lhp productions
Linh Phan is a Vietnamese-Canadian creative producer based in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. For over 18 years, her work has centred on storytelling, content creation, and community-driven cultural projects. She was formerly a partner at Fact and Fiction Films, a Vietnam-based media production house specialising in art, culture, music, and community engagement.
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Her portfolio spans collaborations with leading global brands including Riot Games, HSBC, WWF, Puma, Closeup, and Vinaphone, as well as work with government and cultural institutions such as the U.S. State Department, Institut Français, Goethe-Institut, and local Vietnamese government bodies.
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Linh is the co-winner of two International Public Engagement Grants from the Wellcome Trust (UK), the world’s second-largest funder of health and science research after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Over the past four years, she has collaborated closely with the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Vietnam (OUCRU-VN) on public engagement initiatives that use digital media to amplify marginalised voices. These projects support communities in creating films about their lived experiences and health issues including HIV, zoonotic diseases, dengue, and malaria. Linh has spoken at international public engagement conferences, led digital storytelling workshops, and facilitated discussions on filmmaking and creative production.
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LHP Productions has the expertise to execute your project from beginning to end- from concept development to completion.
saigon south international
We were commissioned by Saigon South International School to produce the official launch video for their new Middle School and STEAM building. The project aimed to capture not only the scale and design of the new facility, but also the spirit of innovation, creativity, and learning that defines the school’s approach to education.
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Our primary objective was to create a visually engaging and informative film that showcases the building’s striking architecture and state-of-the-art facilities, from specialised STEAM classrooms to advanced learning equipment and collaborative spaces. To bring the building to life, the video weaves together cinematic visuals with interviews featuring students, teachers, and the school head, offering personal insights into how the new space enhances teaching, learning, and student experience.
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Through these voices, the film highlights what sets Saigon South International School apart—its commitment to forward-thinking education, interdisciplinary learning, and nurturing curiosity in a purpose-built environment. The final video serves as both a celebratory launch piece and a powerful communication tool for prospective families, staff, and the wider school community.
Date: 2024 | Location: Vietnam
riot games
vietnam championship series
Riot Games and VNG Games operate the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS), the country’s premier professional esports league for League of Legends. In preparation for the 2023 season, the VCS undertook a major brand relaunch aimed at refreshing its visual identity and strengthening its connection to Vietnam’s vibrant youth and street culture.
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As part of this relaunch, the project included the production of a flagship brand film, the creation of a large-scale mural at the VCS headquarters, and the development of new team assets and branding materials. The goal was to create a bold, contemporary look that reflected both the competitive energy of esports and the creative spirit of the local community.
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We worked closely with Vietnamese visual artists, street artists, and underground fashion designers to bring this vision to life. Through these collaborations, we helped design and produce official team jackets, rain jackets, stickers, and a range of branded merchandise that blended esports aesthetics with streetwear and art-driven influences. By embedding local creative voices into the relaunch, the VCS brand was able to feel authentic, culturally grounded, and distinctly Vietnamese.
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The result was a cohesive and impactful brand refresh that extended beyond digital content and into physical spaces and wearable items—strengthening the VCS identity and deepening engagement with players, teams, and fans across the country.
Date: 2023 | Location: Vietnam
u.s. consulate
Frankfurt, Germany
Our collaboration with the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt focused on the development of high-quality training materials designed to support U.S. State Department staff worldwide. A key component of this project was the production of a series of instructional videos clearly outlining protocols and best practices for managing VIP and VVIP visits to host countries. These videos translated complex procedures into accessible, practical guidance and were subsequently distributed for use across U.S. State Department posts globally.
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Building on this work, we also designed and delivered a comprehensive three-month online media production workshop for State Department employees based in multiple international locations. The programme was structured to provide in-depth, hands-on training in digital media production, with an emphasis on practical skills and real-world application.
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Participants were guided by industry professionals through every stage of the video production process—from developing concepts and crafting narratives, to filming, editing, and final delivery. The workshop not only strengthened technical competencies but also built confidence in using video as an effective communication tool within government and diplomatic contexts. The result was a scalable training model that enhanced internal capacity for media production while fostering cross-regional collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Date: 2021 - 2022 | Location: Vietnam
here & there
Here and There is an ongoing community storytelling project that shares the lived experiences of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants through digital media created from within the community itself. These stories live on an interactive, visually rich web platform designed to engage audiences interested in culture, technology, and personal histories.
