Spring Roll Dream

Summary

Linh is a Vietnamese single mother who’s successfully forged a life for herself and her son in America. But when her father visits from Vietnam and insists on cooking the family a traditional Vietnamese meal, Linh is confronted with the past and culture she left behind and the question of where it belongs in her family’s new life.

  • Mai Vu is an animator/ animation director from Sai Gon, Vietnam. She started making stop-motion short films in 2010 and started writing, animating, and directing in the stop-motion series Say Hi To Pencil (2012 – 2019). Since 2016, she has been making stop-motion for a number of commercials for Vietnam Airlines, Perfetti Van Melle, Clé de Peau, Pepsi, and Forbes...

    In 2020, she started the MA for Directing Animation at the National Film and Television School, UK, to further pursue her directing career and tell stories from an Asian perspective.

  • I used to be a rebellious kid. Growing up, all I wanted is to define myself against my parents and to find my own identity. As I grow older, I start to see more of my parents within me. In the making of this film, I hope to find a connection back to my family and to who I am.