8th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival
National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Films, 465 Hoang Hoa Tham, 9-18 June
National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Films, 465 Hoang Hoa Tham, 9-18 June
The European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival 2017 will present films from 10 European countries including Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium). Held in collaboration with National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio and Hoa Sen University, the festival showcases the best contemporary documentary movies covering a diverse range of themes.
This is the eighth European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival, and the fourth time the festival will be held in Ho Chi Minh City. It is one of a series of cultural festivals organised each year by EUNIC – European Union National Institutes for Culture – to promote better understanding between the people of Vietnam and Europe.
Exhibition “Raffaello: Opera Omnia”
03 Jun – 02 Aug 2017, 8.30 am – 5.30 pm (closed on Mondays) - Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
This is the eighth European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival, and the fourth time the festival will be held in Ho Chi Minh City. It is one of a series of cultural festivals organised each year by EUNIC – European Union National Institutes for Culture – to promote better understanding between the people of Vietnam and Europe.
Exhibition “Raffaello: Opera Omnia”
03 Jun – 02 Aug 2017, 8.30 am – 5.30 pm (closed on Mondays) - Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
On the occasion of the 71st Anniversary of the Italian Republic, the Embassy of Italy in Hanoi and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnography, in cooperation with Italian institutional partners and sponsors, are glad to present – for the first time ever in Asia – the exhibition “Raffaello: opera omnia”.
An unprecedented combination of the best of Italian Renaissance’s masterpieces and technology will unveil to the Vietnamese public an exclusive collection of 35 digital artworks of one of the most prominent Italian painters of the XV-XVI century: Raffaello Sanzio, Raphaël. Visitors will be taken along a journey of celebrated harmony of colors, lines and characters belonging to different eras and worlds and through the unique refined beauty that made the Italian Renaissance renowned worldwide, earning universal reputation and immortality to the genius of its artists.
Film screening “A Single Man”
Thu 15 Jun 2017, 6.30 pm
Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza
6 Nguyen Hoang (for car) | 28 Tran Binh (for bike), My Dinh 2, Hanoi
Come to the film screening “A Single Man”, part of the program FILMstoryteller by Heritage Space.
An unprecedented combination of the best of Italian Renaissance’s masterpieces and technology will unveil to the Vietnamese public an exclusive collection of 35 digital artworks of one of the most prominent Italian painters of the XV-XVI century: Raffaello Sanzio, Raphaël. Visitors will be taken along a journey of celebrated harmony of colors, lines and characters belonging to different eras and worlds and through the unique refined beauty that made the Italian Renaissance renowned worldwide, earning universal reputation and immortality to the genius of its artists.
Film screening “A Single Man”
Thu 15 Jun 2017, 6.30 pm
Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza
6 Nguyen Hoang (for car) | 28 Tran Binh (for bike), My Dinh 2, Hanoi
Come to the film screening “A Single Man”, part of the program FILMstoryteller by Heritage Space.
“A Single Man” is a 2009 American drama film based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood: George (Colin Firth) is a college professor who recently lost his lover, Jim, in a car accident. Terribly grief-stricken, George plans to commit suicide. As he goes about his daily routine and puts his affairs in order, his encounters with colleagues, students and an old friend (Julianne Moore) lead him to make a final decision as to whether life is worth living without Jim. It is directed by famous designer Tom Ford in his directorial debut and stars Colin Firth, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of George Falconer.
Movie in English with Vietnamese subtitles and follow-up discussion at the end of the screening.
Entrance: suggested donation of 30,000VND (for adults) and 20,000VND (for students) for operation expense. Free one drink and popcorn will be served.
Lacquer Painting Exhibition: 'Nature – Nostalgia'
Opening: 06:00 pm, Fri 09 Jun 2017
Free entry
Movie in English with Vietnamese subtitles and follow-up discussion at the end of the screening.
Entrance: suggested donation of 30,000VND (for adults) and 20,000VND (for students) for operation expense. Free one drink and popcorn will be served.
Lacquer Painting Exhibition: 'Nature – Nostalgia'
Opening: 06:00 pm, Fri 09 Jun 2017
Free entry
Explore the oriental art of sanded lacquer in the 1990s by Vietnamese artists. Dang Thu Huong, Ly Truc Son, and Nguyen Thi Que, first-generation artists from the Vietnamese School of Fine Arts, explored the oriental art of sanded lacquer in the 1990s.
The destructive war brings them closer to nature and inspires them with simple subjects: flowers, people, the countryside… The charm of their works resides in the sparkling of the lacquer and its red, black, silver and gold palette.
The destructive war brings them closer to nature and inspires them with simple subjects: flowers, people, the countryside… The charm of their works resides in the sparkling of the lacquer and its red, black, silver and gold palette.
