drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
written, directed, produced, and edited by
Carol Nguyen
Carol Nguyen is a Vietnamese Canadian filmmaker. She is most noted for her films ''No Crying at the Dinner Table'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary, Best Short Documentary at the 8th C ...
. It stars Kylie Le, Ly Pham, and Van Pham, and follows a young
Vietnamese-Canadian
Vietnamese Canadians ( vi, Người Canada gốc Việt; french: Canadiens vietnamiens) are Canadian citizens of Vietnamese ancestry. As of 2016, there are 240,615 Vietnamese Canadians, most of whom reside in the provinces of Ontario, British C ...
girl who observes as her terminally ill grandmother is taken care of by her aunt.
The film premiered at the
2022 Toronto International Film Festival
The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, the 47th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, is scheduled to be held from September 8 to 18, 2022.
Festival organizers have indicated that the 2022 festival will be staged primar ...
, where it was named the winner of the
Share Her Journey
Share Her Journey is a Canadian film program, created by the Toronto International Film Festival to foster the development and career advancement of women in the film industry.
First launched in 2017 as a five-year campaign to offer residency and ...
award. The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end
Canada's Top Ten Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival and announced in December each year to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema" ...
list for 2022. It was a
Prix Iris
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Best Live Action Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957.
From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...