Phuong Thao Nguyen

Phuong Thao Nguyen is an artist and filmmaker born in Hanoi in 2000.
She works in France, Vietnam, and Germany, tracing people, stories, and objects that cross cultural and political boundaries. She has experimented with non-fiction in many forms: documentaries, sculpture, installation, and literature.
Over the years, Phuong Thao has developed a sensitive documentary practice, bearing witness to the lives of unique communities and complete strangers, with whom she forges deep connections in order to create her images. Her works have been screened and exhibited in institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, La Villette, the Fiminco Foundation in Paris, Piccadilly Circus in London, and the International Art Festival of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan. Her film First Light was in competition at Cinéma du réel in 2025.