Two Vietnamese films have been enlisted in A Window on Asian Cinema, one in ten main sections of the 21st Busan International Film Festival to be held next month.
Vietnamese film director Nguyen Hoang Diep has been awarded the title of “Knight of Arts and Letters” by the French Government, making her the first Vietnamese female director to win the accolade.
Movies made by domestic and international filmmakers will be featured at the fourth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) to be held from November 1 to 5.
Director Nguyen Hoang Diep, who won three awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival last year, has become a jury member for the event this year.
Six Vietnamese movies will be screened at a special programme entitled New Action! Southeast Asia at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2016 from March 4 to 13.
Two Vietnamese films including Chang trai nam ay (Dandelion) and Dap canh giua khong trung (Flapping in the middle of nowhere) will be screened at the 2015 Luang Prabang Film Festival (LPFF).
The movie Cuoc Doi Cua Yen (The Life of Yen) about the life of a young woman and her marriage arranged by her parents has opened a week of screenings for free in Hanoi and Da Nang city
Director Nguyen Hoang Diep's first feature film, entitled "Dap Canh
Giua Khong Trung" (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere), has won three
prizes at the 29th Fribourg International Film Festival.
The Swiss movie “Vitus” (Child Prodigy) was screened at the French
Cultural Centre L’Espace in Hanoi on March 24, signalling the beginning
of the 2015 Francophone Film Festival in the capital.
The open ending of the Vietnamese feature film Flapping in the Middle of
Nowhere, currently showing in Hanoi and HCM City, proved divisive for
audiences.
Phan Dang Di's latest film will premiere at the 65th Berlin
International Film Festival (Berlinale), becoming the first Vietnamese
film to compete for the top prize at the film fest.
Director Nguyen Hoang Diep was so excited to receive an award at the
36th Film Festival of the Three Continents (France) that she sang
instead of giving an acceptance speech.
Hundreds of people queued up at the National Cinema Centre to get free
tickets to the third Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) from 9am
November 25.
Nhung Nguoi Con Cua Lang (Children of the Village) and Dap Canh Giua
Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere) will vie for the feature
film award of 5,000 USD at the third Hanoi International Film Festival
(HANIFF), which kicks off on November 23.
“Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung” (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere), the
first feature film produced and directed by Nguyen Hoang Diep, will be
screened at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2014.