foundation and the Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City. It premiered at the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival and screened in the international competition at the 46th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, where it received a Special Mention by the Queer Jury. The film earned further recognition with the Jury Award Prize at Chéries-Chéris in Paris and a Special Mention Award at the New Orleans International Film Festival. It also screened at prominent festivals such as BFI Flare, Palm Springs ShortFest, and Interfilm Berlin.
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.
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.