Sam - Hang Tran

i write and film

following the flow of my (mindful) breath and heart beats for the beauty, sounds, smell and sensation of nature, animals, humans, food, music, arts, dance, beauties in the ordinaries

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hosting lắng & nghe radio, listen deeply podcast with and for gen X, Y, Z on childhood, family, life journey, wellbeing and inspirations

facilitate mindfulness-based meditation & mindful movement (blog on my practice journey) writing for RMIT & Parents

assist qualitative interview/ field work research (LinkedIn), also interpret, translate (Walk with Me, documentary about the monastic community Plum Village led by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, UK 2017)

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working on my family documentary Duyên & Nợ (Debted Fate) ~ neighbour talk on love & marriage excerpt

the camera, like a sibling i never have, gave me the courage to come home and face my dad again after 5-6 years away from Vietnam and the house with 30 years of physical and mental abuse. 10 years ago when i first started filming my mum, i thought of her as the victim only. now i have learned that my dad is also a victim of history, politics, culture and my parents’ lack of communication skills and compatibilities for each other

i also asked my dad to film my mum without talking (or arguing with her in reality) when she wakes up at 4am in the morning to prepare for her food stall, when he normally still sleeps – this results in romantic moments they have never shared before. the footage also shows how he views her through the camera angle and focus and could be edited together with what i filmed, the sound recordings of my talks with my relatives

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made in Hanoi, lived in London, budget travel in Europe, California in my 20s, now Southeast Asia and Vietnam

bilingual Vietnamese & English, Chinese Mandarin (speaking) & French (reading) ~ A3

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Documentary Filmmaking - Workshops with Thierry Michel, Cheryl Houser – American Center (2018)

Video Art/ Experimental Filmmaking - DocLab, Goethe Institute- workshops with Andreas Hartmann, Tin Dirdamal, Pham Thi Hao (2016 - 2017)

Contemporary Media Practice with a focus on Documentary ~ Experimental Photography/ Film/ Mixed Media Installation, School of Media, Arts & Design, University of Westminster, London with international full scholarship (2010 - 2013)

Movie & Documentary Filmmaking - TPD, Vietnam Cinema Association studied with Bui Thac Chuyen, Phan Dang Di, Pham Thi Hao with Ford Scholarship (2009 – 2010)