Việt Vũ
Vietnam

Việt Vũ (Phạm Quang Trung) has so far completed a series of films and film-based works in various socio-political zones, including Vietnam, Portugal, Hungary and Belgium. His shorts, often in long-take style, focuses on queer themes and repressed voices from marginalised communities. His works have been shown at different European and Asian film festivals – including Locarno, Rotterdam, Tampere, and Singapore ones. In 2018, his debut fiction short “Ant-Man” won The Most Promising Filmmaker from South East Asia at the 2^nd SeaShorts Film Festival in Malaysia. Three years later, his docufiction “The Eternal Springtime” became eligible for the Oscars nomination after winning “Best Documentary Award” at 66^th International Cork Film Festival and “Best Director” at Baku International Film Festival. In the same year, his experimental “My Own Room” was granted the prestiged Wildcard Award from Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF, Belgium).

Viet attained a Master Degree in Documentary Film Directing at Doc Nomads in 2021. This prestige film program was fully funded by European Erasmus Scholarship. Since 2022, Viet has been awarded the doctoral Fellowship to pursue his PhD in the Arts (Artistic Research) project at Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Belgium.