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Echoed in a memory-laden house are daily conversations between a mother and her two sons, all seemingly asleep. This autobiographical short, in a hybrid form, chronicles a personal memory from director Le Ngoc Duy's adolescence, using set design and reenactment to reconstruct his childhood home and featuring his mother’s voice as part of the cast.

LE Ngoc Duy (b. 2000) is a Vietnamese filmmaker and a member of A Sông Collective from Danang City. He was trained in filmmaking workshops by doc cicada and New Asian Filmmakers Collective in Cambodia. His works explore the subjects of family and homeland memories, queerness, and young adulthood, often set against historical backdrops and blending nonfictional and poetic elements within fictional narratives. "The House That Stays", Duy’s debut short film, was an official selection at Kaohsiung Film Festival, ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Uppsala Short Film Festival, and Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival. Currently, he is organizing and co-programming the Cinema Con Nha Ngheo project in Danang.