Nguyễn
Hoàng Điệp
Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp is a director, screenwriter and film producer, a leading figure of Vietnamese independent cinema. Her debut feature Đập cánh giữa không trung (2014) premiered at the International Critics' Week of the Venice Film Festival and won the FEDEORA award; she is also the producer of Bi, đừng sợ!.
Career story
Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp was born in Hanoi, studied in the specialized literature class at Hanoi – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted and graduated top of her class in directing from the Hanoi University of Theater and Cinema. Her graduation short film Mùa thứ 5 (2005) was funded for production after its script won a competition, was selected for screening at the Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival and won third prize at the national short film competition.
She worked as a director on the TV series Chít và Pi (2008) and Bộ tứ 10A8 (2009–2010), and produced the film Bi, đừng sợ! (2010). In 2014, her debut feature Đập cánh giữa không trung premiered at the 71st Venice Film Festival, winning the FEDEORA award at the International Critics' Week and Best Director at the Bratislava International Film Festival.
In 2016, the French Government awarded her the Order of Arts and Letters at the rank of Chevalier (Knight).
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Awards · titles
Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp started out with third prize at the 2005 National Short Film Competition for Mùa thứ 5. Her debut feature Đập cánh giữa không trung took her onto the world stage in 2014, receiving the best film award of the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (FEDEORA) in Venice and Best Director at the Bratislava International Film Festival. In 2016, the French Government awarded her the title of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.
- Cuộc thi phim ngắn toàn quốc 2005 – Giải ba (Mùa thứ 5) Thanh Niên ↗
- Tuần lễ Phê bình Quốc tế – LHP Venice 2014 – Giải FEDEORA phim xuất sắc (Đập cánh giữa không trung) Tuổi Trẻ ↗
- LHP quốc tế Bratislava 2014 – Đạo diễn xuất sắc (Đập cánh giữa không trung) Thanh Niên ↗
- Huân chương Văn học và Nghệ thuật của Pháp – hạng Hiệp sĩ (2016) VTV ↗
Award names are kept in Vietnamese as officially published. Linked items open the original press report.
Feature films
- 23/01/2015Đập cánh giữa không trung — đạo diễn