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Vietnam beyond the War
BAFNET Reading with Khuê Pham & Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai + Meyhane BBQ

@pham_fatale und @nguyenphanquemai, moderiert von @goldtogreen

Khuê Phạm was born in Berlin to Vietnamese parents. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai grew up in Vietnam in the period after the war. How have their experience shaped their writing? How do they view Vietnam today? A personal conversation and reading moderated by Thị Minh Huyền Nguyễn. (English)

Khuê Phạm is a journalist for ZEITmagazin and a writer. Her debut novel, “Wo auch immer ihr seid” (Brothers and Ghosts), was inspired by her Vietnamese family and adapted as a dance theater production called KIM.

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is an award-winning Vietnamese writer who gained international recognition with “The Mountains Sing” (Der Gesang der Berge). In Berlin, she will present her new novel, “Dust Child” (Wo die Asche blüht).

Parents know best?

Aus der Ferne (From a Distance)
Hoang Quynh Nguyen, Benjamin Hujawa, 2024, 17 Min. German, Vietnamese with English subtitles

Father
Ariana Gansuh, Deutschland, 2023, 12 min. Mongolian with English subtitles

My Therapist Said, I Am Full of Sadness
Monica Vanesa Tedja, Indonesia, 2024, 22 min., Indonesian, English with English subtitles

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Thank you for the lovely evening! I truly enjoyed working with you as the photographer for the event and hope there will be many more occasions like this in the future🩷
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