Hair, Paper, Water...
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| Vietnamese | Tóc, Giấy và Nước... |
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| Cinematography | Nicolas Graux |
| Edited by | Trương Minh Quý |
| Music by | Michael Stearns |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
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Hair, Paper, Water... (Vietnamese: Tóc, Giấy và Nước...) is a 2025 documentary film written and directed by Belgian filmmaker Nicolas Graux and Vietnamese director Trương Minh Quý. The film shot on 16mm is a series of 'snapshots' of the life of an elderly Rục lady and her large extended family with a focus on capturing moments and memories. The Rục people were first contacted in 1959, and numbered 580 individuals living in 144 households as of April 2022.
The film had its world premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 14 August 2025, in the Filmmakers of the Present Competition section, where it won Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present. It competed in Official Competition at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival on 11 October 2025.