VietNamNet Bridge - 70 films from 23 countries and territorries will be shown during the first International Film Festival opening in Hanoi on October 17 morning.
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The five-day event honours Asian cinematography and promotes cultural exchanges and cooperation among film industries from around the world, especially in Southeast Asian nations.
All the films will be shown at the Megastar Cinema, the National Cinema Centre, and the Platinum Cineplex.
There will be 8 prizes awarded at this year’s event including the best feature film, short film, documentary, director, actor and actress, a prize from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) and one selected by journalists.
Sixty-eight films in a range of genres from 23 countries will be presented through October 21 and selected for festival awards. During the festival, in addition to viewing the films, audiences will have the chance to meet with Vietnamese and international documentarians, animators and film crews.
The Vietnamese premiere of Canh Dong Bat Tan (Floating Lives), an adaptation of the tragic novel by Nguyen Ngoc Tu and directed by Nguyen Phan Quang Binh, seems to be the most anticipated entry in the programme. It will be introduced on October 20 at Platinum Cineplex, the Garden Mall, on Me Tri Road, Hanoi. The film promises stunning visuals as it tells the story of a heartbroken rice farmer in the Mekong Delta and his love affair with a prostitute.
Competing for Best Feature Film are two Vietnamese films, Trung Uy (The Lieutenant) and Long Thanh Cam Gia Ca (The Fate of a Songstress in Thang Long) as well as films from China, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand.
People’s Artist Nguyen Hong Sen (1933-95) will be honoured for his life-long dedication to Vietnamese cinema. Yesterday afternoon, a ceremony and a photo exhibition were organised at the Ha Noi Opera House to pay tribute to him.
The most fascinating aspect of Sen’s movies is not only their style – lyrical, romantic epic war films – but also their rich characters. With a background as a documentary cameraman, Sen brought his personal experiences to his feature films.
Leaving home at the age of 16 to join the resistance struggle against the French, Sen enrolled in his first film class and produced successful works, such as Duong Ra Phia Truoc (The Way Ahead), which won the Gold Medal at the 1967 Moscow Film Festival and Canh Dong Hoang (The Abandoned Field), which won the Gold Medal at the 1981 Moscow International Film Festival.
Canh Dong Hoang is considered the most successful movie of his career. The film is about the life of a southern farmer couple who work as the resistance liaisons on a rice field facing US helicopters everyday. The film’s ending raises the humanity of the film to a new height and its 1981 prize was the first international award for a Vietnamese feature film.
With a successful and impressive film career, the director has written a powerful and impressive chapter in the story that is Viet Nam cinema.
"His films became successful not only because of their scale and arrangement but also their truthfulness," says actress Nguyen Mai Phuong, Sen’s daughter. "These works were made from his real experiences, not from reading books and hearing others’ stories."
Some pictures of the opening ceremony:
Director Phillip Noyce cut the ribbon to open the festival.
Vietnamese senior actor The Anh (right).
Senior actress Tra Giang (left)
Young actors Luong Manh Hai and beauty queen Thuy Van
Actor Dustin Nguyen (left)
Dustin Nguyen
Actor Hai Anh (centre)
Film-makers from China and South Korea.
Actresses Dieu Huong and Mai Thu Huyen
Actress Do Hai Yen (left)
Vietnamese film director Dang Nhat Minh (first from the left) and director Phillip Noyce.
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