Carol Nguyen is a Vietnamese Canadian filmmaker.Yen Le, "5 Minutes with the Young Filmmaker Carol Nguyen". Culture Magazine. She is most noted for her films No Crying at the Dinner Table, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020,Jillian Morgan, "Extra: Drive takes Australia doc; Canadian Screen Awards nominees unveiled". RealScreen, February 18, 2020. and Nanitic, which won the Share Her Journey award at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.Christian Zilko, "‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award". IndieWire, September 18, 2022.
She was named the winner of the $10,000 Toronto Film Critics Association's Jay Scott Prize for emerging filmmakers at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2022.
She is a graduate of Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.
Still Night, Burning House, her feature directorial debut, is slated to premiere in the TIFF Docs program at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.Pat Mullen, "TIFF Docs Line-up Returns with Hot-Button Topics and Wide-Reaching Slate". Point of View, August 5, 2026.
Filmography This Home Is Not Empty – 2015 Façade – 2016 Every Grain of Rice – 2017 No Crying at the Dinner Table – 2019 Nanitic – 2022 Still Night, Burning House - 2026
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