Hundreds of people queued up at the National Cinema Centre to get freetickets to the third Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) from 9amNovember 25.
Students, office workers and the elderly stood impatiently waiting for their turn to get the tickets.
Manywished to watch the Vietnamese film Huong Ga (Rise), the onlyVietnamese film to be shown on November 26 at the cinema, but ticketsquickly ran out.
During the five-day biennial festival, 130 filmsfrom 32 countries will be screened in five cinemas in Hanoi. Admissionis free, but tickets must be obtained one day before the screening. By11am, all tickets for November 26 shows at CGV Vincom City Tower andAugust Cinema were taken.
Four years after the first festival wasorganised, HANIFF has become well known among the Vietnamese public.This year's festival attracted much more attention than that of anyprevious year. Tra Mi, ticket distributor at CGV Vincom City Tower, saidthat the cinema employees had to install extra seats.
Inaddition to well-known films from the Republic of Korea, New Zealand,the Philippines and India, two Vietnamese films were eagerlyanticipated, Nhung Dua Con Cua Lang (The Village Children) and Dap CanhGiua Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere).
Thesefilms are competing for the "feature-length films" prize; according tofestival director and Director General of Vietnam Cinema Department NgoPhuong Lan, they won the most votes from the selection committee. DapCanh Giua Khong Trung also won a prize at the 2014 Venice InternationalFilm Festival and competed in several other international filmcompetitions.
"We wanted international friends to know more aboutmodern Vietnam, which is not merely a country that has been throughwar," Lan said.
Other new films focus on the theme of love andhappiness, like "Buoc Khe Toi Hanh Phuc" (Gentle Steps to Happiness),Mua He Lanh (Cold Summer) and Lac gioi (Paradise in Heart). Horror filmTrai Tim Mau (Vengeful Heart) is also popular.
The festivalreflects recent improvements in the domestic film industry, which hasoften lagged behind rivals in other countries due to low budgets.
Joiningthe queue for tickets at the National Cinema Centre, Tran Tuan Anh, astudent from the Culture University, said he was excited to watchVietnamese action films at the festival as the good acting made themmore interesting than those from the past.
"Many new Vietnamesefilms being presented at this festival are interesting, much more sothan television series. I hope to get more chances to watch films at thecinema for free," said 24-year-old tourism officer Doan Thi Loan.-VNA
Students, office workers and the elderly stood impatiently waiting for their turn to get the tickets.
Manywished to watch the Vietnamese film Huong Ga (Rise), the onlyVietnamese film to be shown on November 26 at the cinema, but ticketsquickly ran out.
During the five-day biennial festival, 130 filmsfrom 32 countries will be screened in five cinemas in Hanoi. Admissionis free, but tickets must be obtained one day before the screening. By11am, all tickets for November 26 shows at CGV Vincom City Tower andAugust Cinema were taken.
Four years after the first festival wasorganised, HANIFF has become well known among the Vietnamese public.This year's festival attracted much more attention than that of anyprevious year. Tra Mi, ticket distributor at CGV Vincom City Tower, saidthat the cinema employees had to install extra seats.
Inaddition to well-known films from the Republic of Korea, New Zealand,the Philippines and India, two Vietnamese films were eagerlyanticipated, Nhung Dua Con Cua Lang (The Village Children) and Dap CanhGiua Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere).
Thesefilms are competing for the "feature-length films" prize; according tofestival director and Director General of Vietnam Cinema Department NgoPhuong Lan, they won the most votes from the selection committee. DapCanh Giua Khong Trung also won a prize at the 2014 Venice InternationalFilm Festival and competed in several other international filmcompetitions.
"We wanted international friends to know more aboutmodern Vietnam, which is not merely a country that has been throughwar," Lan said.
Other new films focus on the theme of love andhappiness, like "Buoc Khe Toi Hanh Phuc" (Gentle Steps to Happiness),Mua He Lanh (Cold Summer) and Lac gioi (Paradise in Heart). Horror filmTrai Tim Mau (Vengeful Heart) is also popular.
The festivalreflects recent improvements in the domestic film industry, which hasoften lagged behind rivals in other countries due to low budgets.
Joiningthe queue for tickets at the National Cinema Centre, Tran Tuan Anh, astudent from the Culture University, said he was excited to watchVietnamese action films at the festival as the good acting made themmore interesting than those from the past.
"Many new Vietnamesefilms being presented at this festival are interesting, much more sothan television series. I hope to get more chances to watch films at thecinema for free," said 24-year-old tourism officer Doan Thi Loan.-VNA
