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Marg1n Issue 2: TRACES
TRACES, Marg1n Zine, which Chi contributed a piece of writing to, is soon to be published.
CineLAB, UAB, Think City Screening
Taking place at the historic UAB Building, this inaugural edition is co-curated by Amanda Ariawan and Ivan Gabriel, and spotlights three thoughtfully selected films by directors from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Through a mix of performative video, short film, and documentary, CineLAB presents compelling and intimate stories that reflect the cultural and emotional landscapes of Southeast Asia.
The screening features Storyboard Suli (2023) by Anggun Priambodo from Indonesia, 十年树木，百年树人 (2015) by Malaysian artist Okui Lala and August Letters (2021) by Mai Huyền Chi (Chi Mai) and Xuân-Hạ from Vietnam. Together, these works explore themes of identity, gender, and environmental change through poetic, humorous, and experimental storytelling. Eschewing idealised portrayals, the video works offer nuanced reflections on the personal and collective forces that shape Southeast Asian life, opening space for deeper connection through these moving images.
The screening features Storyboard Suli (2023) by Anggun Priambodo from Indonesia, 十年树木，百年树人 (2015) by Malaysian artist Okui Lala and August Letters (2021) by Mai Huyền Chi (Chi Mai) and Xuân-Hạ from Vietnam. Together, these works explore themes of identity, gender, and environmental change through poetic, humorous, and experimental storytelling. Eschewing idealised portrayals, the video works offer nuanced reflections on the personal and collective forces that shape Southeast Asian life, opening space for deeper connection through these moving images.
Write & Eat Podcast | Can I Just Be A Scriptwriter
Mai Huyền Chi joins Singaporean filmmaker/ podcaster Kyle Ong and TV writer-director Lydia Shah in this panel discussion on what it means to make a living as a scriptwriter in the Mekong region. Hosted by Write & Eat, the conversation dives into creative survival, cross-disciplinary work, and why “just writing” might never be enough.
On Forgetting | A Book Project
A hybrid publication on memory, erasure, and the legacy of the Vietnam War.
Talents Tokyo 2024: Hear from the Award Winners
'50 Years of Forgetting' Screening & Q&A at Old Compass Cafe 30.05.2025
"What's the point of remembering? Who's there to blame? Who's there to hate?" - asks the documentary and its women filmmakers.
Chi Mai - is a Vietnamese writer and director. This film traces the life and death of her grandfather, a war hero. Through intimate encounters and lingering silences, the film explores what is lost when a country forgets — and what remains. It asks: What does it mean to remember a war you never lived, but inherited?
Join us for a special Saigon evening - 7.30PM FRIDAY MAY 30th, 2025.
Ticket registration at this link: https://lnkd.in/g4qBdw6G
Chi Mai - is a Vietnamese writer and director. This film traces the life and death of her grandfather, a war hero. Through intimate encounters and lingering silences, the film explores what is lost when a country forgets — and what remains. It asks: What does it mean to remember a war you never lived, but inherited?
Join us for a special Saigon evening - 7.30PM FRIDAY MAY 30th, 2025.
Ticket registration at this link: https://lnkd.in/g4qBdw6G
"The River Runs Still" Trailer Is Here
"50 Years of Forgetting" Screening and Q&A @SOMAN, 10.05.2025
"What does it mean to remember a war you never lived, but inherited?"
'50 Years of Forgetting' follows filmmaker Mai Huyền Chi as she retraces the life of her grandfather — a war hero — only to confront the deeper silence and grief that war leaves behind.
Filmed across all three regions of Vietnam, the documentary offers an intimate look at memory, loss, and the quiet weight of history.
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Join us for a one-night screening at SOMA Saigon
Followed by a Q&A with the director & producer
10 May 2025, at 6:30 PM
Limited seating
Entry:
Pay what you can with a minimum fee of 50,000 VND per ticket
Free for students — students must show ID upon entry
Limited seating
RSVP: https://forms.gle/Y1PneFAosyVhvYCZ7
'50 Years of Forgetting' follows filmmaker Mai Huyền Chi as she retraces the life of her grandfather — a war hero — only to confront the deeper silence and grief that war leaves behind.
Filmed across all three regions of Vietnam, the documentary offers an intimate look at memory, loss, and the quiet weight of history.
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Join us for a one-night screening at SOMA Saigon
Followed by a Q&A with the director & producer
10 May 2025, at 6:30 PM
Limited seating
Entry:
Pay what you can with a minimum fee of 50,000 VND per ticket
Free for students — students must show ID upon entry
Limited seating
RSVP: https://forms.gle/Y1PneFAosyVhvYCZ7
CNN#5: Echos from Forgotten Horizons | Catalogue Is Out
CNN#5 Catalogue is out. You can download our previous catalogues here as well.
On Reciprocity Group Residency
On Reciprocity is a collaborative inquiry into how we might reimagine relationships—between humans, non-humans, and the more-than-human world—through practices of care, imagination, and deep listening. Initiated through a cross-cultural workshop and residency, it brought together artists, designers, healers, and community organizers from over 14 countries to collectively explore what it means to be in reciprocal relation. Across rituals, improvisations, storytelling, and embodied practices, the group created a safe, liminal space—where presence, vulnerability, and emergence could unfold. Rooted in ancestral knowledge and somatic intelligence, On Reciprocity offers not answers, but questions: How can we hold space for both grief and joy? What can disaster teach us about care? And how do we co-create healing beyond the human? This is not a conclusion, but a beginning—an invitation to listen, remember, and imagine otherwise.
The River Knows Our Names won Tokyo Talents Award 2024
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