Y VÂN: THE LOST SOUNDS OF SAIGON

Available: 11/17/25 12:00 AM - 11/30/25 11:59 PM

 

Showings

Village East by Angelika Sun, Nov 16 4:25 PM
Village East by Angelika Tue, Nov 18 9:20 PM
Film Details
Year:2025
Running Time:93
Language:Vietnamese
English
Director:Khoa Ha
Victor Velle
Executive Producer:Khoa Ha
Tuyen Tran
Jon Bizarra
Justin Tuan Smith
Sanjay Sharma
Milan Chakraborty
Mike Healy
Producer:Douglas Emerson
Editor:Ben Shearn
Cinematographer:Jake L Mitchell
Composer:Y Vân
Cast:Khoa Ha
Tuyen Tran
Accessibility:Sound-Amplification Headphones upon request
DOC NYC
Event Years:2025
Festival Section:U.S. COMPETITION
Film Genres:Asian/Asian American
Arts
Family
Immigration
History
Music
Women Directors
World Premiere

Description

WORLD PREMIERE Growing up in the US, filmmaker Khoa Ha always knew her grandfather was a famous musician in her native Vietnam. What she didn’t realize was the magnitude of his popularity or the mystique that surrounded his real background. In excavating the story of the musician Y Vân, she not only discovers the man behind the persona but also unearths a part of Vietnamese music history that was lost to time. - Bedatri D. Choudhury

The first and second screenings will be followed by a Q&A with co-directors Khoa Ha and Victor Velle, producer Douglas Emerson, co-producer Mike Pham, and cinematographer Jake L. Mitchell.

All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.