BUI KIM QUY

Bùi Kim Quy (b. 1983) is a director, screenwriter, producer and film lecturer. She graduated in screenwriting at the Hanoi Academy of Theatre & Cinema, where she also currently works as lecturer. Some of the short films she’s directed include Cái Đệm (The Mattress) (2003), Đã Qua Giao Thừa (35 Minutes Past New Years’ Eve) (2006), Sao Bao Ngày Không Có Mặt Trăng (Why Is There No Moon During The Day) (2006), Giấc Mơ Thiên Thần (Angel’s Dream) (2007), Khung Trời Ảo Vọng (Dream State) (2008), amongst others. Her film Cái Đệm was awarded the First Prize at Vietnam’s National Short Film Festival 2003, while Cha Cõng Con (Piggyback) was given Best Screenplay prize at the 20th Vietnam Film Festival (2017). Her debut feature Người Truyền Giống (The Inseminator) has screened at multiple international film festivals, such as Busan Film Festival 2014, Rotterdam Film Festival 2015, and Lorcano Film Festival 2021. Her second feature Memoryland got the support from Asian Cinema Fund and Purin Pictures. The film had its world premiere at the Busan Film Festival 2021 and went on to screen at Berlinale Forum in 2022, at Doc Fortnight 2022- MoMA’s Festival of International Nonfiction Film and Media etc…Memoryland got the Golden Lady Harimaguada of the 21st Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival in 2022. Bùi Kim Quy’s last project, Mr. Văn, was selected in the Asian Project Market of Busan Internation Film Festival 2023.