Nicolas Graux (Belgium, 1988) explores sociopolitical realities through immersive research as a filmmaker. With a poetic and sensitive eye, he works at the intersection of documentary and fiction. He graduated from the Belgian IAD (Institut des Arts de Diffusion) and co-founded the production company Replica. His debut feature, Century of Smoke (2019), a portrait of a Laotian family struggling with opium addiction, premiered at Visions du Réel in Switzerland and screened at international festivals in São Paulo, Munich, and Cartagena. Since 2020, he has collaborated across borders and forms with Vietnamese filmmaker Trương Minh Quý. They co-directed Tóc, Giấy và Nước… [Hair, Paper, Water…] (2025), a sensorial and poetic documentary that premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, where it won, among other prizes, the Golden Leopard in the Filmmakers of the Present competition.

Trương Minh Quý (Vietnam, 1990) creates films at the intersection of documentary and fiction. He graduated from Le Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts in France, in 2021. His narratives and images balance the personal and the impersonal and draw on the landscape of his homeland, childhood memories, and the history of Vietnam. His films have been selected for international film festivals and exhibitions such as Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, IFFR and the New York Film Festival. Việt and Nam (2024) premiered at Cannes and was selected for Un Certain Regard. His latest film Tóc, Giấy và Nước… [Hair, Paper, Water…] (2025), a sensorial and poetic documentary co-directed with Nicolas Graux, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, where it won, among other prizes, the Golden Leopard in the Filmmakers of the Present competition.