A scene from the Mexican film Ilusiones SA, directed by Roberto Girault in 2015. (Photo: remezcla.com) Hanoi (VNA)– The sixth Latin American Film Festival will be held at the National Cinema Centrein Hanoi from October 8-10, announced the organisers at a press conference on October5.
Addressing the event,Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Lianys Torres Rivera said that the festival is achance for Latin American countries to introduce their culture to Vietnameseaudiences, thus promoting exchange between the two nations.
The diplomat expressedher hopes that through the festival, Vietnamese people will gain a betterunderstanding of the people and culture of Latin American countries.
The films to bescreened at the event span a range of genres – including mainstreamblockbusters, comedies, animations, documentaries, and period dramas – as wellas from a variety of countries – Argentina,Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
The festival’s cinematic line-up includes “Macarana”(Uruguay), “El Benny” (Cuba), “Panama Canal Stories” (Panama), “Boy and theWorld” (Brazil), “Ilusiones SA - We Fulfil Your Dreams” (Mexico), “Bad LuckyGoat” (Colombia), “The House at the End of Time” (Venezuela), “Vinyl Days”(Argentina), “Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui” (Chile), and “Good Old Boys” (Peru).The films display the social lives and cultural characteristics of each nationand can help Vietnamese people understand the cultural diversity of LatinAmerica.
Theweek will begin with “Maracana” from Uruguay, which features the footballspirit of South America, especially Brazil and Uruguay – champions of the WorldCup for many years now. The film also reflects a Latin American society inwhich poverty and inequality are still rife.
The annual Latin American Film Festival was heldfor the first time in Hanoi in 2013.–VNA
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