Doan Hong Le
Director | Producer
In 2004, she joined the first Varan Workshop in Hanoi, at a time when direct cinema was still a completely new approach to Vietnamese audiences.
In 2008, she took part in the Master Workshop and directed the documentary “Who owns the land?”, which was screened at several international film festivals and received the Jury Award at the Cameras des Champs Festival in 2010.
In 2010 and 2011, she coordinated two Varan Workshops in Da Nang, introducing the principles of direct cinema to emerging filmmakers in Central Vietnam.
As a filmmaker at Vietnam Television (VTV), she applies the spirit of direct cinema in her work, emphasizing authentic representation of reality in her documentaries.
She is currently a member of Varan Vietnam and continues to make documentary films at VTV8.
KNOW FOR
Who owns the land?
(Documentary 60′)
Cinematographer
Clermont Ferrand 2010, giải thưởng của ban giám khảo Cameras des Champs, Pháp 2010
So close so far, the ancestral forest
(Documentary 56′)
Producer
Premiere: Vessoul, Pháp 2018
The mother
(Documentary 52′)
Cinematographer
Premiere: Giải thưởng của Ban giám khảo Festival del Cinema di Cefalu, Ý 2020
Vietnam, the birth of a nation
(Documentary 52′)
Co-Director
Premiere: Arte 2025
My father, the last communist
(Documentary 60’)
Co-Director
Premiere: DMZ docs, Hàn quốc 2016.
Giải thưởng Đạo diễn xuất sắc LHP Đức Hoành, Trung Quốc