Hanoi to host German film festival for young audience

Six selected films will be screened for free at Hanoi’s Kim Dong Cinema during the German film festival for children and young audience from May 25 to 28.

A scene from the famous German children film Rico, Oskar und der Diebstahlstein (Rico, Oskar and the Mysterious Stone), based on children’s best selling book by Eugen Ruge. The film will be screened at the first ever German Film Festival for Children & Young Audience in Vietnam. (Photo: www.berlinale.de) 


Hanoi (VNA) - Six selected films will be screenedfor free at Hanoi’s Kim Dong Cinema during the German film festival forchildren and young audience from May 25 to 28.

Known as the first ever film festival forchildren and young audiences in Vietnam, the German film festival has beenorganised by the Goethe-Institut on the occasion of International Children’sDay on June 1 and in cooperation with the International Film Festival forChildren and Young Audience SCHLINGEL from Germany.

As part of the festival, the Goethe-Institut willalso organise various free film-related activities and workshops to reflect onthe films and to inspire participants to express their views. The institute hasteamed up with Ti Toay Atelier, Think Playgrounds association and Blossom ArtHouse to offer a broad range of educational programmes customised for differentage groups.

As its special guests, Goethe-Institut Hanoiwill welcome directors of three films that will be screened at this filmfestival in Vietnam. They are Florian Gaag, director of Lena Love; AlexandraProchazka, directress of Auf Augenhöhe (At Eye Level); and Neele Vollmar,directress of Rico, Oskar und der Diebstahlstein (Rico, Oskar and theMysterious Stone). Michael Harbauer, director of the International FilmFestival for Children and Young Audiences SCHLINGEL, will be in Vietnam on thisoccasion.

The films will have subtitles in Vietnamese andin English.

Interested people can collect tickets from fourvenues – Goethe-Institut Hanoi located on 56-58 Nguyen Thai Học Street; ThinkPlaygrounds Workshop, located on 244 Au Co Road; Blossom Art House located on94B Tran Hung Dao Street; and Ti Toay Studio, located on 46, lane 121/14 Chua LangStreet.-VNA
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