Phạm Thiên Ân

Directing

Phạm Thiên Ân

Born

1989-11-01 (37)

Place of birth

Bảo Lộc, Lâm Đồng

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Phạm Thiên Ân (born November 1989 in Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese film director, screenwriter and editor. He initially studied Information Technology at Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City before turning toward filmmaking. He taught himself cinematography and editing and worked as a wedding videographer, experiences that eventually led him to independent cinema. His short films include The Mute (2018), which screened at international festivals including Palm Springs, Tampere and Uppsala, and Stay Awake, Be Ready (2019), which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival and won the Illy Prize. His feature debut, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell …

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell poster
6.3

After a Vietnamese woman dies in a car crash in Saigon, her brother-in-law and her young son transport her body back to the former’s hometown in rural Vietnam, where they plan to give her a funeral.

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

2023

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell poster
6.3

After a Vietnamese woman dies in a car crash in Saigon, her brother-in-law and her young son transport her body back to the former’s hometown in rural Vietnam, where they plan to give her a funeral.

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

2023

Heaven in a Wild Flower poster
NR

Rooted deeply in the cultural landscape of Vietnam, the sophomore film of Caméra d'Or winner Phạm Thiên Ân follows characters Ly, Tâm, Linh, and An through a rustic and naturalistic exploration of human experience, innocence, and spirituality.

Heaven in a Wild Flower

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Heaven in a Wild Flower poster
NR

Rooted deeply in the cultural landscape of Vietnam, the sophomore film of Caméra d'Or winner Phạm Thiên Ân follows characters Ly, Tâm, Linh, and An through a rustic and naturalistic exploration of human experience, innocence, and spirituality.

Heaven in a Wild Flower

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Stay Awake, Be Ready poster
6.0

On a street corner a mysterious conversation among three young men at street stalls. Meanwhile a traffic accident on a motorbike. The night brings together a sketch, a multicolor frame of reality.

Stay Awake, Be Ready

2019

Stay Awake, Be Ready poster
6.0

On a street corner a mysterious conversation among three young men at street stalls. Meanwhile a traffic accident on a motorbike. The night brings together a sketch, a multicolor frame of reality.

Stay Awake, Be Ready

2019

Stay Awake, Be Ready poster
6.0

On a street corner a mysterious conversation among three young men at street stalls. Meanwhile a traffic accident on a motorbike. The night brings together a sketch, a multicolor frame of reality.

Stay Awake, Be Ready

2019

The Mute poster
6.0

A girl tries to find the answer about love before her big day, in a rainy night.

The Mute

2022

The Mute poster
6.0

A girl tries to find the answer about love before her big day, in a rainy night.

The Mute

2022