Int’l online short film festival to come soon

The 2013 YxineFF international online short film festival will open in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21.
The 2013 YxineFF international online short film festival will open in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21.

The annual film fest, organised by Yxine.com - a forum for cinemalovers, aims to inspire the cinematic passion of young filmmakers allover the world.

This year’s festival theme will be ‘Choice,’and as such online film fans will have the chance to enjoy short filmsin many genres; including cartoons, psychological thrillers, actionmovies and documentaries, according to head of the YxineFF filmselection board Marcus Vu Manh Cuong.

Nguyen Trong Khoi’sKhong Co Gi Quy (Even Just for One Day) is scheduled to be screened atHCM City ’s Megastar Paragon to open the festival on September21.

ZAG Village , a non-profit educationalorganisation, will work alongside the YxineFF, offering its own shortfilm screenings and exchanges with film-making teams.

Earlier, the group held its first public screening, themed “Best Filmsof 2013” at HCM City-based Orient Cafe on August 31.

Allexhibited films are available to view on the website www.yxineff.com. Audiences can vote for their favourite films, leave comments, andcommunicate with the filmmakers.

YxineFF was founded in 2010with the slogan “Sharing-Love-Cinema”. This year there will be fourcompetitive categories: international competition, local competition,panorama and in-focus.

The festival’s winners will be honoured at a ceremony in December this year.-VNA

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