Documentary on Essex lorry tragedy to be screened at US film festival

“One Year on: The Essex Lorry Tragedy” featuring the first anniversary of the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found in the back of a lorry container in Essex, the UK, will be screened at an annual movie event in Pennsylvania, the US.

Tuesday, December 07, 2021 09:47

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Lorry carrying 39 Vietnamese migrants (Photo: AFP)

Hanoi (VNA) – “One Year on: The Essex Lorry Tragedy” featuring thefirst anniversary of the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found in theback of a lorry container in Essex, the UK, will be screened at an annual movieevent in Pennsylvania, the US.

The 2021 Erie International Film Festival will take place overnine days from December 10. It will feature around 60 independent movies,documentaries, animation productions and music videos.

The documentary was written and produced by the multimediateam at Viet Nam News of the Vietnam News Agency in 2020.

The documentary, which was screened on VNews TV to mark theanniversary of the tragedy, was first selected to be screened at the Pune ShortFilm Festival in India.

It was then chosen to be shown at festivals in Goa, Kerela,Shantiniketan and the Alibag Short Film Festival in Maharashtra, India.

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“One Year on: The Essex Lorry Tragedy” documentary (Photo: Vietnam News)

Next, it was screened the Druk International Film Festivalin Bhutan, the Virgin Spring Cinefest in India and the World Film Carnival inSingapore, where all chose the documentary as an award winning production inthe Short Documentary category.

Further top prizes followed, the documentary also wonaccolades at the Gangtok International Film Festival, Luis Bunuel MemorialAwards, Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, West Bengal’s Royal Societyof Television & Motion Picture Awards, Krimson Horyzon International FilmFestival, Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival, and the Black SwanInternational Film Festival.

“One Year on: The Essex Lorry Tragedy” is available to watchexclusively in Vietnam via Galaxy Play https://galaxyplay.vn/title/one-year-on-the-essex-lorry-tragedy./.

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