ANOTHER CITY by PHAM NGOC LÂN

ANOTHER CITY a film by PHAM NGOC LÂN. 2016, Vietnam, 25 min A standout from the 2016 Berlinale Shorts Competition, Another City is an atmospheric and enigmatic tale of urban alienation in Hanoi. It is the first of three equally striking fiction shorts by Phạm Ngọc Lân, a rising voice in Vietnamese cinema. Lân is an experienced photographer, which is clear from the film’s opening series of portrait-like establishing shots of a stolid middle-aged woman, a heartbroken young man, and a melancholy bride-to-be.