Tran Phuong Thao
Producer | Director | Instructor
(b. 1977 in Hanoi, Vietnam) moved to France in 2000 to complete her dream of being a documentary filmmaker. After graduating in Political Science in Paris, she studied documentary film techniques and writing in Poitiers University.
Back in Vietnam, she took part in the Varan Vietnam workshop where 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).
She supervises Varan Vietnam production company and is the head teacher in Varan Vietnam’s workshops.
KNOW FOR
Workers Dream
(Documentary 52′)
Director
Premiere: Cinema du Reel – Paris – 2006
With or without me
(Documentary 80′)
Producer | Director | Sound
Premiere: DOK Leipzig – 2011
Finding Phong
(Documentary 92′)
Producer | Sound
Premiere: BAFICI – Buenos Aires – 2015
Pomelo
(Documentary 75′)
Producer | Director | Sound
Premiere: DMZ Docs – Korea – 2018
Children of the Mist
(Documentary 90′)
Producer
Premiere: IDFA – The Netherlands – 2021