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#Time: 19:00, Friday 06.02.2026
#Location: Á Space, Ngõ 59 Ngô Gia Tự, Long Biên, Hà Nội
#Giám tuyển: Huế Nguyễn
Free entry
Á Space warmly invites you to a screening of Vietnamese animated films, presented as part of the SoloMarathon 2025 residency showcase Water, Ant, and Rice Grain (1–7 February 2026), a project by curator Huế Nguyễn and artist Quế. The selected films, among many others, have played a role in shaping the development of the project: The Ant and the Rice Grain (Nguyễn Thế Hội, 1976), The Flower Dream (Hoàng Sùng, 1963), The Red Tractor (Đỗ Trần Hiệt, 1981), Melodies (Đặng Hiền, 1982). Produced in different years, these films suggest the general trajectory and matter of concerns of Vietnamese animation during war, reunification and nation-building periods.
Before the screening, the curator and artist will offer a brief introduction to the residency project and share some thoughts and associations around the selected films. After the screening, audiences are invited to stay and talk with the curator and artist, to share reflections or ask questions about the project and the program.
LIST OF FILMS:
Nguyễn Thế Hội, The Ant and the Rice Grain, 1976, hand-drawn animation, colored, 12’05’’
In pouring rain, an ant carries a single rice grain, enduring many hardships on its journey back to the colony.
Hoàng Sùng, The Flower Dream, 1963, hand-drawn animation, black and white, 10’29”.
Lan dreams of having a lotus flower but the American planes are spraying chemicals across her homeland.
Đỗ Trần Hiệt, The Red Tractor, 1981, puppet animation, colored, 8’42’’
A child transforms a tractor into an airplane and water pump to enhance agricultural productivity.
Đặng Hiền, Melodies, 1982, hand-drawn animation, colored, 10’3”.
Chicken, Duck, Pig, and Cat concert together but each wants to surpass each other, creating such a deafening noise that even the grass and flowers flee.