Feature films and documentaries from 31 countries and territories inthe Asia-Pacific are to be shown at the Hanoi International FilmFestival which opened on November 25.
More than 100 featurefilms, documentaries and short films will be screened at nine cinemacomplexes until Thursday, including 37 competing in the categories ofBest Feature Movie, Best Short Film and the Network for Promotion ofAsian Cinema Award.
Two Vietnamese films to compete with 12others for Best Feature Movie are Thien Menh Anh Hung (Blood Letter) andDam Me (Passion).
Hoang Tuan Anh, Minister of Culture, Sportsand Tourism, said this film festival provides an opportunity forVietnamese artists and actors to exchange cultural values andprofessional experiences and helps spread the image of Vietnam tothe world.
The festival opened with a feature movie onVietnam , Cat Nong (Hot Sand), directed by Le Hoang and produced by theLiberation Film Studio.
It will be screened nationwide during the Lunar New Year festival next February.
Jury president for feature films, German director Jan Schuette, saidthe festival screened films rarely shown in Viet Nam , including Orphan( Russia ), Footnote ( Israel ), Iron Lady ( Britain ) and Amour (France ). The latter won the Golden Palm at the 2012 Cannes Festival,the highest prize awarded and presented to the director of the bestfeature film of the official competition.
Vietnam willpresent 42 films in different categories with three themes: Hanoi ,Vietnam 's renewal period, and those produced from 2010 until now.
Audiences will also have the chance to meet documentary makers,animators and film crews. Hollywood actor Clifford Vivian Devon (CliffCurtis) and Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, voted as the bestIranian actress of the decade by 130 Iranian film critics, will be atthe festival.
The festival will feature a three-day workshopwhere experts, including Sonja Heinen from the World Cinema Foundation,Tessa Inkelaar from Film London and Michael J Werner from FortissimoFilms, are to share their experiences with emerging Asian directors.
In the meantime, an international conference, entitled "Vietnam Cinemain the Renewal Period", is underway at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel. 200Vietnamese and foreign artists, filmmakers and film producers are toassess the development of Vietnam cinematography since the renewalperiod that began in the late of 1980s, and international integration.
The second conference, "Digital Technology and DevelopmentTrends in Film Production and Cinema", will be held on November 28.
An exhibition entitled "Vietnam Cinema in the Renewal Period",provides attendants with a general view of developments in Vietnamcinematography during 20 years of renewing and integrating.
Theclosing ceremony of the festival and awards presentations will be heldat the Friendship Cultural Palace on November 29.-VNA
More than 100 featurefilms, documentaries and short films will be screened at nine cinemacomplexes until Thursday, including 37 competing in the categories ofBest Feature Movie, Best Short Film and the Network for Promotion ofAsian Cinema Award.
Two Vietnamese films to compete with 12others for Best Feature Movie are Thien Menh Anh Hung (Blood Letter) andDam Me (Passion).
Hoang Tuan Anh, Minister of Culture, Sportsand Tourism, said this film festival provides an opportunity forVietnamese artists and actors to exchange cultural values andprofessional experiences and helps spread the image of Vietnam tothe world.
The festival opened with a feature movie onVietnam , Cat Nong (Hot Sand), directed by Le Hoang and produced by theLiberation Film Studio.
It will be screened nationwide during the Lunar New Year festival next February.
Jury president for feature films, German director Jan Schuette, saidthe festival screened films rarely shown in Viet Nam , including Orphan( Russia ), Footnote ( Israel ), Iron Lady ( Britain ) and Amour (France ). The latter won the Golden Palm at the 2012 Cannes Festival,the highest prize awarded and presented to the director of the bestfeature film of the official competition.
Vietnam willpresent 42 films in different categories with three themes: Hanoi ,Vietnam 's renewal period, and those produced from 2010 until now.
Audiences will also have the chance to meet documentary makers,animators and film crews. Hollywood actor Clifford Vivian Devon (CliffCurtis) and Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, voted as the bestIranian actress of the decade by 130 Iranian film critics, will be atthe festival.
The festival will feature a three-day workshopwhere experts, including Sonja Heinen from the World Cinema Foundation,Tessa Inkelaar from Film London and Michael J Werner from FortissimoFilms, are to share their experiences with emerging Asian directors.
In the meantime, an international conference, entitled "Vietnam Cinemain the Renewal Period", is underway at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel. 200Vietnamese and foreign artists, filmmakers and film producers are toassess the development of Vietnam cinematography since the renewalperiod that began in the late of 1980s, and international integration.
The second conference, "Digital Technology and DevelopmentTrends in Film Production and Cinema", will be held on November 28.
An exhibition entitled "Vietnam Cinema in the Renewal Period",provides attendants with a general view of developments in Vietnamcinematography during 20 years of renewing and integrating.
Theclosing ceremony of the festival and awards presentations will be heldat the Friendship Cultural Palace on November 29.-VNA
