Vi Tuong Bui (she/her) is a queer photographer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the daughter of former boat refugees from the American War in Vietnam / Vietnam War. Vi’s practice is in 16mm, and her work often explores memory; intergenerational trauma / healing; and Vietnamese and Asian American identity. She was a 2022-2023 Production Workshop Fellow at Third World Newsreel. During the summer of 2023 Vi was an artist in residence at Casa Do Xisto (Barcelos, Portugal). Her films have screened at Visual Studies Workshop, Anthology Film Archives, New Orleans Film Festival, Beijing International Short Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art among others. Vi teaches 16mm color film making at Mono No Aware.
Upcoming Screenings:
Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood)
Vietnamese International Film Fesival - Santa Ana, California, October 12, 2024
Sight/Geist at the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation - NY, NY, October 24 2024
Vi’s Garden
8 BALL TV, every Saturday and Sunday at 7pm ET
Past Screenings
Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood)
Don't/Đừng Film & Art Event - Brooklyn, New York, June 20 2024
Plex Arts Festival - Burlington, VT, May 25, 2024
Moviate Underground Film Festival - Harrisburg, PA, May 19, 2024
CAAMFest - San Francisco, CA, May 18 2024
Third Horizon Film Festival - Miami, FL, May 10 2024
VC Film Fest (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) - LA, CA, May 10 2024
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival - Milwaukee, WI, April 26 2024
Film Diary NYC - Brooklyn, NY, January 2024
Beijing International Short Film Festival - Beijing, China, December 2023
New Orleans Film Festival, November 2023
Vi’s Garden
The Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY, June 2023
Organizational Affiliations:
Asian American Documentary Network
Brown Girls Doc Mafia
Press:
https://brooklynrail.org/2024/06/film/A-Days-Dispatch-from-Third-Horizon-Film-Festival-2024
https://festival.vcmedia.org/2024/2024/05/16/40th-vc-film-fest-announces-award-winners/