Vietnam and Russia should havecooperation agreement on film production in order to promote exchangesof experience among film producers from both countries, said PhedorMaksimovich Popov, director of Russia’s Stella film studio.
“Vietnam has numerous cinemas and a large movie audience,” saidthe Russian director at a meeting at the Hanoi-based Russian Centre forScience and Culture on Oct. 27, in the framework of the Russian filmweek in Vietnam . The film festival was aimed at promoting Russianculture in Vietnam, he added.
“Russian film week will be held annually in Vietnam . From now to thenext term, we want to discuss and promote film cooperation between bothnations.”
The deputy secretary general of the Russian Cinematography Association,Lazaruk Sergey Vladimirovich, also said that Vietnam’s movie industrywas growing, and that this was a chance for both countries to cooperatein making films.
However, Vladimirovich pointed out the absence of Russian films inVietnam’s cinemas in the recent past, stressing the need for concernedagencies of the two nations to work on a cooperation pact in this field.
The Russian film Zvezda (the Star), directed by Nikolai Lebedev, openedthe week of Russian cinema in Vietnam, which ended on Oct. 28.
The festival’s programme included recent Russian films of variousgenres, ranging from family pictures and war films to melodramas likeSpartak and Kalashinikov, a moving story of friendship between orphanShurka Kalashnikov and a shepherd dog named Spartak, the fantasticadventure film by Andrei Malyukov, We Are from the Future, and acontemporary psychological melodrama by Yaroslav Chevazhevsky, Kuka.
After the success of the film week in Hanoi, similar events will be held in Da Nang and HCM City in the near future./.
“Vietnam has numerous cinemas and a large movie audience,” saidthe Russian director at a meeting at the Hanoi-based Russian Centre forScience and Culture on Oct. 27, in the framework of the Russian filmweek in Vietnam . The film festival was aimed at promoting Russianculture in Vietnam, he added.
“Russian film week will be held annually in Vietnam . From now to thenext term, we want to discuss and promote film cooperation between bothnations.”
The deputy secretary general of the Russian Cinematography Association,Lazaruk Sergey Vladimirovich, also said that Vietnam’s movie industrywas growing, and that this was a chance for both countries to cooperatein making films.
However, Vladimirovich pointed out the absence of Russian films inVietnam’s cinemas in the recent past, stressing the need for concernedagencies of the two nations to work on a cooperation pact in this field.
The Russian film Zvezda (the Star), directed by Nikolai Lebedev, openedthe week of Russian cinema in Vietnam, which ended on Oct. 28.
The festival’s programme included recent Russian films of variousgenres, ranging from family pictures and war films to melodramas likeSpartak and Kalashinikov, a moving story of friendship between orphanShurka Kalashnikov and a shepherd dog named Spartak, the fantasticadventure film by Andrei Malyukov, We Are from the Future, and acontemporary psychological melodrama by Yaroslav Chevazhevsky, Kuka.
After the success of the film week in Hanoi, similar events will be held in Da Nang and HCM City in the near future./.
