December 20, 2011
An 82-year-old woman in HCMC promotes artists, advises young documentary filmmakers, and opens foreigners’ eyes to Vietnam ’s millennia-old history and culture Nguyen Thi Xuan Phuong, 82, spends her whole life in introducing Vietnamese heroic history and stunning art Lotus Gallery, located in a modest part of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, has been [...]
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November 23, 2011
Film on gay men shows director approaching realism with confidence Hotboy noi loan va cau chuyen ve thang Cuoi, co gai diem va con vit (Lost Paradise), which is playing in theaters now, is Vu Ngoc Dang’s latest effort to make a serious movie that sells. The movie has taken part in several international [...]
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October 15, 2011
A scene from Canh dong bat tan (Floating lives), a box-office hit adaptation of Nguyen Ngoc Tu’s 2005 sensational short novel of the same name. ‘Floating lives’ was short-listed but not selected to represent Vietnam at next year’s Oscars. As the National Film Selection Committee was debating which of its three candidates – Canh [...]
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September 20, 2011
Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers take stereotypical symbols at face value in presenting Vietnam to the world A scene in Ao lua Ha Dong (the white silk dress), a Viet kieu’s box office hit in 2007 Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers tend to make two kinds of movies to show here. The first are commercial movies that target [...]
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August 8, 2011
Vietnamese filmmakers should quit blaming the censors and learn to make scary movies without relying only on blood and guts Dustin Nguyen (L) and Tam Tit, two of the stars of Giua hai the gioi (Between two worlds) The teenage girls I spoke with after seeing Vu Thai Hoa’s Giua hai the gioi (Between [...]
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July 15, 2011
A scene in Giua hai the gioi (Between two worlds), this year’s first local horror movie is set for release on July 22 Murky censorship laws have long vexed horror film makers in Vietnam. In recent years, few have dared to risk releasing them. Those who complained their films were rendered unrecognizable by heavy [...]
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June 29, 2011
The recent documentary festival has sparked a dialogue over the flagging quality of Vietnamese films A scene in the Swiss documentary “Cleveland versus Wall Street” depicting the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis. The fictional details in the film captured local viewers and filmmakers alike. Three thousand people attended the third International Documentary Film [...]
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June 5, 2011
During his fourth visit to Vietnam, Phillip Noyce encouraged young filmmakers to expand their boundaries and reconsider the importance of marketing. Noyce spent ten days in Vietnam speaking with film students and promoting his biography “Backroads to Hollywood” authored by Ingo Petzkeâa German film professor. Dressed in casuals, the 61-year-old director managed to beat [...]
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January 15, 2011
After the successful launch of the “48-hour filmmaking project” (48 HFP) last October, the contest organizers plan to bring a “48 go green environmental film competition” to filmmakers in Vietnam February 18-20. Just like the 48HFP, this challenge requires filmmakers to write, shoot and edit a short film in 48 hours featuring a randomly [...]
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January 10, 2010
On the occasion of the 29th National Telefilm Festival, a seminar on improving the quality of made-for-TV movies was held in Hanoi on January 7. A scene from “Gio Lang Kinh” (Wind at the Kinh Village), a critically acclaimed political commentary telefilm. (Photo: Vnexpress.net)The seminar attracted many experts and communication company representatives who said that [...]
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Vietnam’s telefilms lack quality: seminar
On the occasion of the 29th National Telefilm Festival, a seminar on improving the quality of made-for-TV movies was held in Hanoi on January 7. A scene from “Gio Lang Kinh” (Wind at the Kinh Village), a critically acclaimed political commentary telefilm. (Photo: Vnexpress.net)The seminar attracted many experts and communication company representatives who said that [...]
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