HCMC university to host Kurosawa Akira film festival By Nhat Linh World-renowned films by legendary Japanese director Kurosawa Akira will be screened at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities HCMC’s film festival - PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ORGANIZER The HCMC-based University of Social Sciences and Humanities will hold a film festival featuring the most popular films by world-renowned Japanese director Kurosawa Akira from June 16 to 22. During the week-long festival, the organizer will screen Kurosawa’s five films, including Rashomon (adapted from two short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa), Ikiru (inspired by Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich), Throne of Blood (adapted from Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth) and Ran (adapted from Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear). Dreams, a 1990 Japanese-American magical realism film comprising eight vignettes written and directed by Kurosawa, will also be screened. With English subtitles for all of … [Read more...] about HCMC university to host Kurosawa Akira film festival
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Asia South East-Short Film Festival hits HCMC
Asia South East-Short Film Festival hits HCMC The Asia South East-Short Film Festival taking place at The Hive in HCMC’s District 2 attracts a large audience - PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ORGANIZER The Asia South East-Short Film Festival was held at The Hive co-working space in HCMC’s District 2 last weekend, giving audience a chance to watch a wide variety of great short films that are produced from around the world. The festival was curated by Rod Fraser, who is also the festival director of two other international film festivals that take place in the UK including London-X4 Seasonal Short Film Festival and London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival. During the two-day festival, the organizer screened all genres, from drama to action, horror, documentary, comedy and animation. Particularly, there were comedies from India, Korea and Japan, horror films from America and China, music videos from Vietnam and South Africa, documentaries from Myanmar and Canada, poetic … [Read more...] about Asia South East-Short Film Festival hits HCMC
HCMC to host short film festival
HCMC to host short film festival A screening by Future Shorts in HCMC attracts many short film lovers - PHOTO: COURTESY OF FUTURE SHORTS The world’s largest short film network Future Shorts will hold a short film festival at Saigon Outcast in HCMC’s District 2 this Friday, with a two-hour screening of the world’s and Vietnam’s finest short films. Working across exhibition, distribution and experimental events, Future Shorts is the product of 10 years of audience development, experimentation and reacting to the demand for another way to experience films. It was established 13 years ago in the UK and currently grew its footprint to about 100 cities in 40 countries. This year, Future Shorts is partnering with The Spectacle Saigon, a collective of artists and organizers based in HCMC, to bring its quarterly selected program to Vietnamese and international audiences who are passionate for films and cinema. It will accommodate five films selected by the … [Read more...] about HCMC to host short film festival
Vietnamese film to compete at 2018 Cannes Film Festival
The film festival will not only bring Vietnamese cinema closer to the international friends but also help popularise the country’s tourism and culture. After vying for the Un Certain Regard (A Certain Glance) award, which is presented to international films that tell stories in non-traditional ways, “Angel Face” will be screened at cinemas worldwide soon. “Angel Face” was directed by merging director Vanessa Filho and stars Marion Cotillard, the only actress to ever have won an Academy Award for a French-speaking role. Besides, “Glorious Ashes” directed by renowned Vietnamese director Bui Thac Chuyen will be present at the most prestigious film festival in the world. The film has been adapted from two short stories, namely Cui Muc Troi Ve (Floating Rotten Wood) and Tro Tan Ruc Ro (Glorious Ashes), by writer Nguyen Ngoc Tu. It features the fates of three women in a poor rural area and the means they adopt to keep their men. The film … [Read more...] about Vietnamese film to compete at 2018 Cannes Film Festival
Vietnamese documentary wins at Top Shorts film festival
Painter Nguyễn Thu Thủy presents her mural to soldiers, a scene in the film directed by Nguyễn Nghiêm Nhan. — Photo courtesy of the artistViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — A documentary about the ceramic art of Nguyễn Thu Thủy won two prizes at the Top Shorts online film festival, the organiser announced recently on its website. The film Thu Thủy - A Dream of Ceramics was directed by Nguyễn Nghiêm Nhan from Việt Nam Television during 2006-17. It tracks the career of painter Thủy, who has created various notable artworks, such as the Ceramic Road along Red River (Guinness World Record for being the largest ceramic mosaic in the world), Mirror House in downtown Hà Nội (silver trophy at the International A’ Design Awards 2018) and a mural of Vietnamese trees and flowers at Đà Nẵng International Airport (a bronze at the 10th International Design Awards in Los Angeles, US). … [Read more...] about Vietnamese documentary wins at Top Shorts film festival