Making Our Place

This short documentary was produced as part of a research project on youth and public spaces in Hanoi (Vietnam). It explores the reality of young female labour migrants moving from rural to urban areas of Vietnam. It opens a window on these young women’s relationships to Hanoi’s public spaces, on the obstacles they face in trying to use them, and on their aspirations as temporary or permanent denizens. It received the Best Next Gen Film award at the Better Cities Film Festival in 2020. Film entries were judged by an international panel of esteemed urbanists, architects and filmmakers including Jan Gehl, Christopher Leinberger, Tami Door, Trinity Simons, Ethan Kent, Mick Cornett, and Rama Perparim.