Hélène Lam Trong Explained

Nationality:French and Vietnamese
Children:2
Occupation:Documentary filmmaker
Notable Works:Daech, les enfants fantômes
Education:Institute of Political Studies, Toulouse; CELSA Paris
Awards:Albert Londres Prize of audiovisual 2023
Years Active:2014–present

Hélène Lam Trong (born 1982) is a French documentary filmmaker.[1] 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,[2] to a French father and a Vietnamese mother. She has two children.[3]

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.[4] In 2014, she helmed the documentary L’absente, maman est en prison (The Absent One, Mom is in Prison).[5] 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.[6] [7]

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),[8] produced by Fabienne Servan-Schreiber, earning a special mention from the Jury at the Justice Documentary Festival Paris[9] and the Albert Londres Prize for an audio-visual work.[1] [10] [11]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Gaydier . Alicia . À Hénin, des lycéens de Darchicourt échangent avec une journaliste récompensée par le prix Albert Londres . 23 May 2024 . La Voix du Nord . 23 February 2024 . fr.
  2. Web site: DAECH, LES ENFANTS FANTÔMES - FIGRA . Figra . 23 May 2024 . fr-FR.
  3. Web site: 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 . 23 May 2024.
  4. Web site: fr . sciencepotoulouse-alumni.fr . Hélène Lam Trong (promo 2004) prix Albert-Londres 2023 . 28 November 2023 . .
  5. News: Mustapha Kessous . fr . Lemonde.fr . "Maman est en prison : l'absente" . Le Monde.fr . 14 March 2014 . .
  6. Web site: AFP . fr . Lepoint.fr . Les "Asiatiques de France" lancent une vidéo contre les clichés . 23 March 2017 .
  7. Web site: Myriam Levain . fr . Lesinrocks.com . Les asiatiques de France en ont ras-le-bol des clichés et le disent dans un clip .
  8. Web site: Ulysse Busnel. fr . Libération. Sur France 5, les «enfants fantômes» de Daech au cœur d’un documentaire.
  9. Web site: avocatparis. fr . avocatparis.org. Festival du documentaire sur la justice : un grand succès pour la première édition à la Maison du Barreau .
  10. Web site: FranceTelevisions . fr . francetelevisions.fr . Prix Albert-Londres pour « Daech, les enfants fantômes » .
  11. Web site: Liberation. fr . Libération. Le Prix Albert-Londres 2023 remis à Wilson Fache : retrouvez ses articles publiés dans «Libération».