Who Am I? Who I Am!

The very first sport/biography documentary feature length film in Vietnam about Goalkeeper Tan Truong, the player has the most scandals and doubts about "dirty matches" in Vietnam football history. A match-fixing cheater or just a bad luck guy? A disappointed dude and a loser in the team? He made stupid mistakes unbelievably. But he also had incredible saves unexpectedly. His career and his life has got full of challenges, ups and downs.

  • Le Ha Nguyen
    Director
    Director
  • Le Ha Nguyen
    Writer
    Screenwriter
  • Truong Tan Bui
    Writer
    Screenwriter
  • Le Ha Nguyen
    Producer
    Producer
  • Tam Dang Le
    Producer
    Producer
  • Truong Tan Bui
    Key Cast
    "Himself / Tan Truong goalkeeper"
  • Phuong The Le
    D.O.P.
    Director of Photography
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Tan Truong: Toi La Ai?
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Genres:
    Sport, Biography, Football, Soccer, Documentary, Docu-drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 11 minutes 4 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 19, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    33,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Viet Nam
  • Country of Filming:
    Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
  • Language:
    Vietnamese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Danang Asian Film Festival 2023
    Danang
    Viet Nam
    May 10, 2023
    Worldwide Premiere in Cinema
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • VieON
    Distributor
    Country: Viet Nam
    Rights: Internet, Video on Demand
Director Biography - Le Ha Nguyen

Le Nguyen, a filmmaker, TV producer, journalist in Vietnam.

He attended BERLINALE International Film Festival 2017 as the representative of Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF 2016) after winning the Grand Prize for The Best Talent of the 4th HANIFF Campus, and an official guest invited by the Federal Government of Germany.

In 2018, he was chosen to be one of 250 filmmakers to join BERLINALE Talents, the World #1 Cinema campus/networking platform. His film project, “My Wife is a Prostitute. And I give her rides to work.” was presented at Short Film Station to filmmakers and production houses around the world.

Then the sequel-like “Into the S-zone” has received the “Crossing Borders” Grant by Robert Bosch Stiftung and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin to be filmed in Germany.

He won the 2nd-Best Short Film of 2013 at "Life through Film" Festival by Vietnam Cinema Association.

His films have so far joined in competitions, exhibitions and been screened at more than 20 international film festivals and cultural events around the world, from Southeast Asian countries to Japan, India, United Kingdom, Sweden, Portugal, Romania, Germany, Italy and USA.

His outstanding “Talking to My Best Friend” documentary has been exhibited in Sweden, at the Museum of World Culture (Gothenburg) and Ethnographic Museum (Stockholm) from 2015 to 2018.

In 2022, he successfully directed and co-produced "WHO AM I? WHO I AM!" (2022) the very first Sport and Biography Documentary Feature Length Film in Vietnam.

Contact:

lenguyen.filmmaker@gmail.com

+84 384464683

On the BERLINALE Talents / Berlin International Film Festival:

https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/talent/le-nguyen/profile

On the Southeast Asia Documentary Filmmakers database:

http://www.goethe.de/ins/id/lp/prj/dns/dfm/vie/vna/en11658424.htm

Filmography:

* Documentaries:

1. “Solutions for life”, 2009

2. “Sunrise in a small lane”, 2010

3. “Negative”, 2011

4. "Talking to my best friend", 2013

5. “Wheel of Life”, 2013

6. “Secret Shelters”, 2016

7. “Another Exodus”, 2017

8. “Flowing”, 2018

9. “My Wife is a Prostitute. And I give her rides to work.”, (Berlinale Talents/Short Film Station) 2018

10. “Into the S-zone”, 2019

11. "Who I Am? Who Am I!"

* Short fiction:

1. “The Escapee”, (Second-Best Short Film 2013” prize by Vietnam Cinema Association), 2013

2. “True & False”, 2013

TV series:

1. “Very Vietnamese” (2 nominations of 2008 DCTV Viewers’ Choice Awards), 2008-2009

2. “Journey to Light” (on channels of VTV and VCTV), 2009-2011

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