Hang Luong Nguyen is a writer-director from Ho Chi Minh City interested in exploring the Vietnamese female identity in global and familial contexts. Her short film SUPERMARKET AFFAIRS (2022) screened at Osaka Asian FF, Palm Springs ShortFest and Nashville FF among others and won several awards. She is an alumna of Singapore IFF’s Southeast Asian Film Lab, Locarno Open Doors Lab and EAVE Ties That Bind Workshop. She received an MFA in Film & Media Production at the University of Texas at Austin with support from the Fulbright Program. Her thesis ROOFTOP LEMPICKA received the 2022 Austin Film Society (AFS) Grant for Short Films. The feature project of the same name is in development and a 2023 AFS Grant for Feature Films recipient, has been selected for the Munich Film Up! residential program and Full Circle Lab Philippines.