The SGIFF award, given Saturday night, was for the documentary, The Future Cries Beneath Our Soil, which revolves around the postwar lives of four people in the central province of Quang Tri, the site of many clashes between Vietnamese and American forces. After the war, to survive, the characters work for a gold mine and remove leftover bombs. "When I was abroad, I thought of making a film related to the Vietnam War. The project kicked off in 2014 and was completed after four years," she said. Pham Thu Hang (middle) at the Singapore International Film Festival. Photo by VnExpress/An Nguyen Hang studied documentary filmmaking in Portugal, Hungary and Belgium. Before that, she was a researcher in Vietnam. Her next film is about leprosy patients. Beside Hang, Dao Thi Minh Trang’s Never Been Kissed was awarded the Most Promising Project of the Southeast Asian Film Lab. The award carries a prize money of more than $2,000. The movie is about two women who are best … [Read more...] about Vietnamese documentary gets best director award at Singapore film fest
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Local film sent to Venice
Local film sent to Venice My Tran By My Tran in HCMC Vietnamese movie Dap canh giua khong trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere) has been chosen for screening at the 71st Venice Film International Festival in Italy from on August 27 to September 6. “Joining the international festival is always a dream of filmmakers so we are so honored to present the country to promote local cinematography,” director Nguyen Hoang Diep said in a statement, adding that the film will be an inspiration for local filmmakers to take local films abroad. The movie will be screened for journalists on September 1 and for the public on September 2 and 3 at the festival. The director and two main casts Tran Bao Son and Nguyen Thuy Anh will attend the event for a press conference with international journalists and film critics on September 2. The film will compete with seven other movies from France, Italy, China, Palestine, Perisa and Germany for the Lion of The Future award at the … [Read more...] about Local film sent to Venice
WHAT’S ON MAY 1-31 (DAILY UPDATE)
Rather Unique: LIVE hip-hop w/ Ali & St. What Sat 28 May 2016, 9 pm ATK 73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi Come to enjoy the gold standard in live hip-hop. DJ Ali spins fresh beats while lyrical champ St. What lays down smooth lyrics. He raps for listeners, blunt-heads, fly ladies, and prisoners. Come experience a funk vortex of freestyles, hip-hop bangers, and radiant instrumentals. Free entry! Solo Exhibition “Sick of Love” by Jakub Julian Ziolkowski Opening: Sat 28 May 2016, 6 pm Exhibition: 28 May – 04 Jun 2016 Cafe Nhà Sàn Come to a solo exhibition “Sick of Love” by Jakub Julian Ziolkowski. “A boy dreams of finding treasure, a lonely man looks at his feet stepping on other feet that belong to his own shadow, faint marks of teeth pile on the shoulder of some strange girl who has come into the world before, me, and my hand pressed against the mirror, from now on i know. Every mirror is … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON MAY 1-31 (DAILY UPDATE)
North Korea to ‘mercilessly’ destroy makers of Seth Rogen film
North Korea has promised to “mercilessly destroy” anyone associated with an action-comedy movie that depicts an attempt to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un. “A preview of a film on insulting and assassinating the supreme leadership of the DPRK is floating in broad daylight in the U.S., a kingpin of international terrorism and its cesspool, shocking the world community,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in comments carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The ministry spokesman didn’t name the film, though the plot matches “The Interview,” starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, which tells the story of two celebrity journalists who secure an interview with Kim, prompting the Central Intelligence Agency to recruit them as assassins. The film offended all North Koreans, he said. “It is their firm determination and stamina to mercilessly … [Read more...] about North Korea to ‘mercilessly’ destroy makers of Seth Rogen film
Virginia TV journalists killed by suspect with ‘powder keg’ of anger
Two television journalists were shot to death during a live broadcast in Virginia on Wednesday, slain by a former employee of the TV station and who called himself a "powder keg" of anger over what he saw as racial discrimination at work and elsewhere in the United States. The suspect, 41-year-old Vester Flanagan, shot himself as police pursued him on a Virginia highway hours after the shooting. Flanagan, who was African-American, died later at a hospital, police said. The journalists who were killed were reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. Both journalists were white, as is a woman who they were interviewing. The woman was wounded and was in stable condition, a hospital spokesman said. Social media postings by a person who appeared to be Flanagan indicated the suspect had grievances against the station, CBS affiliate WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Virginia, which let him go two years ago. The person also posted video that appeared to show the attack filmed from the gunman's … [Read more...] about Virginia TV journalists killed by suspect with ‘powder keg’ of anger