Skin of Youth - Director Ash Mayfair

Set in the shadowy underworld of 1990s Saigon, Skin of Youth follows San, a transgender sex worker navigating desire, survival, and the fight for self-determination — all while a dangerous oligarch closes in on her relationship with her underground cage-fighter lover. It's a rare film: a queer love story rooted in Vietnamese history, told with uncompromising intimacy by one of Asian cinema's most distinctive voices. Ash Mayfair is an award-winning writer-director based in Los Angeles and Ho Chi Minh city. In 2020, Ash’s debut feature film, THE THIRD WIFE earned three Spirit Award Nominations. SKIN OF YOUTH is Ash’s second feature film, is being released by the distributor Film Movement, making its North American premiere on June 26th.

About the filmmaker - Ash Mayfair is an award-winning writer-director based in Los Angeles and Ho Chi Minh city. After receiving an MFA in filmmaking at NYU, Ash wrote, directed and co-produced her first feature, THE THIRD WIFE. The screen play was a recipient of the Spike Lee Film Production Award 2016. The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2018 and won the NETPAC Jury Award. THE THIRD WIFE has garnered more than 20 awards worldwide, screened at over 70 film festivals and received distribution in 30+ territories. In 2020, THE THIRD WIFE earned three Spirit Award Nominations in the US including the Someone To Watch nomination for Ash. SKIN OF YOUTH is her second feature. SKIN OF YOUTH is one of 4 winners of the NYU Purple List for the best unproduced screenplays written by graduates and is a semi-finalist of the Academy Nicholls Competition in 2020. Ash is also an alumna of the Sundance Film Two Lab 2020 and a recipient of the Berlinale Nipkow Fellowship 2020.