in post-production | SK – CZ | 18 min. | documentary | experimental | hybrid | creative documentary | family | social | found footage

Limits to Our Pain

Director
Kvet Nguyễn
Producer
Michaela Kaliská, Erika Paulinská
Co-producer
Wanda Kaprálová, Klára Mamojková
Story
Kvet Nguyễn
Screenplay
Kvet Nguyễn, Alexander Kashcheev
DoP
Igor Smitka
Editor
Katarína Pavelková
Synopsis

Oanh, a Slovak-Vietnamese woman, recalls her 1990s childhood with Hana in Czechoslovakia, where xenophobia began shaping post-socialist life. Limits to Our Pain is a mosaic documentary combining archival materials, photographs, and staged scenes to reconstruct an individual past against the backdrop of historical change. The film gives voice to a minority experience and shows how even a small story can hold up a mirror to society.

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Director
Kvet Nguyễn
Producer
Michaela Kaliská, Erika Paulinská
Co-producer
Wanda Kaprálová, Klára Mamojková
Story
Kvet Nguyễn
Screenplay
Kvet Nguyễn, Alexander Kashcheev
DoP
Igor Smitka
Editor
Katarína Pavelková
Production
NINJA FILM (SK)
Co-production
CLAW (CZ)
Budget
59 000 €
Support
Audiovizuálny fond, KULT MINOR, Nadácia mesta Bratislavy
Co-production forums
Dok Leipzig – DOK Short n’ Sweet 2025, Bratislava Industry Days 2026
World premiere
2026
Release
SK: 2026
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