23rd New York Asian Film Festival

July 12-28, 2024

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Photo: White Butterfly (Bạch Hồ Điệp)

East Coast Premiere

White Butterfly

Bạch Hồ Điệp

Judy Song, the daughter of Parasite star Song Kong-ho, joins veteran Vietnamese actresses Minh Trang Nguyen and Nhu Quynh Nguyen (Cyclo, The Vertical Ray of Sun) in this reverential family drama. Upon hearing of her estranged mother’s passing, Vietnamese-Korean May returns to Vietnam after two decades, determined to uncover the truth behind her parents’ separation.

Director: Catherine T. Nguyen
Producer: Catherine T. Nguyen
Cast: Judy Song, Nguyễn Minh Trang, Nguyễn Như Quỳnh, Nguyễn Phương Hạnh, Nân
Languages: Vietnamese and English with English subtitles
2023; 20 min.

SCHEDULE:

Friday July 12, 4:45pm
Film at Lincoln Center

From midnight romance and spiritual family drama to sci-fi rom-com and gangster thriller, these six dynamic short films expand the boundaries of Asian female representation on the silver screen.

Catherine T. Nguyen

Catherine T. Nguyen is an award-winning director/producer based in California. Her passion for storytelling drew her to the NYU Tisch School of Arts, where she graduated cum laude with a B.F.A in Film and Television and a minor in Business of Entertainment, Media and Technology at Stern. Leveraging her diverse suite of skills, Catherine served as a producer for Chicken, which world premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. White Butterfly is her directorial debut which has screened at festivals around the world, including the Hawai’i International Film Festival, CAAMFest (AT&T InspirASIAN Undergraduate Winner), Yale Student Film Festival (Best Director Winner), among others. She is currently a producer at EST Media bridging East and West stories.