TRAN Phuong Thao

TRAN Phuong Thao (b. 1977 in Hanoi, Vietnam) moved to France in 2000 to complete her dream of being a documentary filmmaker. After graduated in Political Science in Paris, she studied documentary film technics and writing in Poitiers University. Back to Vietnam, she directed « Workers Dream » which attended many international festivals and was awarded at Cinéma du Réel 2007 (P. Perrault Award).
Since 2011, she directed several documentary films in collaboration with Swann Dubus including « With or without me » (White Goose Award – DMZ Docs 2012) and « Finding Phong » (Grand Prix Nanook – Jean Rouch IFF 2016, Paris).