The Golden Pin

Directed by Cuong Ngo

A young Vietnamese-Canadian swimmer finds himself struggling between the expectations of his family and the demands of his heart. His father wants him to marry soon, but his mother, haunted by a past romance, hopes her son will stand up for what he believes.

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Family expectation does most of the damage in The Golden Pin. Cuong Ngo’s gay short film follows a Vietnamese-Canadian swimmer pushed toward marriage while his feelings for a male teammate become harder to bury. The mother’s own history gives the conflict more depth than a simple coming-out story, and the swimming imagery adds a graceful visual thread to a drama about choosing between duty and honesty.