A STAR FROM NOWHERE

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Khoi’s dream is to become a circus performer and be found by the parents who had abandoned him.
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Synopsis

Khoi is a 12 year-old boy who lives in an orphanage in Vietnam. He dreams of becoming a circus performer, hoping his parents would recognize him. Khoi was abandoned at birth and never met his parents. Khoi is set to enroll in a circus school’s training program next year, but he needs to obtain a birth certificate, which he doesn’t have. Getting various support from the orphanage manager, will this boy from nowhere overcome his first major challenge in life and make his dream come true?

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Program Info

Title A STAR FROM NOWHERE サーカス まだ見ぬ母へ
Duration 25 min. 25分
Location Vietnam ベトナム
Language English subtitle 英語版(英語字幕)
Production Format HD HD
Genre Human Interest / Children ヒューマン・ドキュメンタリー / 子ども
Director NGUYEN Nhat Duy グエン・ニャット・ズーイ
Producer PHAN Y Linh ファン・イ・リン
Co-producer Yo Nagatsuka (IMPLEO) 長塚洋(インプレオ)
Productions VIETNAM EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL VTV7 / IMPLEO VIETNAM EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL VTV7 / 株式会社インプレオ
Production Year 2019 2019年
Broadcast information
  • [NHK BS1] October 24, 2019 19:00- (Japanese Version) シリーズ・子どもたちの夢2019「サーカス まだ見ぬ母へ」
Awards
  • Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival 2021 - Official Selection
Copyright © VIETNAM EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL VTV7 / IMPLEO
Rights Except Vietnam

Directors’ Statement

Graduated film director from Hanoi Academy of theatre and cinema. Writer/ Director for feature film, TV series and Documentary. 2017: Documentary film: Deadline – broadcasted in In Side Lens – NHK World Won ABU prize 2016, documentary film: Way to school Won Heart prize at Prix Jeunesse Munich 2018, Unicef Prize at Japan Prize 2018 with documentary film: Sister (co-producion with EBS)


Director’s Interview


Director: NGUYEN Nhat Duy

KHASHEM Gyal Film director from Hanoi Academy of theatre and cinema.
Director of VTV7 – Documentary series “On the way to school”, NHK World Documentary film“Deadline”, Special Jury Prize for the documentary film “On the way to school" at ABU 2016 Heart Prize at Prix Jeunesse 2018, film "Sister"

Producer: PHAN Y Linh

RINCHEN DorjeMaster in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts at University of Bologna, Italy. Writer/ Producer of VTV7 Nominated for Special Jury Prize at ABU 2012 Awarded Certificate of Merit The 32nd TV Festival in Viet Nam Heart Prize at Prix Jeunesse 2018, film "Sister"