Stay Awake Be Ready
Director: Pham Thien An
Script: Pham Thien An
Director of Photography: Dinh Duy Hung
Producer: Pham Thien An, Tran Van Thi
Sound: Tamas Steger
Editing: Pham Thien An
Cast: Le Quoc Bao Vi, Vu Trong Tuyen, Trung Dong Cao, Be Hieu, Huynh Ngoc Hanh
Vietnam, South Korea, USA / Fiction / 14’ / HD / Color / 2019
A motorbike crash that happened before the street stalls on a street corner is at the center of the mysterious story of three young men.
CV
Pham Thien An is a film director, producer and screenwriter, born in Nov 1989 (Lam Dong Province, Vietnam). After four years of undergraduate studies in Information Technology at Lotus University, Ho Chi Minh City, he realized his interest in cinematography and filmmaking. In recent years, he has won several film awards in Vietnam. In 2015, he moved to Houston, Texas (USA) and continued working as a freelance filmmaker. His short film The Mute (2018) has travelled across several film festivals (Winterthur, Palms Spring, Uppsala, Encounters…). He is currently working on his first feature film “Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell”.
Filmography
Stay Awake Be Ready 2019, The Mute 2018
Festivals Attended
Stay Awake Be Ready: Cannes Film Festival (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), Locarno Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Split Film Festival, Bali International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Milano Film Festival, Heart Of Gold International Short Film Festival
Awards
Stay Awake Be Ready: Special Jury Mention - Bucharest Short Film Festival, Best Film - Edinburgh Short Film Festival, Best International Short, “Meeting Point” Section - Seminci Festival, Best Director Award - Brazil Short Film Festival
Contact: team@lightsonfilm.org