Mother Saigon

Mother Saigon (Vietnamese: Má Sài Gòn) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Khoa Lê and released in 2023.^[1] The film is a portrait of the LGBTQ community in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.^[2]

Mother Saigon
Vietnamese	Má Sài Gòn
Directed by	Khoa Lê
Written by	Khoa Lê
Produced by	Jonathan Bernier Khoa Lê
Cinematography	Mathieu Laverdière
Edited by	Isabelle Darveau Khoa Lê Ariane Pétel-Despots
Music by	Marie-Hélène Delorme
Production company	Les Films de l'Autre
Distributed by	Les Films du 3 Mars
Release date	April 22, 2023 (2023-04-22) (Visions du Réel)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	Vietnamese

Release

The film premiered at the Visions du Réel documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland in April 2023,^[3] and had its Canadian premiere in May at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.^[4]

The film was the winner of the Colin Low Award at the 2023 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.^[5]

Mathieu Laverdière won the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024.^[6]