Catherine T. Nguyen is an award-winning director/producer based in California. Her passion for storytelling drew her to the NYU Tisch School of Arts, where she graduated cum laude with a B.F.A in Film and Television and a minor in Business of Entertainment, Media and Technology at Stern. Leveraging her diverse suite of skills, Catherine served as a producer for Chicken, which world premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. White Butterfly is her directorial debut which has screened at festivals around the world, including the Hawai’i International Film Festival, CAAMFest (AT&T InspirASIAN Undergraduate Winner), Yale Student Film Festival (Best Director Winner), among others. She is currently a producer at EST Media bridging East and West stories.

Panelist: Vietnam On Screen: Generations In Dialogue. Kiều Chinh is a Vietnamese-American actress, producer, humanitarian, lecturer and philanthropist.

Nguyễn Lâm Thảo Tâm is a rising actress in Vietnamese cinema, based in Ho Chi Minh City. She made her cinematic debut in Victor Vũ’s acclaimed “Mắt Biếc” (Dreamy Eyes) in 2019, earning a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 2020 Ngôi Sao Xanh - Face of the Year Awards and being named Face of the Year at the 2021 Elle Beauty Awards. Thảo Tâm’s talent continued to shine as the lead actress in “Fanti” and “Móng Vuốt” both of which garnered multiple awards at Cánh Diều Vàng (Golden Kite Awards) and were showcased on the international film festival circuit. Her diverse acting portfolio extends beyond film into television, music videos, and theater, with her recent stage debut in “Pool (no water).” Thảo Tâm graduated in the top 10% of her class at Fulbright University with an Art & Media Studies Major and Social Studies Minor.