Trading Happiness - Trao đổi hạnh phúc
Trading Happiness

film type fiction Production Country Germany, Viet Nam production year 2020 runtime 24'40 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Stereo languages Vietnamese, Mandarin Subtitles Englisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Stereo languages Vietnamese, Mandarin Subtitles Englisch

The indebted Nghi is in desperate straits after her daughter Phuong flees from her arranged wedding.

director Duc Ngo Ngoc Cast Nhu Quynh, Thien Tu Tran Original Score Franziska May, Johann Niegl Szenenbild / Production Design Kelly Hoang Editing Katja Nguyen, Laura Espinel DOP Meret Madörin Production Josh Levy, Pia To Script Florina-Alice Biro Sound Design Alexandra Praet film school Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Festivals
2020 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany (Publikumspreis)
2020 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany (Jugendjury-Preis)
2020 Sehsuechte – Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany (Beste Produktion)
Awards
2020 NO FEAR Award FIRST STEPS - Der Deutsche Nachwuchspreis 2020
Production
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Distribution
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Sales
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
School
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de

Duc Ngo Ngoc

Born 1988 in Hanoi, Vietnam and moved to Berlin when he was five;
is a Vietnamese-German filmmaker;
2010 to 2014 studied media art and design at the Bauhaus University Weimar;
co-founded KAMMER11 Filmkollektiv;
since 2015 studying film directing at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

Filmography
2014 Entwurzelt
2016 Research Refugees
2017 Apples & Oranges
2017 Farewell Halong