| Hélène Lam Trong | |
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| Born | 1982 (age 41–42) |
| Nationality | French and Vietnamese |
| Education | Institute of Political Studies, Toulouse; CELSA Paris |
| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Notable work | Daech, les enfants fantômes |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Albert Londres Prize of audiovisual 2023 |
Hélène Lam Trong (born 1982) is a French documentary filmmaker. Her 2023 documentary Daech, les enfants fantômes (ISIS, the Ghost Children) earned her the Albert Londres Prize for an audio-visual work.
Life and career
Lam Trong was born in 1982, to a French father and a Vietnamese mother. She has two children.
She earned her degree from the Institute of Political Studies in Toulouse in 2004 and later graduated from the School of Advanced Studies in Information and Communication Sciences at the CELSA Paris in 2006. In 2014, she helmed 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 alongside Frédéric Chau, Anggun, and other prominent French Asian personalities, generating considerable media attention.
Between 2018 and 2020, Lam Trong directed four documentaries aired 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 provided a voice for 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, earning a special mention from the Jury at the Justice Documentary Festival Paris and the Albert Londres Prize for an audio-visual work.
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
- ^ Gaydier, Alicia (23 February 2024). "À Hénin, des lycéens de Darchicourt échangent avec une journaliste récompensée par le prix Albert Londres". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- "DAECH, LES ENFANTS FANTÔMES - FIGRA". Figra (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- Lam Trong, Hélène. "Josephine H.: A French-Vietnamese Journalist Traces the Life of an American WWI Nurse - World War I Centennial site". The United States World War I Centennial Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- "Hélène Lam Trong (promo 2004) prix Albert-Londres 2023" (in French). sciencepotoulouse-alumni.fr. 28 November 2023..
- Mustapha Kessous (14 March 2014). ""Maman est en prison : l'absente"". Le Monde.fr (in French). Lemonde.fr..
- AFP (23 March 2017). "Les "Asiatiques de France" lancent une vidéo contre les clichés" (in French). Lepoint.fr.
- Myriam Levain. "Les asiatiques de France en ont ras-le-bol des clichés et le disent dans un clip" (in French). Lesinrocks.com.
- Ulysse Busnel. "Sur France 5, les «enfants fantômes» de Daech au cœur d'un documentaire" (in French). Libération.
- avocatparis. "Festival du documentaire sur la justice : un grand succès pour la première édition à la Maison du Barreau" (in French). avocatparis.org.
- FranceTelevisions. "Prix Albert-Londres pour « Daech, les enfants fantômes »" (in French). francetelevisions.fr.
- Liberation. "Le Prix Albert-Londres 2023 remis à Wilson Fache : retrouvez ses articles publiés dans «Libération»" (in French). Libération.
External links
- E.Tran Nguyen (30 November 2023). "Enfants de Daech : "Ils ont été abandonnés", déplore Hélène Lam Trong, 39e prix Albert Londres audiovisuel" (in French). francetvinfo.fr.