The first prize-winning documentary Khi Cò Ốc Trở Về (When Storks Return) at the 6th festival in 2016. Photo thiennhien.net HÀ NỘI – A national festival will be held to honour the best environmental films in Hà Nội. The festival is held every three years by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources; Việt Nam Cinematography Association and Việt Nam National Television . “The festival will honour filmmakers who have made environment-themed films,” said Vũ Minh Lý, deputy-head of the ministry’s Environment and Natural Resources Communication Centre. “The cinematographic and television works with valuable content that raise awareness about environmental protection will be honoured at the festival.” Organisations and individuals across the country are invited to attend the festival with works produced between January 1, 2016 to October 15, 2019. There are four … [Read more...] about National environment film festival launched
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Vietnam win five awards at Swiss film festival
The concept art of Cu Li Never Cries. Photo courtesy of EPICMEDIA. Vietnamese filmmakers bagged five awards in different categories at the 2019 Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. "Cu Li Khong Bao Gio Khoc" (Cu Li Never Cries), a full length feature film debut by director Pham Ngoc Lan, won the ARTE International Open Doors and Sorfond awards. Another Vietnamese film, "Tro Tan Ruc Ro" (Glorious Ashes), directed by Bui Thac Chuyen and produced by Tran Thi Bich Ngoc, won the CNC award. The other winners were two young directors Duong Dieu Linh and Le Quynh Anh, who got the Moulin d’André-CEC and Rotterdam Lab awards, respectively. In "Cu Li Khong Bao Gio Khoc", M, a retired worker in Vietnam returns to Berlin after learning her estranged German husband has died, and finds that he has left her an urn with his ashes and Cu Li, his dog. Upon returning to Vietnam, M finds that her pregnant niece Van is rushing into marriage. M begins to recount her own … [Read more...] about Vietnam win five awards at Swiss film festival
Vietnamese movies win prizes at Swiss film festival
From right to left, producers Tran Thi Bich Ngoc, Duong Dieu Linh and Le Quynh Anh are pictured with Locarno Film Festival awards (Photo courtesy of SEAFIC) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese film makers have won a number of prizes at a European film festival. Culi Never Cries, the debut drama by Pham Ngoc Lan, won two prizes in the Open Doors section of Locarno Film Festival held in Locarno, Switzerland. The movie picked up the ARTE International Open Doors and Sorfond Awards, according to the Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab. Meanwhile, film project Tro Tan Ruc Ro (Glorious Ashes) by director Bui Thac Chuyen and producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc won the CNC Prize. Young directors Duong Dieu Linh and Le Quynh Anh won the Moulin d’André-CEC and Rotterdam Lam awards respectively. According to Variety, Culi Never Cries has impressed the international media when it was introduced in Open Doors programme within the Swiss film festival. The film tells the story of Lady M., a … [Read more...] about Vietnamese movies win prizes at Swiss film festival
Vienamese movies win prizes in Swiss Film Festival
From right to left, producers Trần Thị Bích Ngọc, Dương Diệu Linh and Lê Quỳnh Anh are pictured with Locarno Film Festival awards. — Photo courtesy of SEAFIC HÀ NỘI Vietnamese film makers have won a number of prizes at a European film festival. Culi Never Cries, the debut drama by Phạm Ngọc Lân, won two prizes in the Open Doors section of Locarno Film Festival held in Locarno, Switzerland. The movie picked up the ARTE International Open Doors and Sorfond Awards, according to the Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab. Meanwhile, film project Tro Tàn Rực Rỡ (Glorious Ashes) by director Bùi Thạc Chuyên and producer Trần Thị Bích Ngọc won the CNC Prize. Young directors Dương Diệu Linh and Lê Quỳnh Anh won the Moulin d’André-CEC and Rotterdam Lam awards respectively. According to Variety, Culi Never Cries has … [Read more...] about Vienamese movies win prizes in Swiss Film Festival
Vietnamese films chosen to be part of Busan film festival
A scene in film “Skin of youth” directed by Nguyen Phuong Anh The two films have been named among the best 29 projects in the APM which are to be introduced in Busan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), from October 6 to October 8. The event is running as part of the 24th Busan International Film Festival which will take place in the RoK between October 3-12. “Skin of youth" is set in Vietnam in 1990s and tells the story of San and Nam who live in a society which holds strict and conservative values regarding the issue of gender. Both take on illegal work in order to afford their transgender lifestyle. The film is directed by Nguyen Phuong Anh, who gained recognition, but has also faced a number of controversies, following the release of his film the “Third Wife”. “Picturehouse” marks the return of director Nguyen Vo Nguyen Minh who rose to prominence following the release of “Water 2030” in 2013. He also participated in the Busan … [Read more...] about Vietnamese films chosen to be part of Busan film festival