Lena Le - From the streets of Minsk to the roots of Vietnam

Kitchen Conversations

# 61 - in conversation with Belarusian filmmaker and photographer - Lena Le.

Her first camera was a Siemens M65. She is the great-granddaughter of the Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Công Hoan. Lena - a pianist with a degree, she has taken a vow of musical silence. On the podcast we speak about her latest documentary, 'Four Circles Away From Center' (2023) that is an experiment in the portrait genre.

Podcast created in collaborating with Belarusian Filmmakers Network (BFN)

Films:

Four Circles Away From Center (2023), 48min https://vimeo.com/838621570

Artificial (2020), 9min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmxJ5YOQVNc

Pane Cisniku (music video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su8Efxjuahc

References:

The Minsk School of Photography https://rosphoto.org/events/the-minsk-school-of-photography-1960-s-2000-s/

Platform Vodblisk https://en.vodblisk.northernlightsff.com/lena_le

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