Xanh

Animation, Documentary
Client
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Role
Sound Design, Re-Recording Mix
Year
2022

Storyline

In the kitchen of an Asian fast food restaurant, Duy Em and her father Ba discuss a recent incident in which he was racially discriminated against. Duy Em is eager to know why he didn't challenge the racist remarks. Unable to understand his resigned attitude towards the matter, she decides to dig deeper. As her father tells the story of his journey to Germany among the Vietnamese boat people, it becomes clear that his experiences over the last 40 years have shaped his perception of injustice in dramatic and profound ways. "Xanh" is a story about the individual choice of perspective and the different contexts these choices entail, a lone example which nonetheless speaks to all the invisible identities that exist in our midst.

Awards and Nominations

Wins:
  • Bonn Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2023
  • Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis Kategorie Animationsfilm bis 30 Minuten
  • Offenburg Shorts Offenburg 2023
  • Freiheitspreis der Stadt Offenburg & Publikumspreis Wettbewerbsblock 1
  • Braunschweig International Film Festival 2022
  • Publikumspreis Die Edda
Festivals
  • Stuttgart ITFS Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart 2024
  • Bonn Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2023
  • Berlin interfilm Internationales Kurzfilmfestival 2023
  • Halle Monstrale 2023
  • Amantea La Guarimba Film Festival 2023
  • Offenburg Shorts Offenburg 2023
  • Braunschweig Braunschweig International Film Festival 2022
  • Vancouver Spark Animation 2022
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