Má Sài Gòn
To celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the Festival Accès Asie invites you to Cinéma Moderne for the screening of the documentary Má Sài Gòn (Mother Saigon).
French-subtitled version (VOSTFR). A discussion with the director Khoa Lê will follow after the movie.
Ticket sales coming soon.
Description
In Saigon, family culture carries on as it has for centuries, even when blood ties are broken. Through a mosaic of intimate portraits, Má Sài Gòn explores humanity’s universal desire for love, acceptance, connection and belonging through an LGBTQ+ lens. The film is a love letter – a bittersweet ode to a comforting yet disturbing mother, to a city that is as liberating as it is oppressive.
Credits
Direction: Khoa Lê
Production: Les Films de l’Autre – Khoa Lê
Screenwriting: Jonathan Bernier, Khoa Lê
Cinematography: Mathieu Laverdière
Editing: Isabelle Daveau, Ariane Pétel-Despots, Khoa Lê
Sound design: Simon Gervais
Sound mixing: Bruno Bélanger
Music: Marie-Hélène L. Delorme
Sound recording: Lynne Trépanier, Ngọc Tân Nguyễn
Media
Khoa Lê
Khoa Lê is a Quebec-based filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist born in Vietnam. His works explore multiple identities, intimacy, and the human experience in all its diversity. Khoa Lê studied filmmaking at the University of Quebec in Montreal and at INIS. Khoa Lê has directed numerous short films. His first feature-length documentary, Bà Nôi (2013), which premiered at Visions du réel in Switzerland, won the Inspirit Foundation Pluralism Award at the Hot Docs festival in 2013 and the Best New Talent Award at the Montreal International Documentary Festival that same year. His most recent feature film, Má Sài Gòn (Mother Saigon), released in 2024, has been screened on five continents and has won awards internationally and in Canada.
With
Khoa Lê
