An uncommonly strong debut from the Vietnamese director Pham Thien An asks existential questions without answers. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...
The experience of Vietnamese writer-director Thien An Pham‘s quietly astounding Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, winner of the Caméra d'Or for best first feature at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, is ...
Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An's debut, "Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell," has captivated audiences since its Cannes premiere. As he tells IndieWire, nothing about its creation and reception has ...
Thien An Pham’s debut feature follows a prodigal son’s search for both his missing brother and something worth living for. An intimate three-hour epic of deliberate pacing, Vietnamese writer-director ...
Thien An Pham's supremely accomplished first feature may seem narratively slender for its three-hour runtime, but its layered abundance of sensory detail casts an unshakable spell. Fully delivering on ...
“The sudden death of his sister-in-law brings unexpected responsibilities to Thien (Le Phong Vu), who is reluctantly tasked with bringing his five-year-old nephew Dao to their countryside hometown. On ...
A film made with Singapore participation has won the Camera d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell, a drama by Vietnamese film-maker Pham Thien An, won the award that ...