Dužan Duong

Birthplace

Hanoi, Vietnam

Biography

Dužan Duong (1991) was born in Hanoi but has lived in the Czech Republic since age four. He got into filmmaking when recording his own dance performances. He previously shot the short docufiction Mat Goc (2014, Ji.hlava IDFF 2014) about his relationship to his native Vietnam, and also worked on Lukáš Kokeš’s V.I.P. / Vietnamese Important People (2013, Ji.hlava IDFF 2013). His latest film Bo Hai (2017), made through crowdfunding, was screened at Ji.hlava IDFF, won the Golden Kingfisher Award for the best student film at Finále Plzeň Film Festival and was nominated for the Czech Lion Award in the student film category as well as for the Czech Film Critics Award.