Interview: Sophie's Choices

The Word - Vietnam’s what’s on guide - recently named Future Shorts (FS) local dynamo Sophie Hughes as their Woman of the Year. In the accompanying article, the writer mentioned that, as indication of the concept’s growing popularity, around 35 people were turned away from a recent HCMC event. He didn’t tell you that I was one of them. Future Shorts has taken off in Vietnam big time. Now they want to turn us away from arts venues in Cambodia, with the first edition showing at the Meta House last Saturday. “It wasn’t my choice!” Sophie laughed when I told her this, “The manager of the venue wasn't sure how much more weight the floor would hold - health and safety is alive and kicking in HCMC!”

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