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Each story is created through an intergenerational collaboration: older community members share their experiences while their younger relatives act as facilitators, supporting the filmmaking and production process. Facilitators participate in a week-long training program that equips them with the skills needed to work closely with their family members and bring these stories to life.
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The first phase of the project focuses on stories from Vietnamese refugees and immigrants, exploring both their migration journeys and the lighter, often humorous moments that are rarely heard but deeply human.
Here & There
Here & There
My Story: Where Does the Chicken Go?
My Story: Learning to be Canadian
My Story: My Mom is My Hero
OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT - VIETNAM
THE WELLCOME TRUST UK
Fact & Fiction Films, in partnership with the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Vietnam (OUCRU Vietnam), received multiple International Public Engagement Grants from The Wellcome Trust (UK) to design and deliver impactful public engagement initiatives across Vietnam. These projects aimed to make complex health and science topics accessible, relevant, and engaging for diverse communities through creative media-based approaches.
Key initiatives such as Health in the Backyard and Place of Change explored the intersections of health, environment, and everyday life, encouraging public dialogue and community participation. Through documentary films, digital storytelling, and participatory media projects, the initiatives fostered meaningful conversations between scientists, researchers, and the public, while amplifying local voices and lived experiences. Together, these programs demonstrated the power of creative media as a tool for science communication and public engagement on a national scale.
health in the backyard
Health in the Backyard is a public engagement initiative developed in close connection with the zoonotic disease research being conducted at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU). The project focused on understanding how animal workers perceive health risks in their everyday environments, particularly those related to human–animal interactions and disease transmission.
Through a participatory media approach, the project empowered community members to become storytellers of their own experiences. More than 60 community-generated short films were produced, with each participant actively involved in every stage of the creative process. Participants wrote their own stories, captured photographs, recorded voiceovers, and edited their films, supported throughout by trained project facilitators. This hands-on methodology ensured that local knowledge, beliefs, and practices were authentically represented.
The films addressed a wide range of topics, including the consumption of fresh animal blood, disease prevention practices and materials, personal experiences with avian influenza, the use of antibiotics, and common treatment methods for sick animals. Collectively, these stories offered valuable insights into community practices and perceptions that are often overlooked in traditional research settings.
The completed films served multiple purposes: they were used as catalysts for dialogue during community forums, as contextual and supporting material for researchers, and as case studies presented at international public engagement and science communication conferences. In this way, Health in the Backyard bridged the gap between research and lived experience, demonstrating the role of participatory media in fostering meaningful exchange between communities and the scientific community.
place of change
Place of Change (POC) is a public health and community engagement initiative that employed community-generated media as a tool to encourage participants to reflect on the social, environmental, and personal factors influencing their health and overall wellbeing. By centering lived experience and local perspectives, the project created spaces for dialogue that connected individual stories with broader public health concerns.
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The project was structured around a series of four participatory workshops, each focusing on a key health issue affecting different communities in Vietnam. These included HIV-positive intravenous drug users, professional sex workers living with sexually transmitted infections, ethnic minority communities in the malaria-endemic border province of Bình PhÆ°á»›c, and duck farmers in the Mekong Delta whose livelihoods place them in close contact with animal-related health risks. Through guided storytelling and media production processes, participants created films that documented their daily realities, challenges, and coping strategies.
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The resulting films were used by local public health authorities, government agencies, and research institutions as discussion tools to support community dialogue and to inform public health communication strategies. By presenting health issues through authentic, community-driven narratives, the project helped bridge gaps between affected populations, researchers, and policymakers.
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During the project’s extension phase, a prototype digital platform was developed to further explore HIV and malaria in Vietnam. This website brought together community-generated media from the first phase alongside newly produced content created by both community participants and health professionals in the second phase. The platform served as an experimental space for integrating storytelling, research, and public health messaging, demonstrating how digital media can extend the reach and impact of participatory health initiatives.
Date: 2013 - 2016 | Location: Vietnam
U.S. embassy YANGON, MYANMAR
We were commissioned by the U.S. State Department in Yangon, Myanmar, to design and deliver a PhotoVoice training program for locally employed staff, with the goal of fostering meaningful conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion within the post. The project used participatory photography as a tool for reflection, dialogue, and storytelling, enabling participants to share perspectives that are often difficult to express through traditional discussion formats.
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Participants were selected from across all departments, ensuring a broad range of voices and experiences were represented. Our team of facilitators worked closely with the group, providing hands-on training in photographic techniques while guiding participants through the PhotoVoice process. Through structured exercises and group discussions, participants were encouraged to explore and articulate issues affecting both their professional environment and personal lives, using images as prompts for deeper conversation.
