Tran Thi Bich Ngoc holds a Bachelor’s degree in Film Directing from Ha Noi Academy of Cinema & Theatre and a Master’s in Public Policy from Fulbright University. With 30 years of experience, she formerly led production at Galaxy Studio and has advised major foreign productions. As an independent producer, her films have earned international acclaim, including Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories (2015), which premiered in Competition at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival; The Third Wife (2018), screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival; and Glorious Ashes (2022), which competed at the 2022 Tokyo International Film Festival and won the Grand Prix at the 2022 Nantes Three Continents Film Festival. She co-founded Autumn Meeting in 2013, a non-profit initiative for emerging Southeast Asian filmmakers, and previously served on the International Competition Jury at the Tokyo International Film Festival. She currently heads the Project Market and DANAFF Talents at the Da Nang Asian Film Festival.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
