Mother Saigon

Mother Saigon
VietnameseMá Sài Gòn
Directed byKhoa Lê
Written byKhoa Lê
Produced byJonathan Bernier
Khoa Lê
CinematographyMathieu Laverdière
Edited byIsabelle Darveau
Khoa Lê
Ariane Pétel-Despots
Music byMarie-Hélène Delorme
Production
company
Les Films de l'Autre
Distributed byLes Films du 3 Mars
Release date
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageVietnamese

Mother Saigon (Vietnamese: Má Sài Gòn) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Khoa Lê and released in 2023.[1] The film is a portrait of the LGBTQ community in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[2]

Release

The film premiered at the Visions du Réel documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland in April 2023,[3] and had its Canadian premiere in May at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[4]

The film was the winner of the Colin Low Award at the 2023 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.[5]

Mathieu Laverdière won the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024.[6]

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