Ba's Book is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Ashley Duong and released in 2026.Pat Mullen, "TIFF Docs Line-up Returns with Hot-Button Topics and Wide-Reaching Slate". Point of View, August 5, 2026. The film is a portrait of her Vietnamese Canadian family, as they stage a theatrical adaptation of her father Anh Duong's published memoir Dear Da-Lê: A Father's Memoir of the Vietnam War and the Iranian Revolution in Vietnam.
The film premiered in the TIFF Docs program at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.Matthew Carey, "TIFF Docs Lineup Revealed: Rapinoe, Said, Love, And A Scent Of Musk". Deadline Hollywood, August 5, 2026. It will also screen in the Grierson Awards documentary competition at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival,David Katz, "The BFI London Film Festival announces a stellar line-up". Cineuropa, September 2, 2026. and as the closing film of the 2026 Montreal International Documentary Festival.Jericho Tadeo, "In Brief: Ashley Duong’s Ba’s Book to close RIDM". Playback, September 4, 2026.
The film will also screen at the Windsor International Film Festival, in competition for the $25,000 WIFF Prize in Canadian Film.Kaitlyn McGrath, "Montreal filmmakers headline list of movies up for the $25,000 WIFF prize". Toronto Star, September 16, 2026.
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