Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Program:

Festival of festivals

Year:

2023

Country:

Vietnam, France, Singapore, Spain

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

182’

After his sister-in-law dies in a freak motorcycle accident in Saigon, Thien is bestowed the task of delivering her body in their countryside hometown to which he also takes his nephew Dao, who miraculously survived the crash. Amidst the mystical landscapes of rural Vietnam, Thien begins a search for his older brother who vanished years ago to hand Dao over to him – a journey which deeply questions his faith.

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Pham Thien An

Pham Thien An is a film director, producer and screenwriter, born 1989 (Lam Dong Province, Vietnam). After four years of undergraduate studies in Information Technology at Lotus University, Ho Chi Minh City, he realized his interest in cinematography and filmmaking. In recent years, he has won several film awards in Vietnam. In 2015, he moved to Houston, Texas (USA) and continued working as a freelance filmmaker. His short film THE MUTE (2018) has traveled across several film festivals (Winterthur, Palms Spring, Uppsala, Encounters). The world premiere of INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL was held in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival; the film won the Caméra d'Or, which is awarded for the best first feature film.

Filmography: Stay Awake, Be Ready (2019), The Mute (2018)

Creative team

Director

Pham Thien An

Screenplay

Pham Thien An

Camera

Dinh Duy Hung

Editing

Pham Thien An

Production design

Huynh Phuong Hien, Pham Thien An