Hélène Lam Trong

Hélène Lam Trong is a French movie director and screenwriter born in 1982 in Vietnam.
Career
Hélène graduated from the Institute of Political Studies in Toulouse in 2004 and from the School of Advanced Studies in Information and Communication Sciences - Celsa in 2006.. In 2014, she directed the documentary L’absente, maman est en prison (The Absent One, Mom is in Prison).. In 2017, she took a stand against anti-Asian racism by creating the "Asiatique de France" music video with Frédéric Chau, Anggun, and other French Asian personalities. This video gained significant media coverage.

From 2018 to 2020, she directed four documentaries broadcasted on France 2: Joséphine H, Lilian Dubus et L'Enfant roux (Lilian Dubus and The Red-Haired Child), and Daech: les enfants du soupçons (ISIS: Children of Suspicion). In the documentary "Réseaux de la colère" (Networks of Anger), she gave a voice to Thaïs d'Escufon and Joachim Son-Forget. In 2023, she directed the documentary "Daech, les enfants fantômes" (ISIS, the Ghost Children), produced by Fabienne Servan-Schreiber, which received a special mention from the Jury at the Documentary Festival on Justice and the Albert-Londres Audiovisual Prize.

Filmography
 Director 
2023 : Daech, les enfants fantômes
2020 : Daech, les enfants du soupçon 
2020 : L’enfant roux 
2020 : Lilian Dubus 
2018 : Josephine H                
2014 : L’absente, maman est en prison

Distinctions
Awards
2023 : Special Mention of Jury at Justice Documentary Festival Paris
2023 : Albert Londres Prize of audiovisual 

 Notes and references 

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Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:French filmmakers