Khoa Ha Filmmaker

As a first-generation Vietnamese American, my journey from Saigon to the U.S. has always been driven by a need to create, to remember, and to reclaim. For over a decade, I worked as an art director and designer, shaping stories through visuals, but film has given me a way to speak from the soul. Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon is more than a creative leap; it’s a calling. A love letter. A rebellion. I’m here to tell the story only I can tell: to revive a legacy nearly erased by war, time, and silence. My grandfather’s music lives in my blood, and through this film, I’m bringing it back into the light where it belongs. This is about memory as power, identity as resistance, and art as the bridge between generations. Because it was never truly lost, only waiting to be remembered.