International Film Festival attracts 200 movies

So far, up to 200 films from 38 countries and territories like Japan, India, Thailand, Singapore, China, the UK, France, Australia and Spain have registered to partake in the event.

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.

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 (the US), 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 Ha Noi. 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 Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea, the Korean Cinema Spotlight program will introduce 12 new outstanding movies in Ha Noi. Some Korean movie stars will meet with Vietnamese audience during this program.

In addition, the Vietnamese movie industry will introduce over 30 movies on Ha Noi, reform period and current stage (2010-2012).

There will be two international seminars on “The movie development trend in the digital era” and “Viet Nam movie industry in the reform period.” 

By Khanh Phuong