Z ljubeznijo, oči / Love, Dad / Milý tati

Diana Cam Van Nguyen (13ka / FAMU / nutprodukcia)
2021, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 12'46''

Avtorica ponovno odkrije pisma, ki ji jih je oče pisal iz zapora. Zdi se, da ljubezni, ki so jo vsebovala, ni več. Odloči se, da mu bo odpisala v upanju, da se bosta ponovno povezala.

The author rediscovers the letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again.

---

Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes
Technique: Mixed
Language: Czech, Vietnamese

Script-writers: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Lukáš Janičík
Cinematography: Kryštof Melka, Matěj Piňos
Editor: Lukáš Janičík
Sound and music: Viera Marinová
Art direction: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Darjan Hardi
Animation: Barbora Halířová, David Štumpf, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Vojtěch Domlátil 
Starring: Linh Duong, Hong Nhung The Thi, Hoai Trung Le
Producer: Karolína Davidová (13ka)
Co-producers: Tomáš Šimon (FAMU, CZ), Jakub Viktorín (nutprodukcia, SK)
Supported by: Czech Film Fund, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, FILMTALENT ZLÍN
Distribution: Miyu Distribution

Diana Cam Van Nguyen

(*1993, Czech Republic) is a Czech Vietnamese director based in Prague. She did internships in Birmingham and Lyon and participated as artist in residence in Vienna MuseumQuartier. Her bachelor film Malá / The Little One (2017) won several awards at festivals and competed for ECFA Doc Award at Berlinale 2019. Her next short film Spolu sami / Apart (2018) internationally premiered at IFF Rotterdam 2019 in the section Voices shorts, competed at Annecy, BFI London Film Festival and was a finalist for BAFTA Student Film Award 2019. Her current short Love, Dad (2021) premieres in Locarno Film Festival in Pardi di domani section. Diana studies animation master programme at FAMU in Prague. In her works she focuses on personal topics through the means of animated documentary.

Filmography: The Little One (2017) // Apart (2018) // Love, Dad (2021)