Yen is a Norwegian-Vietnamese screenwriter and filmmaker based in Oslo, Norway. With a distinctive cinematic vision, their work delves into the complexities of human relationships and identity, often challenges and plays with the normative and conventional structures of film and society with poetry, sensuality, seriousness and uncomfortable humor. By seamlessly blending analog and digital aesthetics, Yen creates an immersive world of cinematic experiences that probe the depths of the human mind, sexuality, consciousness, suffering and illusions.
Explosions in My Heart is Yen’s bold feature debut that has ignited national critical acclaim.
Their earlier works have been remarked and nominated for several prizes at festivals such as The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Nordic Panorama, Black Nights Film Festival, Göteborg Filmfestival, SXSW and Outfest Los Angeles.