12 movies to compete for “Feature Length Film” award at 4th HANIFF

The film “Toi thay hoa vang tren co xanh” (I see yellow flowers on the green grass) and the comedy film “Trung so” (Jackpot) will be submitted in the category of “Feature Length Film” at the 4^th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF).

The two Vietnamese films will compete for the prize with 10 submissions from other countries. While the Indian film, “Birds with large wings” by Dr. Biju won National Film Awards for Best film on Environment.

The film “Remember” by Atom Egoyan of Canada received the Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 4^th Canadian Screen Awards 2016 and the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award at Venice Film Festival 2015.

“Marguerite” by French director Xavier Giannoli got titles, Best Costume Design, Best Actress, Best Production Design, and Best Sound at the César Awards 2016.

“Ordinary people” by Eduardo Roy Jr. scooped five major awards at the Philippine Independent Film Festival Awards, Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, NETPAC Award and Best Editing.

“Cemetery of splendor” by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul was named as the best film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2015, and was nominated for the Un Certain Regard Award at at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

There are also “Fundamentally Happy” directed by Tan Bee Thiam and “Lei Yuan Bin” of Singapore, “One way trip” by director Choi Jeong – Yeol of South Korea, Iran’s “Inadaptable” by Ebrahim Ebrahimiyan, “The green carriage” by Russian director Oleg Asadulin of Russia, and “Blossoming into a family” by Hiroki Hayashi of Japan.

The Vietnamese movie “Trung so” (Jackpot).

The movie “Trung so” (Jackpot) directed by Vietnamese-American Dustin Nguyen won the Golden Kite Award 2015 and was represented Vietnam in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 88^th Annual Oscar Academy Awards.

The movie based on the true story is written by writer and playwright Nguyen Manh Tuan. The funny and touching story is about a girl selling lottery tickets in the Mekong Delta. She hands winning lottery tickets to a man who merely nods to buy them without paying her right away. She does that since he usually purchases the last tickets she has just before a lottery draw.

The film “Toi thay hoa vang tren co xanh” (I see yellow flowers on the green grass), directed by Vietnamese American Victor Vu, was listed among the top 10 outstanding cultural events in Vietnam and won the important Golden Lotus prize at the 19^th Vietnam Film Festival last December and the Silver Kite award 2015 in April.

The movie also won Best Film at the TFF Kids International Film Festival 2016 in April and was screened at the 68^th annual Cannes Film Festival in May. The picture will be submitted in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89^th Annual Oscar Academy Awards.

The poster of Toi thay hoa vang tren co xanh.

The film is based on the hit novel, “Toi thay hoa vang tren co xanh” by Nguyen Nhat Anh, telling the childhood of two brothers in 1980s. Brothers Thieu and Tuong live in a rural area and are both best friends and sibling rivals. Thieu is the elder and has a crush on Hang, a girl in his class.

He becomes jealous of Tuong’s innocent friendship with the girl, which results in a shattering act of aggression that changes the brothers’ lives forever. The children’s interest in a local myth about a white tiger and a princess provides a compelling backdrop to this coming-of-age story about living with the consequences of your actions and the true meaning of friendship.

About 550 movies from 40 countries and territories will join the 4^th HANIFF. A series of activities such as composition camp, film project market, seminars on cooperation of production of films, connection of movie industries of TTP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) 12 member nations and national characteristics in the movies.

A reputed international Jury Board will judge and award prizes in categories, including The Best Short Film, The Best Director, The Best Actor, The Best Actress, The Best Director for Short Film, The Netpac Prize, The Special Jury Award For Feature Length Film And The Special Jury Award For Short Film.

The film fest will open at the National Cinema Center on November 1^st and close at the Friendship Cultural Palace on November 5^th. The ceremonies will be broadcast live on VTV1 and VTV2 channels./.

Minh Phuong