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Vietnamese director Pham Ngoc Lan joins jury at Berlinale 2025

In February last year, director Pham Ngoc Lan's feature film “Cu Li Khong Bao Gio Khoc (Cu Li Never Cries)” won the Best First Feature Award at the festival, earning a 50,000 EUR prize.

The Berlinale 2025's International Short Film Jury: (from left to right) Jing Haase, Dascha Dauenhauer, and Pham Ngoc Lan. (Source: Berlinale 2025)
The Berlinale 2025's International Short Film Jury: (from left to right) Jing Haase, Dascha Dauenhauer, and Pham Ngoc Lan. (Source: Berlinale 2025)

Berlin (VNA) – Vietnamese director Pham Ngoc Lan has been invited as one of the three jury members for the short film category at the Berlin International Film Festival 2025 (Berlinale).

Lan, 39, who was born and grew up in Hanoi, initially studied architecture before pursuing filmmaking.

The director is a familiar face at Berlinale, with several short films gaining international recognition including Another City in 2016 and Blessed Land in 2019.

In February last year, his feature film “Cu Li Khong Bao Gio Khoc (Cu Li Never Cries)” won the Best First Feature Award at the festival, earning a 50,000 EUR prize.

The 75th Berlinale officially opened on February 13 with the world premiere of The Light by Tom Tykwer. Nearly 250 films are set to be screened across various categories, with 19 movies rivaling in the main competition. This year, Vietnam sent no entries to the event./.

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