The event will entertain cinema-goers with four excellent feature films produced or co-produced by French-speaking Belgian directors in 2018 and 2019.

Film week celebrates Francophone community's 50th anniversary.

The films include ‘Lola vers la mer’ (Lola), a film based on an 18-year-old transgender girl struggling to reconcile with her estranged father after her mother’s death; ‘Troisiemes noces’ (Third Wedding), which tells the story of a widowed 50-year-old gay man in Brussels enters into a marriage of convenience with a younger Congolese immigrant; ‘Pour vivre heureux’ (For A Happy Life), a romance on a secret love story of a young couple without support of their families; and ‘Nuestras Madres’ (Our Mothers), a drama following the journey of a forensic anthropologist in Guatemala investigating the disappearance of his father - a guerrilla fighter who went missing in the 1980s.

The film week is expected to provide Vietnamese audiences with fresh experiences of the culture, customs, and colourful life of the French-speaking community through the language of cinematography.

The event is open to the public at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio, 465 Hoang Hoa Tham street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.

Film screenings to celebrate August Revolution, National Day

Film screenings will be held on a national scale to mark the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2), according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnamese movie nominated for Venice film fest award

"Live In Cloud Cuckoo Land" has been nominated for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.

VN short film competes at Venice Film Festival's Orizzonti

Vietnamese film May Nhung Khong Mua (Live in the Cloud - Cuckoo Land) has been nominated to the Orizzonti Short Films Competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival to be held Italy in September.

Hanoi International Film Festival postponed to 2022

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has pushed the 6th edition of Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF VI) to 2022.

ASEAN Film Week 2020 to take place in three major cities

The ASEAN Film Week 2020 is scheduled to take place in the three major cities of Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City from July 18-26, 2020, to celebrate Vietnam’s year holding the ASEAN Chairmanship.

Source: NDO