TASTE OF HOME
Film - Program 5 Filmfest 2023

TASTE OF HOME

Directed by Âni Võ

Info

Director: Âni Võ
Section: Program 5
Country: Germany
OT: Stinkfrucht
Language: German
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Thị Lê Thanh Hồ, Yung Ngo
18+ (no age rating)

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Logline

TASTE OF HOME

Seventeen-year-old Mai supports her family in Vietnam by working illegally at a nail salon in Germany. There she befriends her boss’s eleven-year-old daughter, Linh. Contrary to promises that she will be allowed to keep working at the studio, Mai is to be sold on by her traffickers. In desperation, Mai asks Linh to hide her. But Linh is torn between friendship and family when she learns that her mother is part of this unscrupulous system.



  • Duration: 29 min.

Meet the director

TASTE OF HOME

Âni Võ

Âni Võ is a Viet-German filmmaker. Studio Ghibli films and noodle soups are her most loyal companions. Between 2012 and 2016, she worked on various commercial and film sets in Vietnam and Germany before enrolling at HFF Munich to study film directing. Since then, as a director, writer and producer, she has been creating films that have been screened at LA Shorts and Flickerfest and have received several awards. Võ writes and creates films that deal with interpersonal issues and cultural identity in particular.

Credits

Screenplay: Âni Võ, Kathi Kiesl
Director of Photography: Meret Madörin
Film Editor: Âni Võ, Carola Sultan Keller
Composer: Manuel Seum
Sound: Arne Pieper
Sound design: Andrew Mottl
Producer: Max Wallner, Tobias Bissinger
Production Company: University of Television and Film Munich (HFF)
Co-Producer: Âni Võ