NADINE TRUONG
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I CAN I WILL I DID
Featured Project
The Story:
Depressed foster youth Ben is bullied and as a result gets into a car accident. His recovery process is slow, until he meets Adrienne, a wheelchair user and fellow patient at the hospital who breathes hope into his life and introduces to him her grandfather, Taekwondo Master Kang. Kang not only teaches him how to walk and get back up on his feet, but also how to take charge of his own life. Ben ultimately learns how to face his inner demons.
Starring:
Mike Faist
Selenis Leyva
Ik Jo Kang
Ellie Lee
Jack DiFalco
Written and Directed
by
Nadine Truong
NEWS AND UPDATES
AWP Writers' Conference
March 23-26, 2022
Celebrating my entry into the world of literature and prose writing, I attended the AWP Writers' Conference, this year in Philadelphia, for the first time. I am honored to join yet another talented cohort of writers, and look forward to publishing my first prose pieces soon!
Kenyon Review Writers Workshop
January 26, 2022
I am pleased to announce that I have been accepted into the prestigious Kenyon Review Writers Workshop for Creative Nonfiction in Gambier, OH. This summer, I will be studying under Dinty W. Moore, founder of Brevity Magazine. Will get my flash on for the first time! Hooray!
Ps.: I love Kenyon Review's Lit Journal and hope to publish something with them someday. Keep your pens crossed!
Snakehead - Movie Available Now!
October 29, 2021
Evan Jackson Leong's feature film Snakehead is now available on streaming services. My husband Brian Yang produced, which means I lurked somewhere in the background lending my support onset and in the story and editing department. Please watch and enjoy!
Second-Time Mama
August, 2021
We welcomed a second daughter into this world amidst a global pandemic. Life is fodder full of extremes. My intentions now are to incorporate parenting narratives in my art and to destigmatize and demystify motherhood. With my pen and my camera.
Audience Choice Award at AAIFF
July 30, 2017
I CAN I WILL I DID won the Audience Choice Award in New York! Thank you to all of you who voted! What a great honor.
Sunscreen Film Festival Awards
April 29, 2017
What a whirlwind weekend! Punch drunk with love at the Sunscreen Film Festival in St Petersberg, FL. Our movie won Best Feature Film and Selenis Leyva ("Orange is the New Black") won Best Supporting Actress!!!
Premiere Night
April 28, 2017
Thank you to all who supported the world premiere of I Can I Will I Did at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival in DTLA, where the film was in Narrative Competition.
CONTACT
Represented by
Brio Entertainment (Mia Chang & Brehan Fitzgerald)