LOVE, DAD
Diana Cam Van Nguyên | 2021 | Czech Republic | 13’ | Animation
An animated short film about the ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope of finding the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said: blaming him for the break-up of their family, but also trying to understand.
Diana Cam Van Nguyen, born in 1993, is a Czech-Vietnamese director based in Prague. She did internships in Birmingham and Lyon and participated as artist in residence in Vienna MuseumQuartier. Her bachelor film Malá — The Little One (2017) won several awards at festivals and competed for ECFA Doc Award at Berlinale 2019. Her next short film Spolu sami — Apart (2018) internationally premiered at IFF Rotterdam 2019 in the section Voices Shorts, competed at Annecy, BFI London Film Festival and was a finalist for BAFTA Student Film Award 2019. Her current short Love, Dad premiered in Locarno Film Festival in Pardi di Domani section. Diana studies animation master programme at FAMU in Prague. In her works she focuses on personal topics through the means of animated documentary.