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The film is about five men enjoying an odd friendship in Vietnam’s central Quang Tri province, a site still bearing the scars of war.

Pham Thu Hang (middle) at the Singapore International Film Festival.

Thanh, Hoang, Phuong, Dinh and Loc, like many around them, carry scars from the Vietnam War, both in body and mind. They work in the gold mines surrounding their village, or search for landmines along paths previously used by tanks, in order to make ends meet.

As they wait out the winter with songs, wine stolen from Loc’s wife, and musings about youth and their own survival, they are haunted by the detonations of bombs being excavated from the village’s soil. Together they reminisce about the war that has defined the boundaries of their lives, though they never fought it.

Pham Thu Hang’s moving documentary deftly captures the dark shadow of war and death, present in even everyday conversation and simple gestures.

Meanwhile in the category of Most Promising Project, another female film-maker of Vietnam, Dao Thi Minh Trang, was honored with her film project entitled “Never Been Kissed.”

This is one of the 10 projects selected for the Southeast Asian Film Lab, a programme helping young filmmakers in Southeast Asia to develop their very first works.

“The Third Wife” wins Toronto International Film Festival award

The debut feature by Nguyen Phuong Anh (a.k.a. Ash Mayfair) – a writer-director based in New York and Vietnam – The Third Wife, won the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018.

 

Film on “cai luong” to compete in Tokyo International Film Festival

Movie star and producer Ngo Thanh Van’s latest film, Song Lang (The Tap Box), will compete in the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 (TIFF).

 

5th Hanoi International Film Festival kicks off

The 5th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), themed “Cinema – Integration and Sustainable Development”, opened at the Cultural Friendship Palace on October 27.

 

Vietnamese film wins international prize

The film “Dao cua dan ngu cu” (or ‘The Way Station’) by director Hong Anh was honored on November 11, with the Efebo D’Oro Miglior film tratto da un libro (Best film based on a book) at the International Efebo d'Oro (Golden Efebo) Award’ award ceremony.

 

35 Vietnamese movies to be introduced at 5th Hanoi int'l film festival

The Vietnam Cinema Department has released a list of 35 contemporary Vietnamese films to be presented at the upcoming 5th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF V), with 21 feature movies and 14 short films.

 

Source: VNA