Pham Thien An (left) and a film crew member with the Cannes trophy. Photo taken from Pham Thien An's Facebook page The movie surpassed nine other films from around the world to win the award at the Cannes Film Festival 2019 held May 14-25 this year. The section, established in 1968, honors feature, short films and documentaries that do not compete in the main categories. Completed in 2018, Stay Awake, Be Ready, Hay Thuc Tinh va San Sang in Vietnamese, deals with a traffic accident in front of a sidewalk food stall that spontaneously connects the life of three young people. The film's director Pham Thien An told French magazine Polyester he came up with the idea one night he went out drinking with his friends. "I saw this boy who worked as a fire breather and after each performance he would go to each restaurant table and sell candies and ask for money. He would eavesdrop on a lots of stories every night," An said. A … [Read more...] about Vietnamese short film wins Cannes award
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Angoulême Int’l Short Film Festival opens in HCMC
The event will present to movie lovers 30 short films with Vietnamese susubtitles. Organized by the ”Faites des Courts, Fête des Films”, FCFF, in 2015, the event is a chance for anybody who has a love for cinema and wants to find inspiration and ideas for the films they wish to make. GM_EN_PC_ARTICLE_Native_ads The short film fest is also being taken place in Angoulême, France from March 13-19 featuring 190 films of movie industries throughout the world. GM_EN_PC_ARTICLE_Inpage_Banner … [Read more...] about Angoulême Int’l Short Film Festival opens in HCMC
Angoulême International Short Film Festival opens in HCMC
The event will present to movie lovers 30 short films with Vietnamese susubtitles. Organized by the ”Faites des Courts, Fête des Films”, FCFF, in 2015, the event is a chance for anybody who has a love for cinema and wants to find inspiration and ideas for the films they wish to make. The short film fest is also being taken place in Angoulême, France from March 13-19 featuring 190 films of movie industries throughout the world. By VAN TUAN - Translated by Kim Khanh … [Read more...] about Angoulême International Short Film Festival opens in HCMC
New short film moves Vietnamese diaspora in Germany
By Hai My  February 27, 2019 | 08:19 am GMT+7 Blessed Land, shown at the recent Berlin International Film Festival, highlights class tensions and ruminates on life and death. Vietnamese representatives at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival 2019. Vietnamese diaspora in Germany were particularly moved by a black and white short film, Blessed Land,which premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival held February 8-17. The film introduces two main character lines in distinct situations. The camera follows the journey of a mother and son to a cemetery, finding the grave of her late husband after years of being torn apart. In another context, on the same graveyard, a golf course has been built by a wealthy man and his young mistress. The 20-minute movie allows the audience to feel the tensions and opposition between two different social class - the rich and the poor, two seemingly distant but intrinsically close worlds set on the … [Read more...] about New short film moves Vietnamese diaspora in Germany
Vietnamese students invited to attend short-film making contest in Japan
At the award ceremony of the 12th short-film making contest for Vietnamese students in 2017 (source: http://cand.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese students whose films won high prizes at the 12th short-film making contest for Vietnamese students have been invited to attend another contest to be held in Japan in November. “Trach nhiem ban than voi gia dinh” (Personal responsibility for family), a short film made by a group of students from Hanoi-based Birla orphanage, won the first prize at the 12th short-film making contest for Vietnamese students. “Im Lang” (Silent) by pupils from Thang Long secondary school and “Thoi gian” (Time) by students from Viet Duc high school in Hanoi got the second and third prizes, respectively. The contest, designed for students of secondary and high schools, was initiated by Vietnam-Japan and Japan-Vietnam Special Ambassador Ryotaro Sugi. By making a three-minutes film, students will … [Read more...] about Vietnamese students invited to attend short-film making contest in Japan