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Don’t Cry, Butterfly Mưa trên cánh bướm

Directed by Dương Diệu Linh
Vietnam, Singapore, The Philippines, Indonesia 2024
Runtime 97'

Tam, a diligent wedding venue staffer, discovers her husband’s affair on live TV. Rather than confronting him, she enlists a powerful spell master to win back his love. Tam’s daughter, Ha, pours her frustration into vivid fantasies of a brighter future abroad. Meanwhile, a mysterious House Spirit, visible only to the women, lurks beneath their cracked, leaky ceiling.

Directed by
Dương Diệu Linh

Screenplay
Dương Diệu Linh

Cinematography
Ngô Minh Nghĩa

Editing
Daniel Hui

Music
Diego Ayala Raffalli

Sound Design
Lim Ting Li MPSE

Production Design
Phạm Phong Lan (Lan Zi)

Cast
Lê Tú Oanh, Nguyễn Nam Linh, Lê Vũ Long, Bùi Thạc Phòng

Production
Tan Si En (Momo Film Co), Wilfredo C. Manalang (FUSEE), Nguyễn Mai Ka (Kalei Films)

Co-production
Yulia Evina Bhara (KawanKawan Media)

International Sales
Barunson E&A

Critical
Jon Rushton
jon@critical-pr.com

Monday 02.09
9.00am Hall Perla
Press, Industry

Tuesday 03.09
1.45pm Hall Perla
Public, All accreditations

Wednesday 04.09
7.45pm Hall Corinto
Public, All accreditations

Duong Dieu Linh

Dương Diệu Linh (1990) is a Vietnamese filmmaker who takes special interest in the unconventional depiction of sad, angsty and naggy middle-aged women. Her series of shorts, which seamlessly blend hyper-realistic, slice-of-life subject matters with magical realism elements deeply rooted in Southeast Asian mythology and superstitions, have been competing and winning awards at prestigious film festivals around the world. Linh previously attended Berlinale Talents in 2020, Asian Film Academy in 2016, Locarno Summer Academy and Bucheon Fantastic Film School in 2015. Her debut feature, Don’t Cry, Butterfly, participated in Full Circle Lab, Less Is More, Locarno Open Doors Hub, Attagirl, and most recently the Hong Kong-Asia Financing Forum (HAF) where it won both the Udine Focus Asia and Wouter Barendrecht awards. The film is also supported by the Singapore Film Commission, Purin Pictures and Visions Sud Est.