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In a country marked by ongoing conflict and home to more than 135 ethnic groups, issues of race, inclusion, identity, and belonging are complex and deeply embedded in daily life. Creating a safe and supported space to examine how these dynamics play out in the workplace was a critical component of the project. The training enabled participants to reflect on their own experiences and to consider practical ways diversity and inclusion principles could be more meaningfully understood and implemented within their organization.
Date: 2019 | Location: Yangon, Myanmar
FACT & FICTION FILMS
For more than six years, Fact & Fiction Films operated as a media production company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Led by founders Linh Phan and Nicholas Fernandez, the company focused on creating compelling short-form digital content that explored and celebrated Vietnam’s dynamic art, music, and cultural landscape.
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Through a strong emphasis on storytelling and visual craft, Fact & Fiction Films worked across documentary, branded content, and cultural programming to capture both emerging and established creative voices. The company developed projects that highlighted underground and independent scenes as well as broader cultural movements, offering nuanced perspectives on contemporary life in Vietnam. By combining local insight with international production standards, Fact & Fiction Films built a reputation for thoughtful, engaging media that connected Vietnamese culture with global audiences.
seen in saigon
Fact & Fiction Films created Seen in Saigon, a short-form digital content series dedicated to documenting and amplifying the underground music scene in Ho Chi Minh City. The series offers an intimate look into the city’s vibrant live music culture, combining exclusive artist interviews with raw, stripped-back live performances that capture the energy of Saigon’s independent music community.
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Seen in Saigon featured international artists passing through Vietnam, including The Vaccines, Stanton Warriors, Tippa Irie, The Lemonheads, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and Mykki Blanco, providing rare behind-the-scenes insights and performance footage in a local context. These episodes helped connect Saigon’s underground scene to a global music network, highlighting the city as an emerging stop on international touring circuits.
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Alongside its international focus, the series placed strong emphasis on documenting local music culture. This included a dedicated mini-series on the Hardcore Vietnam Festival, capturing the spirit, challenges, and community behind one of the country’s key underground music events. The Promoters series further expanded this perspective by featuring in-depth interviews with local promoters, exploring their motivations, the obstacles they face, and their long-term visions for sustaining and growing Vietnam’s underground music ecosystem.
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Together, these stories positioned Seen in Saigon as both an archive and a platform—preserving moments in the evolution of the city’s underground music scene while giving voice to the individuals shaping its future.
Seen in Saigon
Seen in Saigon
Seen in Saigon: THE VACCINES On Making Music
Seen in Saigon: Tippa Irie: Hey Mama (Live in Saigon)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Whatever Happened to My Rock'n'Roll (Live in Saigon)
a tale of two cities
A Tale of Two Cities is a global, cross-disciplinary creative initiative that explores themes of time, transformation, growth, decay, and progress through the lived realities of urban environments. The project examines how cities evolve, how histories accumulate and erode, and how human stories are shaped by the rhythms and pressures of urban change.
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Blending dance film, documentary storytelling, and interactive performance, the project creates a layered narrative that reflects the interconnectedness of two cities across geography and culture. Movement and choreography are used as a visual language to express memory, transition, and continuity, while documentary elements ground the work in real places, voices, and experiences. Interactive performance components invite audiences to engage directly with the work, blurring the boundaries between observer and participant.
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Through this hybrid approach, A Tale of Two Cities reveals parallels and contrasts between urban spaces, highlighting how seemingly distant cities share common patterns of development, loss, and renewal. The project ultimately positions the city itself as a living archive—one shaped by time, people, and collective experience—while encouraging audiences to reflect on their own relationship to place and progress.
All set photographs were kindly shot and post-produced by Christian Berg for the project.
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Linh Phan is a Creative Producer and Executive Producer with more than 20 years of professional experience working in Vietnam and internationally. Over the course of her career, she has collaborated extensively with a wide range of local and international production houses, working both in-house and as a freelance producer across multiple formats and platforms.
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Her production experience spans branded content, television commercials, digital campaigns, and internal corporate promotional videos. Linh has overseen projects from early concept development through to final delivery, coordinating creative teams, managing production logistics, and ensuring high production standards across all stages of the process.
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A selection of the videos and campaigns she has produced is presented below. These works were created in collaboration with Fact & Fiction Films, Yeti Productions, and Thaole Entertainment, reflecting her versatility as a producer and her ability to work across different creative environments and client needs.
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