City screens award-winning films (18-04-2006) Hcm city — HCM City film lovers will get the opportunity to see the best Vietnamese films that won this year’s prizes starting today. Feature films, documentaries, TV films which won the Viet Nam Cinematography Association’s Golden Kite awards recently will be shown in the city’s cinemas until Friday, April 21. The award-winning movie, Chuyen Cua Pao (Pao’s Story), directed by Ngo Quang Hai, and the best documentary, Con Lai Voi Thoi Gian (In Memory of Time), by Le Hong Chuong, will kick off the show at Dong Da Cinema on the opening day. Along with Pao’s Story the best television film, Mot Lan Di Bui (Running Away from Home), by director Nguyen Quoc Trong, and the best scientific documentary, Su Song O Rung Cuc Phuong (Life in Cuc Phuong Forest), by Nguyen Van Huong, will be shown at Nam Quang cinema. Mot Lan Di Bui is about the conflict between parents and children in modern society where the former are … [Read more...] about City screens award-winning films
Awards winning movies
National award-winning movie screened in Berlin
A scene of Yellow Flowers on The Green Grass by director Victor Vu. — Photo India-forums.com HA NOI (VNS) — National award-winning movie Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh (Yellow Flowers on The Green Grass) was among four movies that were shown at the Vietnamese Film Week in Berlin. The movie had won the Golden Lotus for the best motion picture at the 19th Viet Nam National Film Festival. Its director Victor Vu won the Best Director award. Based on the novel by best-selling author Nguyen Nhat Anh, the film is set in the mid-1980s in a small village and tells the story of two young brothers who share everything, but compete for the affection of the same girl. Its sound and visual effects left a strong impression on the jury and audience. The movie was also named the best film at the Silk Road International Film Festival in Fujian Province, China, in September. Commissioned by the state and produced by the HCM City-based Galaxy Studio, the VND20-billion (US$899,000) film … [Read more...] about National award-winning movie screened in Berlin
Award-winning movies to be shown at Osaka festival
Actress Miu Le in main role of Sweat 20. — Photo kul.vn HA NOI (VNS) — 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. The movies are Em La Ba Noi Cua Anh (Sweat 20); Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh (Yellow Flowers on Green Grass); Cha, Con Va Nhung Cau Chuyen Khac (Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories) and Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping On The Middle of Nowhere), as well as Di Nhan (Super X) and My Nhan Ke (The Lady Assassin). New Action! Southeast Asia will introduce a panorama of Vietnamese cinema, including movies that have recently won the local audience's hearts and prizes at international film festivals. Sweat 20 is the first movie of feature director Phan Gia Nhat Linh. It set a Vietnamese box office record by becoming the highest grossing film, earning VND101 billion (US$4.75 million) in revenue in 2015. "It is a huge surprise. I didn't know Sweat 20 has … [Read more...] about Award-winning movies to be shown at Osaka festival
Six Vietnamese award-winning movies to be shown at Osaka festival
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. A scene of Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh movie. — Photo doisongphapluat.com The movies are Em La Ba Noi Cua Anh (Sweat 20); Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh (Yellow Flowers on Green Grass); Cha, Con Va Nhung Cau Chuyen Khac (Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories) and Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping On The Middle of Nowhere), as well as Di Nhan (Super X) and My Nhan Ke (The Lady Assassin). New Action! Southeast Asia will introduce a panorama of Vietnamese cinema, including movies that have recently won the local audience's hearts and prizes at international film festivals. Sweat 20 is the first movie of feature director Phan Gia Nhat Linh. It set a Vietnamese box office record by becoming the highest grossing film, earning VND101 billion (US$4.75 million) in revenue in 2015. "It is a huge … [Read more...] about Six Vietnamese award-winning movies to be shown at Osaka festival
Award-winning movie to visit American campuses
”Floating Lives, winner of five awards at Vietnam’s national Golden Kite Film Festival, will be screened at several prestigious universities in the US next month. The movie, based on a popular novel published in 2005 titled Canh dong ban tan (Endless Field) by Nguyen Ngoc Tu, will be shown at Princeton, Yale, MIT, Brown, the University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia and New York University from April 6 – 14. The US-based Institute for Vietnamese Culture & Education, which is organizing the screenings, seeks to promote Vietnamese films in the U.S. Last month, Floating Lives won a “Silver Kite” (a second best movie award), best film voted by the press, best actress, best supporting actor and best soundtrack at the 2011 Golden Kite awards. First held in 2003 by the Vietnam Cinema Association, the Golden Kite is the Vietnamese equivalent of the Oscars. Source: TT … [Read more...] about Award-winning movie to visit American campuses