VietNamNet Bridge – After two years of preparation, the first international film festival in Vietnam opened on October 17 in Hanoi. Hong Kong movie star meets with Vietnamese audience First Int’l Film Festival opens in Hanoi International film festival in Asia Below is a review of some international film festivals in neighbouring countries, Vietnam’s integration into the world movie arena and its preparation for the festival. Thailand and the Philippines organize four international film festivals a year. Singapore has up to six international film festivals. Even Cambodia holds three film festivals. Vietnam has its first event now, which equals it to Indonesia. Southeast Asian countries that have never organized any international film festivals are Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar and Brunei (source: … [Read more...] about A look at Vietnam’s first int’l film festival
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French actress to star at film festival in Ha Noi
French actress to star at film festival in Ha Noi (09-10-2008) Top ten beauty: French movie star Emmanuelle Beart will come to Ha Noi for the second French cinema festival from October 20-30. — AFP/VNA Photo HA NOI — Film lovers are in for a treat this month when French star of the silver screen Emmanuelle Beart comes to Ha Noi for the second French cinema festival from October 20-30. The actress, who was named one of the world’s ten most beautiful celebrities by Harper&Queen magazine, will meet the public on October 20 at Ha Noi’s Megastar to introduce her film Disco, which is opening the film festival. It will be followed by Les Femmes de L’Ombre (The Women of the Shadow), starring Sophie Marceau. Disco, directed by Fabien Onteniente and completed last year, tells the story of Didier Travolta. Seriously in debt, Didier, 40, lives in Le Havre in his mother’s house. He receives a letter from the mother of his eight-year-old son Brian, … [Read more...] about French actress to star at film festival in Ha Noi
A look at Vietnam’s first int’l film festival Hong Kong movie star meets with Vietnamese audience First Int’l Film Festival opens in Hanoi Hong Kong movie star meets with Vietnamese audience First Int’l Film Festival opens in Hanoi
VietNamNet Bridge – After two years of preparation, the first international film festival in Vietnam opened on October 17 in Hanoi. Hong Kong movie star meets with Vietnamese audience First Int’l Film Festival opens in Hanoi International film festival in Asia Below is a review of some international film festivals in neighbouring countries, Vietnam’s integration into the world movie arena and its preparation for the festival. Thailand and the Philippines organize four international film festivals a year. Singapore has up to six international film festivals. Even Cambodia holds three film festivals. Vietnam has its first event now, which equals it to Indonesia. Southeast Asian countries that have never organized any international film festivals are Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar and Brunei (source: britfilms.com). Some Asian countries hold many international film festivals, which are organized every year very systematically . China has around seven events a … [Read more...] about A look at Vietnam’s first int’l film festival Hong Kong movie star meets with Vietnamese audience First Int’l Film Festival opens in Hanoi Hong Kong movie star meets with Vietnamese audience First Int’l Film Festival opens in Hanoi
Film fest rolls out red carpet in HCM City
The 16th Viet Nam Film Festival opened with a ceremony at HCM City’s White Palace conference hall on Tuesday, with 99 feature films, documentaries and cartoons competing for this year’s Golden Lotus awards. Say cheese: Actress Ngo Thanh Van (left) and her co-star Johnny Tri Nguyen pose for a photo as they arrive at the opening ceremony of the Viet Nam Film Festival on Tuesday. — File Photo Fifteen feature films, 10 fewer than last year, are entered in the competition, including Choi Voi (Adrift); Dung Dot (Don’t Burn); Trang Noi Day Gieng (Moon at the Bottom of the Well); Chuyen Tinh Xa Xu (Passport to Love); Rung Den (Black Forest), and Giai Cuu Than Chet (Kiss of Death). Around 1,000 delegates have arrived for the event which returns to the city after 26 years. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran Chien Thang and Deputy Chairwoman of the city People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Hong inaugurated the festival which has also attracted film … [Read more...] about Film fest rolls out red carpet in HCM City
Festival spotlights best VN movies
Ha Noi Cinematheque is hosting a special Viet Nam on Film summer festival featuring the best of the country’s movies and foreign films on Viet Nam. The films cover a broad range of periods and styles, from classic Vietnamese feature films to modern French documentaries, to recent shorts by film students. One of the most classic Vietnamese movies to be shown is 17th Parallel Days & Nights directed by Nguyen Hai Ninh in 1972. Vietnamese actor Tra Giang won a best actress award for her role in the film at the Moscow Film Festival in 1973. When the Tenth Month Comes, voted by CNN as one of the top 18 Asian films, by director Dang Nhat Minh will also be featured at the festival. A haunting portrait of one woman’s struggle with loss and personal sacrifice during the war, the movie is considered by many local and international critics to be the greatest Vietnamese movie ever made. Golden Lotus The film won the Golden Lotus at the 7th Viet Nam Film Festival in 1985; Special … [Read more...] about Festival spotlights best VN movies