An outdoor film screening of the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival in October 2018 (Photo: VNA) Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – The 21st National Film Festival will take place in the southern province of Ba Ria-VungTau on November 23-27 under the theme of “Building a national, humanistic,creative and integrated Vietnamese film industry”.
The event was announced at a press conference jointly organised by the VietnamCinema Department and the provincial Department of Culture, Sport and Tourismin Ba Ria-Vung Tau on September 13.
The organising board said more than 100 films in the categories of motionpicture, documentary and science and cartoons will vie for the Golden Lotusawards. In addition, excellent directors, writers, actor and actress will behonoured at the event.
On the sidelines of the festival are film weeks in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City,an exchange between artists and audience, an exhibition on Vietnamese sea andisland through the lens of cinema, and free film screenings.
This year event is expected to gather up to1,500 guests from the film industry.
The National Film Festival was firstlaunched in 1980 in Hanoi. It has been held every three years since then indifferent localities.
The 20th festival was held in Da Nang city, with the participation of 77 films.Director Le Thanh Son’s Em Chua 18 (Jailbait) won the Golden Lotus for bestfilm. Director Vu Ngoc Dang won the Golden Lotus for best director while QuyBinh and Katie Nguyen were the best leading actor and actress.
The 20th film festivalsaw the introduction of the ASEAN Film Awards, which was given toSingapore's Yellow Bird. Indonesian Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo wonthe ASEAN award for best director, while the best leading actor and thebest leading actress awards went to Singapore's Sivakumar Palakrishnan and thePhilippines' Mary Joy Apostol, respectively./.
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