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VietNamNet Bridge - "Amour" which won the Palme d'Or 2012, "We Need to Talk About Kevin" – the best film 2011 of the UK and "A Separation" – the Best Foreign Language Film of the 2012 Oscar Award is among the movies that will be screened at the upcoming 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival.
"Amour", the film won the Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival
2012 will be screened at the International Film Festival Hanoi in November.
Speaking at the first press conference of the 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival (HNIFF) in Hanoi on September 27, Dr. Ngo Phuong Lan, Director of the National Cinema Agency and chief organizer of the HNIFF said that even in her dream, she had not thought that so many great and new films would participate in the festival.
Thanks to her reputation and efforts, Dr. Ngo Phuong Lan, a prestigious film critic in Asia, who also participated as a judge in several international short film festivals, has invited a lot of reputable filmmakers and film producers in the world to attend the HNIFF. She has also called a lot of countries for sending their films to the event.
So far more than 200 films from 38 countries and territories are registered to join the HNIFF 2 and the number will increase every day until the festival takes place in Hanoi from November 25 to 29.
The movies will have to pass three rigorous selections to compete for official awards. The feature film contest will have about 9 -11 films from the Asia - Pacific region which have not ever competed at international film festivals in this region.
A scene from “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” starring
Oscar winner Tilda Swinton.
The 2nd HNIFF is bigger in scale than the previous festivals. Besides official competitions, many famous movies will be introduced at the event, in specific topics.
In particular, the Today's World Cinema program (Panorama) will screen 20-25 elite cinematographic works, which are the peak of the world film industry that the majority of the Vietnamese people do not have a chance to enjoy.
Among them will be "Amour", the film won the Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes International Film Festival 2012, by renowned director Michael Haneke. "A Separation", by Iran Asghar Farhadi that won a series of awards such as the Oscar (U.S.), the Golden Globe, the César (France) for Best Foreign Film in 2012, the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2011 will likely be shown at the HNIFF.
Especially, “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” the best British film of 2011 which won 16 awards, in the last two years, will also debut in Hanoi. In addition, a number of top films of France, which will debut at home country in December, will also be screened at the HNIFF.
And to mark 20 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and South Korea, the Korean Cinema Spotlight program will introduce 12 new outstanding movies in Hanoi. Some Korean movie stars will meet with Vietnamese audience during this program.
A scene from "A Separation", the Best Foreign Film of Oscar 2012.
So far, Vietnam has selected six feature films, 14 short films for competition at the festival. In addition, over 30 feature films are selected for presentation in the programs: Vietnamese films about Hanoi; Vietnamese films about the renovation period and contemporary films that were produced from 2010 to 2012.
Dr. Ngo Phuong Lan also said that a new Vietnamese film will premier at the festival and this is the work of the most famous director at present.
The Jury of the 2nd HNIFF will consist of experienced and prestigious artists, stars, directors and producers in the world as well as in Vietnam.
There will have three juries for feature films, short films and NETPAC (Asian Cinema Encouragement Network).
For the first time, the festival will hold the HNIFF Talent Campus for young filmmakers. It is scheduled that the names of the entire jury members and movie stars who attend the 2nd HNIFF will be announced on October 11.
Films will be screened at MegaStar, Lotte, August, Kim Dong and Ngoc Khanh cinemas (with 20 percent of invitation tickets and 80 percent of tickets sold to the audience), some films will be screened for journalists on the afternoon of Thursday, from October 11 at the Vietnam Cinema Agency. In addition, workshops and exhibitions will be held within five days of the festival.
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