Screening with commentary by director Tony Bui

Time: 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 19, 2025

Location: Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203 See map.

“Three Seasons”

(Vietnam, 1999, 113 minutes, color, Rated PG-13)

Directed by Tony Bui. Starring Don Duong, Nguyen Ngoc Hiep, Tran Manh Cuong, Zoe Bui, and Harvey Keitel.

The first film to receive both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, “Three Seasons” presents a variety of characters as they experience the past, present, and future of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) in the early days of “Đổi Mới,” the state capitalist market reforms initiated in 1986. “Three Seasons” was the first American film to be made in Vietnam after the U.S. lifted its 30-year trade embargo in 1994.

Presented by The Glen Trotiner Endowed Lecture in Filmmaking fund in memory of Glen Trotiner ’78, MS ’79, a highly regarded filmmaker and a distinguished UAlbany alumnus.