Lê Bảo
Lê Bảo’s interest in cinema began when he was a little boy looking through the small window of his house that sits by a river in Saigon. In his youth, he watched foreign films on his computer and became a self-trained filmmaker who made his first short film with a borrowed camera. His short films and his debut feature, Taste were shot with non-professional actors in the places he has known all his life. Hearing is his ode to the people and places he loves.
Hearing
- International Competition, Locarno Film Festival
Ninh lives with his mother and misses his ex-wife Ngoc and their young children. In his work as a mechanic who installs decibel meters in public spaces and homes, Ninh observes the silence that haunts relationships. Wishing for his parents, who live apart and do not speak to each other, to reconcile, his fear of losing connection to his loved ones forces Ninh to face life’s unpredictable rhythms.
- Written & Directed by
- Lê Bảo
- Executive Producers
- Trần Anh Dũng, Nguyễn Thị Kim Oanh, Nguyễn Trinh Hoan, Chartchai Ketnust, Julien Lacorne
- Producers
- Elizabeth Wijaya & Lai Weijie Huỳnh Yến
- Co-Producers
- Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Jesse Cumming, Marie Dubas, Yulia Evina Bhara, Loy Te, Amerta Kusuma, Jeremy Oh, Stone, Ash Teo
- Director of Photography
- Nguyễn Vinh Phúc
- Production Designer
- Lê Văn Thanh
- Editors
- Carlo Francisco Manatad & Dounia Sichov
- Sound Designer
- Vincent Villa
- Composer
- Mental Overdrive
Taste
- Special Jury Award, Encounters Competition, Berlinale Film Festival
- Grand Prize, Taipei Film Festival
- Wild Dreamer Award for Best Feature Film, Subversive Film Festival
- Special Mention, Prix De L'innovation Daniel Langlois, Festival du nouveau cinéma
- APSA Young Cinema Award, Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- Winner, Achievement in Cinematography, Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- Golden Hanoman Award, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
- NETPAC Award, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
- Student Jury Award, Blue Danube Film Festival
- Jury Prize, Festival International de Cinéma Asiatique de Tours
Bassley, a Nigerian footballer living in Vietnam, has been unable to make a living since he broke his leg. He and four middle-aged women he sometimes works for decide to escape the disappointment of their daily lives. They go to an old house where together they create a special world for themselves.
But this intimate utopia cannot last forever...
- Written & Directed by
- Lê Bảo
- Executive Producer
- Chayamporn Taeratanachai
- Producers
- Lai Weijie, Đồng Thị Phương Thảo
- Co-Producers
- Marie Dubas, Jean Des Forêts, Markus Aldenhoven, Reik Möller
- Associate Producers
- Shih Chin Hang, Elizabeth Wijaya, Amélie Jacquis
- Director of Photography
- Nguyễn Vinh Phúc
- Production Designer
- Le Van Thanh
- Editor
- Lee Chatametikool
- Sound Designer
- Vincent Villa
Unconsoled
- Commission, Astro A-List
- Official Selection, Thai Short Film & Video Festival
In a distant land, beneath the surface, lies a small wooden house with a coat of blue sand covering the floor. A mother and her daughter live here with a stallion - growing old and reflecting on the melancholy of the family’s past and its absent members.
- Written & Directed by
- Lê Bảo
- Executive Producer
- Teng Lee Yein
- Producers
- Ho Hock Doong, Đồng Thị Phương Thảo
- Co-Producers
- Lai Weijie, Marie Dubas
- Director of Photography
- Tran Ngoc Khuyen
- Production Designer
- Le Van Thanh, Ngo Thuy Duyen
- Editor
- Nguyen Le Hoang Phuc
- Sound Designer
- Vincent Villa