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Veteran Vietnamese actress judges AIFFE Film Festival

Vietnamese actress and director Hong Anh is one of the judges at the 6th ASEAN International Films Festival (AIFFA) in Sarawak, Malaysia from August 2 to 4.
Veteran Vietnamese actress judges AIFFE Film Festival ảnh 1Actress and director Hong Anh (first left) and her actors at AIFFA 2017. (Photo Blue Productions)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese actress and director HongAnh is one of the judges at the 6th ASEAN International Films Festival (AIFFA)in Sarawak, Malaysia from August 2 to 4.

Others in the jury panel include Malaysians U-Wei Bin Haji Saari and EffendeeMazlan; Turkish Ihsan Nurullah Kabil and Indonesian Viva Westi.

AIFFA was established in 2013 for ASEAN directors, cinematographers, actors andfans to converge to celebrate excellent movies from the region.

“I’m honoured to be one of the judges at AIFFA 2023,” said Anh.

Born in 1977 in Tra Vinh province, Anh began her career as adancer when she was 14. In 1995, she turned to film after winning a top prizeat the Movie Actors with Potential Contest launched by HCM City’sCinematography Association.

She has performed in dozens of award-winning films and TV shows produced byState-owned and private film companies, including Việt Nam Film Studios and HCMCity Television’s Film Studio.

Anh won two Best Actress awards at the Golden Kite Festival and Vietnam FilmFestival in 2001 and 2008, launched by the Vietnam Cinematography Departmentand the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

In 2013, she began working as a film director and producer after opening theBlue Productions film agency.

At the festival, Anh and the jury will judge 34 movies from Vietnam, Malaysia,Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei and the Phillippines.

Two Vietnamese movies MementoMori: Dat (Memento Mori: Earth) and Dem ToiRuc Ro (The Brilliant Darkness) will vie for the AIFFA Awards.

Scripted and directed by Marcus Manh Cuong Vu, MementoMori: Dat was inspired by true stories from the book Diem Den CuarCuoi Doi (Destination of Life) by Dang Hoang Giang.

The movie tells of a young dying mother as she tries to record farewellmessages for her daughters and fights for an organ donation. The 85-minute moviewill be shown on August 3 with English subtitles.

Memento Mori: Dat has been nominated for the New Current Award atBusan International Film Festival and Best Film at BaliMakarya InternationalFilm Festival.

DemToi Ruc Ro is a movie by American Aaron Toronto who won awardsat the Golden Kite Awards 2022 given by the Vietnam Cinema Associationincluding Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography, Best Leading Actress, BestScreen and Best Supporting Actor.

The movie brought home the best story and best female performance awards at the2022 Santa Fe Film Festival in New Mexico, the US.

It focuses on domestic abuse telling of the funeral of a grandfather whosefamily members believe they have been left a fortune. His children soondiscover that their father lost a fortune gambling and the mafia is coming tocollect the debt. They must pay by sunrise or else there will be anotherfuneral.

The movie will be shown on August 4./.
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