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Hair, Paper, Water... (Tóc, Giây và Nuóc…) (Country: Belgium, France, Vietnam; Year: 2025; Director: Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý; Stars: Cao Thị Hậu, Cao Xuân Doanh, Cao Thị Hiệu)
An ode to an elderly healer and to Rục, her endangered mother tongue.
Time And Water (Country: US, Iceland; Year: 2026; Director: Sara Dosa; Writer: Sara Dosa, Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, Andri Snær Magnason)
Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water.
Yo (Love Is A Rebellious Bird) (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Anna Fitch, Banker White; Stars: Yolanda Shea, Anna Fitch, Dylan White)
Through beautifully constructed miniature sets and puppets, directors Anna Fitch and Banker White craft an elegy to the life and times of Anna’s beloved friend, Yo.
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