Pham Ngoc Lan

Phạm Ngọc Lân was born and raised in Hanoi, Vietnam. After completing a degree in urban planning, he became a self-taught filmmaker at the age of 27. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents in Berlin (2015 and 2018) and Tokyo (2017). He has also participated in SEAFIC x Produire au Sud (2016), Busan APM (2016) and the Cannes L’Atelier (2017). His first documentary short film, "The Story of Ones" (2012), was selected for numerous festivals while his subsequent fiction films "Another City" (2016) and "Blessed Land" (2019) both premiered in Berlinale Shorts. His debut feature film, "Cu Li Never Cries", celebrated its world premiere in the 2024 Panorama and received the GWFF Best First Feature Award, among many other accolades.