The scripts of "Tick It" and "Who Created Human Beings?" were among the four winners, with the former by Tran Thanh Huy getting CJ Entertainment Award's $10,000 grant and Le Binh Giang’s work getting ArteKino International Prize's €6,000 ($7,000).

Directors Tran Thanh Huy (L) and Le Binh Giang.

"Tick It" will be an action-adventure-romance film about young people who want to overcome despair and set out in search of a better life but have to face many dangers like crossing the border into the U.K. in a refrigerated container.

This is not Huy’s first brush with fame at the Busan International Film Festival. His movie "Rom" had won the grand prize in 2019.

Giang’s "Who Created Human Beings?", to be produced by Le Quynh Anh of Hanoi Doclab and Panuksmi Hardjowirogo of Singapore’s M’GO Films, will talk about humans’ struggle to choose between family, love and religious beliefs.

Meanwhile, the Busan Award ($15,000) went to "Commodity" by Indian director Kislay while the MONEFF Award ($20,000) went to "Nowhere To Hide Ⅱ" by South Korea’s Lee Myungse.

The APM, held virtually from October 26-28, received 193 entries from 36 economies this year.

Vietnamese film ‘Rom’ wins prize at Fantasia Film Fest

Nearly a year after its success in Busan, Republic of Korea, Vietnamese movie ‘Rom’, directed by Tran Thanh Huy, has recently been honoured with the New Flesh Best First Feature award at the 24th Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada.

Vietnamese film wins prize at Locarno International Film Festival

‘Thien Duong Goi Ten’ (A Trip to Heaven), a film by young Vietnamese director Duong Dieu Linh, has won a prize at the 2020 Locarno International Film Festival which was held in Switzerland from August 5 to 15.

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.

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.

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.

Source: VnExpress