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PROJECTS

Over the last 12 years, during the daytime, Linh Phan has been developing personal creative arts, culture and media projects, while at nighttime running DJs events and DJing throughout the city.  These are a selections of some of the diverse works she's been developing.
HERE & THERE

Here and There explores the experiences of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants through community generated digital media. This content, alongside other supporting media, is housed on a highly designed and interactive web platform, appealing to tech and culture savvy users.

The community content is created by the older generation (community participant) with their younger relative (community facilitator) facilitating the filmmaking process and the production of the final product. The community facilitator will attend a week-long training session to prepare them for the filmmaking process with the community participant.

Over the past few years, I have worked in Vietnam with various Vietnamese marginalised communities, helping them to create films about their lives and the struggles they face, using the digital storytelling method.  I have come to know this as a very powerful tool and using this method will help to shape the story from two different perspectives to create a unique story in the community participant’s own voice.

Here & There

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My Story: Where Does the Chicken Go?

My Story: Where Does the Chicken Go?

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My Story: Learning to be Canadian

My Story: Learning to be Canadian

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My Story: My Mom is My Hero

My Story: My Mom is My Hero

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EADJ MUSIC EVENTS
With a passion in music all her life, soon after she landed in Saigon, she began to DJ, promote and organize music events.  She played a pivotal role in the development the Saigon underground music scene, bringing in top international DJs such as Bottin, Rodion, Trus’Me, and Voodoo Frank.
 
Her parties are featured in the Lonely Planet Guide Vietnam and Southeast Asia as one of the “hippest club nights in Ho Chi Minh City”. She is an avid supporter of the creative community and frequently collaborates with other promoters and artists.

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VIETNAM NOW FESTIVAL
AN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SHOWCASING ANOTHER SIDE OF VIETNAM

The Vietnam Now Festival (VNF) aims to change the world’s perception beyond the Vietnam War, bánh mì, phở and conical hats. It highlights the unique, innovative, creative works coming from both Vietnam and the global Vietnamese diaspora communities.

A new generation of Vietnamese are questioning and redefining diaspora and Vietnamese-ness. They are pushing boundaries and innovating across the cultural, musical, and artistic spaces of this S- shaped nation. VNF serves as a world stage to highlight this exploration while building community and opportunity.

As anti-Asian violence increases and a call for more representation is being advocated for, our mission is to create a global festival that creates a safe space for the Vietnamese community to connect, collaborate, and uplift each other.

VNF was initially a collaboration between HIDDEN SAIGON, SAIGON SUPERSOUND, LA CANTINE DU 56 and SONGS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA, with our first two successful self-funded events in London and Paris in 2017. 

Since then, Hidden Saigon has become the main organiser and have run two more events in Calgary, Canada (2022 & 2023).  With each event, we collaborate with local creatives, showcasing their work - from photography to music to artwork to food. There were artist talks and film screenings of films from Vietnam, from experiemental films to documentaries exploring LGBTQI and transgenders issuses.
VIETNAM NOW