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Child of Dust (2025)

Child of Dust poster
Original title
Dziecko z pyłu
Directed by
Weronika Mliczewska
Genre
documentary
Country
Vietnam, Qatar, Czech Republic, Poland
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
ALL
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary following an Amerasian man who was born during the Vietnam War as he tries to locate his American father. The film traces his personal journey and quest for identity.

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What happens

Child of Dust (Polish: Dziecko z Pyłu) is a documentary film written and directed by Weronika Mliczewska. The film follows Sang Thanh Ngô, an Amerasian man born during the Vietnam War, as he searches for his American father. It is a Poland-Vietnam-Sweden-Czech Republic-Qatar co-production, produced by Mliczewska, Chi-Minh De Leo and Bao Nguyen. The film was acquired by Berlin-based Rise and Shine World Sales ahead of its Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Premiere, where it received a Special Mention from the documentary competition jury. It won Best International Documentary, Best National Documentary and Best Editing at the 65th Krakow Film Festival in May 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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