Cu Li Never Cries

A middle-aged Asian woman travels between two different worlds to scatter ash of her Western husband, while her niece’s wedding happens in the middle of tropical jungle and then finally vanishes into a massive fire.

Director: Pham Ngoc Lan
Screenwriter: Pham Ngoc Lan
Producer: Phan Dang Di, Bianca Balbuena, Bradley Liew
Country of Production: Vietnam/Philippines
Language(s): Vietnamese
Total budget: USD 572,000
Production Company: DNY Vietnam Productions

Awards

Locarno Open Doors Sørfond Award 2019
Locarno Open Doors ARTE Kino International Prize 2019
Film Philippines Incentive Award 2019

Official Selection 

Busan Asian Project Market 2016
Southeast Asian Film Lab 2016
Cannes Atelier 2017
Hubert Bals Script Development Fund 2017
Talents Tokyo 2017
Berlinale Talents 2018
Purin Pictures Autumn Grantee 2018
Crossing Borders Research Grantee 2018 (Robert Bosch Stiftung foundation)
Locarno Open Doors Hub 2019
Vision Sud Est Grantee 2019  
Film Development Council of the Philippines Project Market 2019
World Cinema Fund+Europe Grantee 2019
Aide aux Cinemas du Monde Film Fund 2019
Sørfond Production Grant 2020
IMDA Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant 2020
Film Development Council of the Philippines ASEAN Co-production Fund 2021

Team: Cu Li Never Cries
PHAM NGOC LAN Director Pham Ngoc Lan’s first short fiction film ANOTHER CITY (2016) was in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. He also attended the Berlinale Talents in 2015.

PHAM NGOC LAN
Director

Pham Ngoc Lan’s first short fiction film ANOTHER CITY (2016) was in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. He also attended the Berlinale Talents in 2015.

PHAN DANG DI Producer PHAN Dang Di directed the short WHEN I AM 20 (2006, Venice Orrizonti) before making his award-winning directorial debut BI, DON’T BE AFRAID (2010, Cannes Critics’ Week). His second feature BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER AND OTHER

PHAN DANG DI
Producer

PHAN Dang Di directed the short WHEN I AM 20 (2006, Venice Orrizonti) before making his award-winning directorial debut BI, DON’T BE AFRAID (2010, Cannes Critics’ Week). His second feature BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER AND OTHER STORIES (2015) was in Berlin Competition. He also wrote the script for Bui Thac Chuyen’s ADRIFT (2009, Venice Orrizonti).