About
Founded in 2010 by writer, director, and producer Vu Pham, nomenstatua was created as a space for creative experimentation and meaningful cinematic expression. The name nomenstatua comes from the Latin words “nomen” (name) and “statua” (statue/image), symbolizing the tension between language as representation and image as perceptual experience.
This interplay is central to nomenstatua’s philosophy. It is not just a production company but an ongoing exploration—one that seeks to understand its place in a larger artistic and intellectual dialogue. This conversation is one to which we are deeply indebted and in which true participation requires recognizing that debt.
Traditionally, a film production company begins by defining itself—”these are the films we make.” But nomenstatua has already dismantled such traditions, leaving behind the perennial forms that shape a different configuration:
• There is no school.
• There is no method.
• There is no mastery.
• There is no completion.
There is only process and collaboration.
The mysterious gift of self-consciousness gives rise to the moving image.
