Carol Nguyen is a Vietnamese Canadian filmmaker.[1] She is most noted for her films No Crying at the Dinner Table, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020,[2] and Nanitic, which won the Share Her Journey award at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

She was named the winner of the $10,000 Toronto Film Critics Association's Jay Scott Prize for emerging filmmakers at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2022.[4]

She is a graduate of Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.[citation needed]

Filmography

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  • Uprooted – 2013
  • The Cookie Thief – 2013
  • Rhianna's Modern – 2014
  • Maybe You Are – 2014
  • How Do You Pronounce Pho? – 2014
  • This Home Is Not Empty – 2015
  • Silent Mourners – 2015
  • Evergreen – 2016
  • Façade – 2016
  • Every Grain of Rice – 2017
  • No Crying at the Dinner Table – 2019
  • Nanitic – 2022

References

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  1. ^ Yen Le, "5 Minutes with the Young Filmmaker Carol Nguyen". Culture Magazine.
  2. ^ Jillian Morgan, "Extra: Drive takes Australia doc; Canadian Screen Awards nominees unveiled". RealScreen, February 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Christian Zilko, "‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award". IndieWire, September 18, 2022.
  4. ^ Mullen, Pat (February 10, 2022). "Toronto Film Critics Honour Steve Gravestock, Carol Nguyen, and Michelle Krasovitski". Point of View.
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