Vietnamese cinema represented in every category at HANIFF 2016
The fourth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) kicked off on November 1 in Hanoi.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Former Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien, and representatives of departments and agencies as well as directors and artists attended the opening ceremony.
The HANIFF 2016, themed “Cinema-Integration and Sustainable Development”, aims to honour excellent cinema, talent and encourage a co-operative spirit between movie-makers for the development of cinema.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien, who beat a gong to open the event, said the festival’s categories were expanded to include all countries and territories, with the aim to help Vietnamese cinema integrate into the international cinema market.
The event will also help promote Vietnam to international friends and promote development of other sectors, especially tourism and services, minister Thien added.
The organising board selected 146 films among 550 entries from 43 countries and territories to attend the festival.
Vietnamese cinema is represented in every category with 29 films, including two full-length films, 10 shorts and 17 which will be shown as part of programmes of Feature Films in World Panaroma, Vietnamese Contemporary Films and ASEAN Films.
All films will be screened free of charge at the National Cinema Centre, Kim Dong Cinema, August Cinema, Ngoc Khanh Cinema, CGV Vincom Nguyen Chi Thanh and CGV Mipec Tower.
The organising board will grant awards for the Best Feature Films and Short Films, among others.
The film “I, Daniel Blake”, which won the Palme d’Or prize and the special prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, was screened at the opening ceremony.
Besides, the HANIFF 2016 will organise other activities, including an outdoor film screening in collaboration with a Vietnam - Italy fashion event, a photo exhibition entitled “Vietnamese settings in foreign films”, HANIFF Young Talent Campus, Project Market and workshops on film production cooperation in ASEAN and Indian cinema.
The festival runs through November 5.
The fourth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) kicked off on November 1 in Hanoi.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Former Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien, and representatives of departments and agencies as well as directors and artists attended the opening ceremony.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien beat a gong to open the event.
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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien, who beat a gong to open the event, said the festival’s categories were expanded to include all countries and territories, with the aim to help Vietnamese cinema integrate into the international cinema market.
The event will also help promote Vietnam to international friends and promote development of other sectors, especially tourism and services, minister Thien added.
The organising board selected 146 films among 550 entries from 43 countries and territories to attend the festival.
At the opening ceremony.
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All films will be screened free of charge at the National Cinema Centre, Kim Dong Cinema, August Cinema, Ngoc Khanh Cinema, CGV Vincom Nguyen Chi Thanh and CGV Mipec Tower.
Vietnamese cinema is represented in every category with 29 films.
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The film “I, Daniel Blake”, which won the Palme d’Or prize and the special prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, was screened at the opening ceremony.
Besides, the HANIFF 2016 will organise other activities, including an outdoor film screening in collaboration with a Vietnam - Italy fashion event, a photo exhibition entitled “Vietnamese settings in foreign films”, HANIFF Young Talent Campus, Project Market and workshops on film production cooperation in ASEAN and Indian cinema.
The festival runs through November 5.
