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Vietnamese wins Best Actor Award at 18th Asian Film Festival

Tran Anh Khoa, playing Rom in the movie of the same name, took home the Best Actor Award at the 18th Asian Film Festival taking place in Rome from June 17 – 23.
Vietnamese wins Best Actor Award at 18th Asian Film Festival ảnh 1A still cut of Rom, a Vietnamese film directed by Tran Thanh Huy. Tran Anh Khoa, playing Rom, wins the Best Actor Award at the 18th Asian Film Festival taking place in Rome from June 17 – 23. (Photo courtesy of the film's distributor)
Rome (VNA) – Tran Anh Khoa, playing Rom in themovie of the same name, took home the Best Actor Award at the 18th Asian Film Festival taking place in Rome from June 17 – 23.

The award is among the five most important of thefestival, together with the Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, and MostOriginal Film.

Khoa’s performance was described as “an interpretation ofinstinct, energy and dynamism for a character who moves in the chaos andmadness of Ho Chi Minh City”.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Italy received the award onbehalf of Khoa, who is currently living in Canada.

“Rom” was among the four Vietnamese movies screened inthe festival, with three others including Bac Kim Thang (Home Sweet Home), “BoGia” (Dad, I'm sorry), and “Tiec trang mau” (Blood Moon Party).

The Asian Film Festival in Italy is organised by theRoberts Bresson Film Foundation which selects the best films in East Asia, withspecial attention given to young directors.

A total of 28 feature and two short films from 11 EastAsian countries such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam andSingapore, are featured at the event.

The films mainly reflect the abuse and bullying ofminors, family relationship and climate change in parts of the region./.
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