Kim Nguyen is a

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film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2012 film ''

War Witch ''War Witch'' (french: Rebelle) is a 2012 Canadian dramatic war film written and directed by Kim Nguyen and starring Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien and Serge Kanyinda. It is about a child soldier forced into a civil war in Africa, an ...

(Rebelle)''. The film was the top winner at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards;"Canadian Screen Awards raises the star wattage"
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'', March 3, 2013. in addition to being named

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and winning acting awards for two of its stars, Nguyen himself won the awards for

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and

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. Born and raised in

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to a

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ese father and a

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mother, Nguyen has directed a number of feature films to date including ''

'' (also known by the French title ''Rebelle'') in 2012 and '' Eye on Juliet'' in 2017. He is a 1997 graduate of

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, having earned a BFA. In 2019 he was the patron and curator of the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in

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."Première québécoise de « The Hummingbird Project » au festival Vues dans la tête de..."
''Lien Multimédia'', February 9, 2019.

Filmography

Feature films * '' The Marsh (Le Marais)'' - 2002 * '' Truffe'' - 2008 * '' City of Shadows (La Cité)'' - 2010 * ''

(Rebelle)'' - 2012 * ''

Two Lovers and a Bear ''Two Lovers and a Bear'' is a 2016 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kim Nguyen and starring Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film was released o ...

(Un ours et deux amants)'' - 2016 * '' Eye on Juliet'' - 2017 * ''

The Hummingbird Project ''The Hummingbird Project'' is a 2018 thriller drama film about high-frequency trading and ultra-low latency direct market access, written and directed by Kim Nguyen produced by Pierre Even at Item 7. It stars Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skars ...

'' - 2018 Others * ''Soleil glacé'' (2000, short) * ''The Glove'' (2004, short) * ''La chambre no. 13'' (2006, television) * ''Le Nez'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2017, director: 2 episodes) * ''

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'' (2022, director: "The $10k Car")

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