No Crying at the Dinner Table

No Crying at the Dinner Table is a 2019 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Carol Nguyen.[1] An exploration of the common stigma in Asian families against expressing emotional vulnerability, the film centres on interviews Nguyen conducted with her family, played back around the dinner table at a family gathering.[2]

No Crying at the Dinner Table
Film poster
Directed byCarol Nguyen
Produced byCarol Nguyen
Aziz Zoromba
CinematographyWalid Jabri
Edited byCarol Nguyen
Andres Solis
Music byArie Verheul van de Ven
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageVietnamese

The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] In December 2019, the film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.[4]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[5]

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