Má Sài Gòn (Mother Saigon)
The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
The February 4 screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film crew.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize - National Feature, RIDM 2023
Má Sài Gòn is a love letter – a bittersweet ode to a comforting yet disturbing mother, to a city that is as liberating as it is oppressive.
Khoa Lê
Khoa Lê is a Quebecois multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker born in Vietnam. His works explore plural identities, intimacy, and the human experience in all its diversity. This first feature documentary, Bà nội (grandma) (2013), premiered at Visions du réel. Khoa won the Pluralism Award from the Inspirit Foundation at Hot Docs festival in 2013, as well as the Best Quebec/Canada Newcomer Award at the Montreal International Documentary Festival that same year. His most recent work, Má Sài Gòn (Mother Saigon) (2023) also made its mark at Visions du Réel, Hot Docs and RIDM. Between marginality and tradition, and always with the same strong and unique signature, Khoa reveals the reality of LGBTQ+ communities in Vietnam.
Bio: pixelleX
Photo: Gabrielle de Fontenay
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