Best Experimental | Runner-up, Student Film
NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE
Carol Nguyen
Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her family to craft a portrait of love, grief and intergenerational trauma.
NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE is maybe my favorite film of the entire festival. Carol Nguyen asks each of her family members to disclose a secret and the result is a simple but emotional film that I can’t stop thinking about. NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE made me rethink my relationships in my own family, and made me wonder what secrets people in my life are carrying close to their hearts. — Jillian C (Programmer)
DETAILS
CATEGORY
Documentary
RUNTIME
16 min
COUNTRY
Canada
LANGUAGE
English, Vietnamese
TAGS
Documentary
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
Carol Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Canadian filmmaker based in Montreal. Carol is a TIFF Share Her Journey ambassador, an Adobe Creativity Scholar and a 2018 Sundance Ignite Fellow and an Adobe Creativity Scholar. Today, Carol is continuing her passion for filmmaking at Concordia University.
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CREDITS
Director: Carol Nguyen
Producer: Carol Nguyen
Cinematographer: Walid Jabri
Production Designer: Carol Nguyen
Editors: Carol Nguyen, Andres Solis
Sound: Giulio Trejo-Martinez, Tim Horler, Alex Lane
Music Composer: Arie Van de Ven
Cast: Thao Nguyen-Duong, Ngoc Nguyen, Michelle Nguyen, Carol Nguyen
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