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Hearing

Thính giác
dir. Lê Bảo
Vietnam, Singapore, Norway, France, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan 2026, 128’
subtitles: Polish and English

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Polish premiere
Theatrical Screenings
We 11 Nov, 17:15
Kinoteka 1
Kinoteka 1
Th 12 Nov, 20:15
Kinoteka 3
Kinoteka 3
Film also presented during the festival showcase in Łódź (12–15 Nov).
Online Availability
10 Nov, 10:00 – 6 Dec
Additional Materials
Awards and festivals
World premiere: Locarno Film Festival 2026
Credits
Vietnam, Singapore, Norway, France, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan 2026
Duration: 128’
director: Lê Bảo
screenplay: Lê Bảo
cinematography: Nguyễn Vinh Phúc
editing: Carlo Francisco Manatad, Dounia Sichov
music: Mental Overdrive
sound: Vincent Villa
cast: Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn, Ngọc Tản, Khánh Huyền, Tiểu Quyên, Minh Hùng, Nguyễn Công Uẩn, Trần Anh Dũng, Vân Hà, Chí Linh
producer: Elizabeth Wijaya, Lai Weijie, Huỳnh Yến
executive producer: Trần Anh Dũng, Nguyễn Thị Kim Oanh, Nguyễn Trinh Hoan, Chartchai Ketnust, Julien Lacorne
production: E&W Films, Sensory Ocean Films, SudEst Productions, HK Film, Stær Film, Deuxième Ligne Films, KawanKawan Media, Kongchak Pictures, Whitelight Post, OhBoy! Pictures, Effortless Work, Thinking Stone
language: Vietnamese
colouration: colour
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Film description

Ninh works as a technician, installing decibel meters in public and private spaces. Whenever the devices detect noise pollution, he pays closer attention to those rare moments where silence is allowed to truly resonate. This reminds him of the fractured relationships within his own family: the longing for his ex-wife and children, and the heavy silence between his parents. Following Taste (2021), which heralded the emergence of a new wave in Vietnamese arthouse cinema while simultaneously facing censorship at home, Lê Bảo once again focuses on the human sensorium, this time placing the sense of hearing at the centre of his exploration.

In his second feature, which premiered in the main competition at the Locarno Film Festival, the director crafts a distinct poetics tailored to his theme. The film features surreal sequences detached from narrative flow, immersed in sounds imbued with specific meaning. Lê Bảo suggests that in contemporary Saigon, acoustic pollution may reflect the sheer scale of unexpressed emotions. Hearing thus becomes a personal, melancholic journey through lost connections and unspoken words, revealing the vulnerability buried deep within human secrets.

Lê Bảo

Born in Ho Chi Minh City in 1990, Lê Bảo is one of the most uncompromising voices in contemporary Vietnamese independent cinema. A self-taught filmmaker, he honed his craft by watching foreign films on his computer and shooting short films with borrowed cameras. He casts non-professional actors, setting his films in locations familiar to him from his childhood. His feature directorial debut, Taste (2021), won the Special Jury Award in the Encounters section at the Berlinale, while triggering a moral controversy in his native Vietnam that irreversibly transformed the country's independent film scene.

Filmography:

2013 Cục than / Coal (krótki metraż)

2019 Unconsoled (krótki metraż)

2021 Smak / Vị / Taste

2026 Odsłuch / Thính Giác / Hearing

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