WINNER - 2023 Viet Film Fest Spotlight Award
NOMINATION - 2023 Daytime Emmy in Shortform Program (Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond)
After the closure of their mother’s nail salon at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a queer filmmaker works with their mother to recover and articulate the legacy of the salon for their refugee family.
"Cathy’s Nails was shuttered during the pandemic. Weaving documentary, performance, installation, sculpture, and an awe-inspiring archive of home videos, this film presents a living practice of memory between Cathy’s Nails’ intrepid entrepreneur, her child, and their chosen family." - SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Director Quyên Nguyen-Le
Producer Kristy Choi 
​Director of Photography Corey Cao Nguyen
Supervising Sound Designer & Editor xen nhà
Editors Nancy Nguyen & Quyên Nguyen-Le

In Living Memory - Trailers

Elsewhere

WORLD CHANNEL Interview 
​Viet Bao

SCREENINGS

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival - May 2022 - PREMIERE
CAAMFest - San Francisco, CA - May 2022
SEAD Project's Mid-Autumn Film Night - Minneapolis, MN - Oct 2022
New Orleans Film Festival - Nov 2022
San Diego Asian Film Festival - Nov 2022
​Seattle Asian American Film Festival​ - Feb 26 2023
Asian American Association Studies Conference - Long Beach, CA - April 7, 2023
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival - Minneapolis, MN - April 22, 2023
Tuesday Night Cafe - Los Angeles, CA - May 2, 2023
Asian American Showcase - Chicago, IL - May 20, 2023
Phụ nữ Việt Nam xuyên văn hóa - Saigon, VIETNAM - July 7, 2023 
Viet Film Fest - Santa Ana, CA - Oct 6, 2023
Viet Film Fest - Santa Ana, CA - Oct 7, 2023
Miss Read - Berlin, GERMANY - March 28, 2024
Friends & Neighbors - San Francisco, CA - April 12, 2024
Asian Pacific Film Festival at Cal State University, Dominguez Hills - Los Angeles, CA - April 16, 2024
​Stanford University - July 17, 2024
​Georgetown University - April 3, 2025​