Hanoi (VNA) - The 7th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) will be held from November 7- 11.
According to the event’s organiser, the festival is an important meeting place for Vietnamese and global film makers, allowing them to exchange ideas and form cooperation. It also is an opportunity for filmmakers to introduce their best creative works and honour the best of the talents in the industry.
Besides, the festival not only is an important event for the cinema industry but also contributes to popularising the image of Vietnam as a safe, friendly, hospitable, integrated and developed country.
HANIFF was first held in 2010 as one of many activities celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi capital and since then it has been held biennially,
It aims to build a new film festival brand and affirm the position of Vietnamese cinema in international cinematography and attract the attention of world filmmakers to Vietnamese cinema.
Through its six editions, the festival is an event that attracts the attention of the domestic and international visitors to cinema, creating inspiration and motivation to build and develop the Vietnamese film industry as well as opportunities to expand the Vietnamese film market to the world and integrate it into the international film market.
Besides presenting awards, the 7th HANIFF will also show out-of competition films, host seminars and film project markets and have some outdoor screenings.
A wide range of sidelines events will also be happening, including meeting movie stars and exhibitions introducing the cinema industries of Japan, Germany, Russia, China and the Republic of Korea, which are expected to take place at Tran Nhan Tong pedestrian street and Ly Thai To Garden.
At the last HANIFF there were 800 international and Vietnamese delegates from over 50 countries and territories with participation of 123 films including motion pictures, short films, documentaries and animation.
Award-winners included best film for Brazilian Paloma in the main official competition, the Jury Award for feature-length Woman on the Roof produced by Poland and Sweden, while the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (NETPAC) awards went to Bone Marrow and The Villain Kotrabid from the Philippines./.
