EXCLUSIVE: Vietnamese vampire thriller Daydreamers is getting a U.S. launch by way of Darkish Star Photos, which has set a restricted theatrical run from Might 2nd and a digital launch from June third.
From producer-director Timothy Linh Bui (Three Seasons), the movie is ready 400 years in the past, reimagining vampire lore in Southeast Asia. As European vampires confronted extinction, they fled to Vietnam – then generally known as Annam – bringing with them the darkish curse. The movie introduces a darkish supernatural world set in modern-day Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Vietnam.
Solid contains Vietnamese famous person Chi Pu, the singer and actress with greater than 20 million followers who grew to become a neighborhood sensation after her efficiency within the hit Chinese language actuality collection Sisters Who Make Waves. She’s joined by rising actors Trinh Thao, Thuan Nguyen, and Tran Ngoc Vang.
The film was nominated for six awards on the Vietnamese 2025 Ngoi Sao Xanh (New Face of the Yr) Awards and gained Greatest Director, Greatest New Expertise and Greatest Manufacturing Design.
The expanded synopsis reads: “Daydreamers follows Nhat, a younger vampire raised in a secluded river neighborhood that suppresses its thirst for human blood in hopes of regaining misplaced humanity. When his long-lost brother Marco returns with tales of vampires thriving within the massive metropolis amongst people, Nhat is drawn right into a harmful world that exams his loyalty, beliefs, and survival. His destiny takes a flip when he meets Ha, a rebellious schoolgirl who uncovers his secret—forcing Nhat to interrupt vampire legislation in an act of forbidden safety. As Trieu, a ruthless vampire queen, orders their execution, the town erupts into chaos, setting the stage for a remaining battle between brothers—one embracing the monster inside, the opposite combating to carry onto his final shred of humanity.”
The movie is among the first vampire movies to emerge from Vietnam, and the U.S. theatrical launch shall be focused at cities with giant Vietnamese diaspora audiences.
Vietnamese-born American filmmaker Timothy Linh Bui produced The Housemaid in 2016 which was launched by IFC Movies and distributed in 25 international locations, and has a remake within the works written by Oscar winner Geoffery Fletcher. He and his brother Tony beforehand made Three Seasons which gained the Grand Jury and Viewers Awards at Sundance, and Patrick Swayze movie Inexperienced Dragon, winner of the Humanitas Prize.
In 2013, he co-founded the film manufacturing firm Comfortable Canvas Movie within the U.S. In 2016, he moved Comfortable Canvas Movie to Vietnam to develop the movie business within the nation, and it went on to make initiatives together with The Bachelor: Vietnam.
“I wished to inform a narrative about individuals who reside inside the shadows of a contemporary metropolis,” said director Bui. “I used to be impressed by the Vietnamese riverboat communities, who’ve been there for many years and are missed by these round them. As the last word outsiders, vampires are the right car to discover that world. They exist in secrecy, reside on the margins, and are outlined by their want to stay hidden.”
