Untitled Tai Look Project
Currently in production in New York, NY“Tai Look“ is a film following a multigenerational lion dance troupe during Chinese New Year in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Centered on leader Patrick Mock, the film explores cultural inheritance and survival amidst a rapidly changing neighborhood.
Writer & Director
Horatio Nguyen Chưa Chết, Mà
Saigon, Vietnam. 2026Members of a funeral brass band in Saigon reflect on their intimate proximity to death.
Writer & Director
Horatio Nguyen Cinematographer
Horatio NguyenEditor
Horatio NguyenScreenings
Rooftop Films 2026Viet Film Festival 2026
New Orleans Film Festival 2026
True Love in Pueblo Textil
Pueblo Textil, Cuba. 2017Maribel has fallen in love with a boy named José. She doesn't think she'll ever fall out of love with him. At night, she dreams of dancing with him in Havana.
Writer & Director
Horatio BaltzProduced by
Black Factory CinemaGuidance from
Werner HerzogScreenings
PBS POV ShortsIDFA 2017
Doc Buenos Aires 2017
Slamdance 2018
LA Film Festival 2018
DOC NYC 2018 * NEON SHORTS AWARD *
SF Doc Fest 2018
Florida Film Festival 2018
KC Film Fest 2018 * WINNER BEST DOC SHORT *
Festival de Cine de la Habana 2018
Oberhausen Shorts 2018
Aesthetica Film Festival 2018
DC Shorts 2018
Wagner’s
Select Scene. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018Two estranged friends reunite hoping to recover a fraught relationship. When conversation fails them, a visit to a neighborhood convenience store reveals the one thing they still have in common.
Director
Horatio NguyenWriters
Horatio NguyenChris Acker
Sam Gelband
Starring
Sam Gelband & Chris AckerMay Gray, June Gloom
Los Angeles, California. 2020It feels as if the world has been turned upside down. The sun doesn't shine anymore, it just goes through the motions like a goddamn traffic light. And every day is the same day but with a different name tag and "tomorrow" might as well be next week or next month or next year.