Girl Kung Fu Action Directed by Maria Tran

The short story is written and will be directed by Maria Tran who has built a reputation on pushing independent action film genre making, having made local flicks in 2008, Maximum Choppage: Round 2*,  ABC TV micro series, Downtown Rumble** and SBS 3 part documentary, Once Upon A Time In Cabramatta. Her film mentor, Antony Szeto***; a Hong Kong based film director who made Jackie Chan produced movie Wushu introduced Juju Chan to Maria’s works.

Maria has had a long standing contribution to the Vietnamese community via teaching on various projects such as 2009 Vietlish! TV; Vietnamese Stories, 15 Vietnamese born students were trained up in making their digital stories on the topics of family, language and culture; Vietnamese Storycubes Intergenerational Project,  working with over 20 elders in the community to recollect their journeys to Australia, memories and all things lost and found; Aussie Cuoi: Theatre Project, working with the community on delivering acting and script workshops that contribute to a large scale Vietnamese theatre show in Cabramatta.

“On a global scale, we have always been looking at Hong Kong and China into making action movies. It is time that we show the world and Hollywood that the Vietnamese community in Australia can compete in this market.” says Maria Tran. However Ms Tran is facing difficulties. 

“Vietnamese representation in the creative film and media industry is rare. We are often stereotyped in films and labelled in only a handful of professions; martial arts film are even rarer.” adds Maria.

“However I see the younger generation in the Vietnamese community are vibrant, clever and extremely creative, and hence to create endless opportunities to go far and beyond will create further successes for our community as a whole.”

Fairfield Hotel’s general manager Campbell Rogers is the executive producer of Hit Girls. 

“It is such a rarity to have films made in this area and we are so excited to have our venue featured in the backdrops of this sassy film!” says Campbell.

“We acknowledge how important the Vietnamese community is, and this project has such appeal to international audiences.” Campbell adds.

On the other side of Fairfield, Australia’s largest Vietnamese martial arts centre are busy with acting, stunts and fight rehearsals in amongst creating the large set pieces and explosives that will contribute to this exciting Vietnamese project.

“The centre is filled with kids who are coming in to contribute to such a high energy project. The new generation of Vietnamese young people want to share ideas, learn new skills in digital media as well as movie making.” says Trung Ly, Dong Tam General Manager. 

This project is being made possible via the community support and donations. To support this project to reach its potential, please support via their Indigogo campaign. www.indiegogo.com/hitgirls