HCM City (VNA) – TheVietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) Film Festival is taking place in Ho Chi MinhCity from November 17-22, with twelve outstanding films of the two countries screenedfree.
The films, ranging from emotional andpsychological to action, history and mystery, are expected to help Vietnameseaudiences learn more about the RoK, as well as bringing the RoK andinternational friends an interesting experience of the history, land and peopleof Vietnam.
All eight of the Korean films beingintroduced at the festival have recently been screened in the RoK, including‘Minh thich nhau di’ (Like for Likes), ‘Tham tu Hong Gil Dong’ (PhantomDetective), and ‘Okja’.
Meanwhile, Vietnamese films being screenedat the festival are ‘Co can nha nam nghe nang mua’ (Like an old house), ‘Hotboynoi loan 2’ (Lost in Paradise 2), ‘Sieu trom’ (Bitcoin Heist), and ‘Co Ba SaiGon’ (The Tailor).
During the festival, a workshop on film productionvia smartphones will be held.
The festival is part of the ongoing 2017 HoChi Minh City – Gyeongju World Cultural Festival, held from November 11 toDecember 3 to celebrate the 25th founding anniversary of the diplomaticrelations between the two countries (December 22).-VNA
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