[Script Info]
Title: 
[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.86,0:00:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nightmare ! \NOur Uber dropped us at a corner
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.17,0:00:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the street is cut in half
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.64,0:00:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the interview takes place\Naccross this building
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.92,0:00:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can't fly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.06,0:00:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"voilà"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.86,0:00:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't go through a small alley
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.31,0:00:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to go around the block because\Nthe network's building is in Little Saigon
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.91,0:00:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.87,0:00:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why am I in California ?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.51,0:00:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I directed a film 2 years ago\Nnamed Little Father
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.85,0:01:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it got selected at Viet Film Fest\Nin Orange County, California
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.99,0:01:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're here for 3 days\NHi Cassandre !
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.32,0:01:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take part of the festival, screening\Nis on Saturday
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.14,0:01:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Opening night is tonight
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.24,0:01:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We use make up, I didn't shave
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.66,0:01:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm wearing a shirt, and I won't have a \Ncap on my head
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.44,0:01:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a lot\NWe went to a great networking event
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.18,0:01:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last night with other film directors
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.97,0:01:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking part of the festival, \Ncoming from around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.88,0:01:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even sang Joe Dassin
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.64,0:01:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- There's a tape, Cassandre ?\N- Yes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.41,0:01:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"aux Champs Élysées, aux Champs Élysées,\Nau soleil, sous la pluie, à midi,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.35,0:01:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ou à minuit, il y a tout ce que \Nvous voulez aux Champs Élysées
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.19,0:02:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tu m'as dit j'ai RDV dans un sous-sol\Navec des fous qui vivent la guitare
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.49,0:02:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,à la main du soir au matin\Nalors je t'ai accompagné on a chanté
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.90,0:02:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a dansé et on a même pas pensé...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.94,0:02:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had our first screening this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.58,0:02:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many great films
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.94,0:02:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mostly shortfilm, it was amazing,\Nvery amazing !
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.46,0:02:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A short-film I really like named \N"Ramadan"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.71,0:02:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a documentary about 5 young \Nsouth-east asian muslim
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.36,0:02:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who filmed themselves during ramadan\Nto share what it is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.25,0:02:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what religion means for them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.65,0:02:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They directed it in 2016, when Trump\Nmentionned Muslim Ban a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.94,0:02:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a way for them to respond \Nto what the media said
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.44,0:02:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight, Red Carpet, party, food,\Nscreening I guess
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.38,0:02:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stephane presented Spring leaves \Nat the festival last year
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.03,0:03:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the one telling me \Nabout Viet Film Fest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.18,0:03:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's here with Jasmine Lane\Na film he directed this year
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.30,0:03:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should get ready \NBoom ! "My Adidas ..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.09,0:03:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(My Adidas - Run DMC)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.57,0:03:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"First I'd like to thank the board \Nof VAALA"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.92,0:03:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have to come with Little Father\Nto this festival
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.05,0:03:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a film with \Na small budget
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.64,0:03:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the trip was at my expense
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.37,0:03:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only apply to this particular festival
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.54,0:04:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't any festival
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.30,0:04:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was amy way to meet a \NVietnamese community
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.86,0:04:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lives his identity in way \Nwe don't in France
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.50,0:04:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I arrived 2 hours ago
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.86,0:04:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my first interview with \Nan important Viet TV in the US
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.46,0:04:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.23,0:04:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you have any Vietnamese in you ?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.00,0:04:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a start, then I'm asked what I like \Nabout the culture here in Little Saigon
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.84,0:04:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just got here, and I don't know much
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.02,0:04:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Canadian director tap my shoulder \Nand tells me that I should
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.52,0:04:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be interested, because it's my culture\N"Man"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.74,0:04:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It hits me, I'm confused
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.14,0:04:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realised things aren't go easy,\Nthe interview is a nightmare
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.93,0:04:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I end up speaking nonsense, and feel \NI'm not what's expected
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.89,0:04:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came too relaxed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.51,0:04:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to be more prepared,\Nscreening is in 2 days
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.59,0:04:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The following Q&A are in English\NI have to pre-write my thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.56,0:04:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say what's on my mind properly
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.03,0:05:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This dragon fruit comes from \Nthe neighbour's garden
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.09,0:05:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He offered us some\NSo nice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.49,0:05:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hum...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.89,0:05:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Are you anxious, Thomas ?\N_ I am
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.25,0:05:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What about you, Stephane
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.89,0:05:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- No, digesting keeps me \Nfrom stress
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.04,0:08:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was moved by the many stories, \Nand identities
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.82,0:08:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were in the films
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.69,0:08:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those describe a large spectrum
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.48,0:08:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet many similarities
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.61,0:08:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been touched by films about\Nintersectionnality
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.23,0:08:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religion, gendre, or memories
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.62,0:08:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came here by choice, with my brown face
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.28,0:09:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that got me questionned about whether \NI actually was Vietnamese
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.77,0:09:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if I could talk Vietnamese
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.18,0:09:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being here was way to become part \Nof this community
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.99,0:09:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being represented
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.99,0:09:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Showing asians are a uniform monolithic \Ngroup of people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.42,0:09:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a weird self-recovery process\NI still struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.59,0:09:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find balance in this mix\NOne film at a time I'll try
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.67,0:09:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wrtie stries that speaks for me\Nand maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.86,0:09:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would mean something to others
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.60,0:09:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.88,0:10:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last day of the festival
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.64,0:10:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday Little Father was screened\NThere were a few people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.83,0:10:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm glad I could express my \Nthoughts in English
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.24,0:10:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was the hard part, to figure out how \Nto say things the right way
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.79,0:10:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The film got success, \NI had many good reviews
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.10,0:10:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was happy to see Jasmine Lane at last !
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.03,0:10:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In which performs Mike Nguyen, Grace Ly, \NFrançois-Xavier Phan,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.46,0:10:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can't remember everybody-\NYou are great in this scene
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.27,0:10:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's funny to picture you in the 60s\N70s 75
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.48,0:10:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fanny who I wen to highschool \Nwith also plays in the film
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.20,0:10:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was unexpected !
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.44,0:10:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday morning I watched short films\Ndirected by a young group
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.73,0:11:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who went on a weekly program \Nfor filmmakers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.16,0:11:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was interesting to see their\Ndocumentaries, fiction, or action films
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.34,0:11:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of topics were relevant and \Nmade sense
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.25,0:11:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really like the story of a teenagers \Nwho learns back Khmer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.90,0:11:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he forgot, and want to speak \Nto his grandmother
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.04,0:11:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were a documentary about \Nrent price range
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.10,0:11:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how landlords can rise rent \Nwithout regulation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.12,0:11:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was well put for a first film
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.82,0:11:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congratulations to all of the directors
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.56,0:11:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a great work, respect\NYou have many years ahead to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.85,0:11:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to developp your style
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.47,0:12:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to Viet Film Fest Staff for\Nhaving us, and those 3 days