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SKIN OF YOUTH

1990s Saigon, San wants to have enough money for a sex-change operation that will fulfil her dream of living in a woman’s body. San’s lover, Nam, must work as an underground dog-cage fighter to support this dream. The young lovers are unaware that the dark forces they will have to battle may cost them their relationship and test the limit of their humanity.

Director & Screenwriter: Ash Mayfair
Producer: Tran Thi Bich Ngoc
Country of Production: Vietnam
Language: Vietnamese
Total Budget: 756,000 Euros
Production Company: An Nam Productions, Mayfair Pictures

Awards

SORFOND Award, Busan APM 2019
Open SEA Fund Award Co-winner 2019
Talents Tokyo Special Mention Award 2019

Official Selection

Busan Asian Project Market 2019
Talents Tokyo 2019 (Ash Mayfair)
Berlinale Co-production Market 2020
New York University’s Purple List 2020
Breaking Through The Lens Pitching Platform 2020
La Fabrique Cinema 2020
Next Master Supports Program Development Fund, Talents Tokyo 2020
Purin Pictures Production Grant Fall 2020
Nipkow Residency 2020
IMDA Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant 2020
Tokyo Gap Financing Market 2022

Featured
Director Ash MAYFAIR Ash MAYFAIR was born in Vietnam and received her MFA in filmmaking at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her feature debut, THE THIRD WIFE (2018), premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and won the NETPAC Jury Award. It

Director
Ash MAYFAIR

Ash MAYFAIR was born in Vietnam and received her MFA in filmmaking at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her feature debut, THE THIRD WIFE (2018), premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and won the NETPAC Jury Award. It also won prizes at San Sebastian, Chicago, Cairo and other film festivals.

Producer TRAN Thi Bich Ngoc TRAN Thi Bich Ngoc has worked on big Hollywood productions as well as producing BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER AND OTHER STORIES (Berlin Competition 2015) and THE THIRD WIFE (Toronto 2018). With her previous projects, she ha

Producer
TRAN Thi Bich Ngoc

TRAN Thi Bich Ngoc has worked on big Hollywood productions as well as producing BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER AND OTHER STORIES (Berlin Competition 2015) and THE THIRD WIFE (Toronto 2018). With her previous projects, she has attended Cannes Atelier, Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, Busan Asian Project Market and others.