Dužan Duong • Director of Summer School, 2001

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When non-members of the Vietnamese minority are featured in domestic cinema, the script usually presents one stereotype after another: a ridiculous accent, bizarre traditions, or illegal business. Hanoi native Dužan Duong, who has lived in the Czech Republic since childhood, portrays them in the first Czech Viet-film, Summer School, 2001. After its premiere in Vary, it will be released in wide distribution on July 24.

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The Karlovy Vary Film Festival is not only about films, but also about the personalities associated with them. Interesting points of the side program include, for example, the exhibition Stars by Tono Stano, or Cabani 30 x Opening & Closing Ceremonies. The first exhibition pays tribute to film stars, celebrities and creators, captured by the world-renowned photographer Tono Stano. The second exhibition recaps 30 years of work by the Cabani broth…

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He speaks openly, critically and with insight about his generation of so-called banana children, who grew up among convenience stores and markets. Young Czech-Vietnamese director Dužan Duong has made the first full-length Vietnamese film in the Czech Republic. He recently debuted it at the Karlovy Vary festival. The film maps the community life of the Vietnamese minority at the turn of the millennium. The director himself grew up in the Sudetenl…