— Member since 2018
Dreh’s Um Academy— Alumni
PROJECTS
Tea Room Cinema
— Film Club
Somewhere In-between Jam
— Dance Festival
PERFORMANCE
KIM
— Performer (Polymer DMT)
CONTACT
EDUCATION
Diploma in Media Arts (Film)
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM), 2023–present
RESIDENCIES & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Young Curators Program
Talking Shorts, 2025
Selected participant in an international curatorial intensive; developed and presented a short film program:
Dreaming still, despite the world
New Curators Program
Filmhaus Köln, 2024–2025
Selected participant in a curatorial development program; co-curated a public film festival:
Where The Wind Scatters Seeds
Film Education Program
Dreh’s Um, 2021–2023
2-year Directing Mentorship
Selected participant in a film development program for Vietnamese-German perspectives; directed a documentary and music video.
Darkblue, how I feel
Motherland
STAGE EXPERIENCE
Performer — Stage Piece “KIM”
Polymer DMT, 2023-2025
Touring: Bundeskunsthalle (Bonn), PACT Zollverein (Essen), HELLERAU European Centre for the Arts (Dresden)
Taiwan Highlights: TIRAF Taoyuan Iron Rose Arts Festival (Taoyuan) + Tainan Arts Festival (Tainan).
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Script Continuity & Art Department
International On-Set Film Production “The House Of Whispering Storm”
— Bangkok, 2026
Casting Assistant
Feature Film Project “Malibu” (Screenplay awarded for Deutscher Drehbuchpreis)
— Cologne, 2024
Set Unit Management Trainee
New Motion Shadowing Program — Netflix Series “Alphamänner”
— Cologne, 2024
Set Photographer
Documentary Short “Home Is Where The Starfruits Taste Sour”
— Vietnam, 2022
Intern Assistant Director
ZDFneo “WIR”
— Berlin, 2022
PANELS & TALKS
Artist Talk — Viet-German Community (Post-Show Talk, KIM)
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, 2025
Panelist — Access & Diversity in Film Industry (Dreh’s Um Panel)
Branchentag, Achtung Berlin Filmfestival , 2024
Speaker — (Post-) Migrant Youth Engagement (Jugendstil trifft... Politik und Stiftungen)
Stiftung Bildung Berlin, 2023
TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
Peer Mentor – Youth Film Workshops
Dreh’s Um Academy, 2025-2026
Dance Workshop Facilitator (Breaking)
2025
Dance Teacher (Hip-Hop Foundations)
2020
PRESS & FEATURES
Magazin Feature — Interview pp. 12–17
Jugendstil*, 2023
On Somewhere In-Between Jam: post-migrant perspectives, dance culture, community and cultural appropriation.
Weil Tanz politisch ist
Radio Feature — Music Selector
Music Of Color, 2021
Chai Times Magazine