Dust and Metal - Connections in Sound and Vision 2023

DUST & METAL: CONNECTIONS IN SOUND AND VISION

UK / VIET NAM SEASON 2023

September & October - 2023

Online and in-person in Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City

Cine-concerts and workshop series

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The project includes two cine-concert of the documentary Dust and Metal and a series of workshops on archival materials, sound design, and creative documentary production, thereby opening up opportunities for young artists to practice based on archival materials.

ABOUT DUST & METAL (CÁT BỤI & KIM LOẠI)

DUST & METAL (2021) is a creative documentary feature film by British director Esther Johnson, produced by Johnson and Live Cinema UK and funded by the British Council. The project was created by a unique partnership between Hanoi-based Vietnam Film Institute, and The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents TPD.

DUST & METAL presents stories of 'freedom' in Vietnam past and present told through the lens of the country’s ubiquitous mode of transport: the motorbike. Through a unique partnership with the Vietnam Film Institute to digitise rare archive film, this British Council funded project is an unmissable audiovisual live cinema experience. Repositioning archive film, contemporary footage with a live score composed and performed by San Francisco-based Vietnamese artist Xo Xinh, and sound design by Hanoi-based artist Nhung Nguyễn. The script integrates extracts from oral history interviews Johnson made with eminent Vietnamese filmmaker Trần Văn Thủy; and with visual artist Đặng Ái Việt.

DUST & METAL celebrates, and shares UK-Viet Nam cultural heritage bringing rare archive film to new audiences, to illuminate unfamiliar histories of Vietnam.

PROJECT TIMELINE:

+ All workshops are free of charge

+ Language: Vietnamese and English (with translation)

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09.09

ONLINE WORKSHOP 1: CREATING WITH SOUND

20:00 I Online via Zoom

During this workshop Nhung Nguyen and Xo Xinh will share examples of their individual work, as well as the relationship between filmmaker and sound designer. Nhung Nguyen will discuss how she approached both field recordings and archive sound when designing sound for film. Xo will discuss the music composed for creative documentaries/archive films with examples from ‘Dust & Metal’ and the relationship between sound, image and the themes present in the film.
Speaker: sound artists Nhung Nguyen and Xo Xinh, filmmaker Esther Johnson

Register here: https://forms.gle/nR5xC8XrE4g4N4o3A

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16.09

ONLINE WORKSHOP 2: CREATING WITH ARCHIVES

20:00 I Online via Zoom

During this online session director/filmmaker Esther Johnson will discuss her films, and her approach to repositioning rich archival material to create new works. Using clips from ‘Dust & Metal’ attendees will be looking at the working process of creating this film in particular and archive film in general.

Speaker: filmmaker Esther Johnson

Register here: https://forms.gle/nR5xC8XrE4g4N4o3A

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18.10 & 21.10

WORKSHOP: 1 MINUTE RE-MIX

09:00 - 17:00 | In-person in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

In the workshop, participants will practice sound design, using electronic music in composing soundtracks based on the footage of Dust & Metal.

To participate in the workshop, participants need to follow two steps as follows:

Step 1: Register by filling out the application form (will be announced later).

Step 2: TPD Centre and Live Cinema UK will select 25-30 participants to work on draft film (duration under 1 minute), using available footage of Dust & Metal film and sound asset selected by artists Nhung Nguyen and Xo Xinh.

15 participants with excellent drafts will be selected to participate in the workshop and continue to work and finalize the film under the guidance of Esther Johnson - Dust & Metal filmmaker/director and two artists Nhung Nguyen and Xo Xinh.

These short films will be promoted and screened alongside the documentary Dust & Metal in Vietnam and the UK, as well as having an official premiere in Hanoi.

Intructor: filmmaker Esther Johnson, sound artists Nhung Nguyen and Xo Xinh

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10.2023

Dust&Metal Cine-concert: Film screening and live music

Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City

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28.10.2023

WORKSHOP: 1 MINUTE RE-MIX film screening

The DUST&METAL: CONNECTIONS IN SOUND AND VISION project is implemented by TPD Centre and Live Cinema UK, supported by the British Council as part of the UK/Viet Nam Season 2023.

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