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5th Hanoi International Film Festival

The 5th Hanoi International Film Festival opened on October 27 and closed on October 31, 2018, at , with the slogan "Cinema - Integration and Sustainable Development" (Vietnamese: "Điện ảnh - Hội nhập và phát triển bền vững").

After 2 rounds of selection, the Organizing Committee selected 147 films from 45 countries and territories to participate in the festival programs. Vietnamese cinema has 1 feature-length film, 10 short films, and 35 films of various genres shown in the Panorama Cinema Program and the Contemporary Vietnamese Film Program. For the first time, the festival has a closing film.

Programs

Many programs are held within the framework of the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival:

Ceremonies - At Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace, 91 Trần Hưng Đạo Street, Hoàn Kiếm District:

  • Opening ceremony: 20:00, Saturday, October 27 (live broadcast on VTV2)
  • Closing ceremony: 20:10, Wednesday, October 31 (live broadcast on VTV1)

Professional activities - At Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, 360 Kim Mã Street, Ba Đình District:

  • Exhibition Special filming scene in Vietnam (Vietnamese: "Bối cảnh quay phim đặc sắc tại Việt Nam"): October 27–31
  • The HANIFF Campus: October 27–30
  • The Film Project Market: October 27–30
  • Seminar Polish Cinema Highlights (Vietnamese: "Tiêu điểm Điện ảnh Ba Lan"): 09:00 – 12:00 Sunday, October 28
  • Seminar Experience of International Success of Iranian Cinema (Vietnamese: "Kinh nghiệm thành công quốc tế của Điện ảnh Iran"): 09:00 - 12:00 Monday, October 29

Movie screenings in theaters:

  • National Cinema Center (Room 3, 5, 7, 9): 3rd floor, 87 Láng Hạ Street, Ba Đình District
  • Opening Screening – Shoplifters : 15:00 Saturday, October 27
  • Closing Screening – A Fantastic Woman : 15:00 Wednesday, October 31
  • BHD Star Phạm Ngọc Thạch Movie Theater (Room 1, 2, 4): 8th floor, Vincom Shopping Center, No. 2 Phạm Ngọc Thạch Street, Đống Đa District
  • August Cinema Theater (Room 4): 45 Hàng Bài Street, Hoàn Kiếm District
  • Kim Đồng Cinema Theater (Room 1, 3): 19 Hàng Bài Street, Hoàn Kiếm District

Outdoor movie screenings - At Lý Thái Tổ Monument Square, Hoàn Kiếm District:

  • Movie The Tailor / Cô Ba Sài Gòn : 20:00 Sunday, October 28
  • Movie Anida and Floating Circus : 20:00 Monday, October 29
  • Movie Ellipsis : 20:00 Tuesday, October 30

Juries & Mentors

Juries

There are 3 jury panels established for this film festival:

Feature film:

Short film:

  • Jukka-Pekka Laakso , director of Tampere Film Festival - Chairman
  • Raymond Red , director
  • Lý Thái DÅ©ng , artist & director of photography

Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC):

In addition, the "Film Project Market" is jointly organized by Vietnam Cinema Department and BHD/Vietnam Media Corp, including 2 categories: "International Project Market" with 3 outstanding feature film projects from countries in Asia-Pacific region and "Domestic Project Market" include 5 outstanding feature film projects of Vietnam. The best project will receive a prize of VND 50 million sponsored by BHD/Vietnam Media Corp.

Mentors for the HANIFF Campus

"The HANIFF Campus" is jointly organized by Vietnam Cinema Department and Redbridge Co., Ltd. The camp will have 2 classes under the guidance of:

Directing & Producing Class:

  • Homayoon Ass'adian , producer, director, screenwriter
  • Rouhollah Hejazi , producer, director, screenwriter
  • Allan Starski , director
  • Phạm Nhuệ Giang , director
  • Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp , director

Acting Class

Official Selection - In Competition

Feature film

These 12 films were selected to compete for the official awards in Feature Film category:

<span style="background:#E7CD00">Highlighted title</span> indicates Best Feature Film Award winner.

Short film

These 29 short films were selected to compete for official awards in Short Film category, divided into 9 screening sessions as follows:

Session 1:

  • When the Smoke Collides (32′)
  • Hunger (14′)
  • Roommate / Bạn cùng phòng (25′)
  • Radio Dolores (Animated, 18′)

Session 2:

  • Gharshelegh (Documentary, 16′)
  • <span style="background:#E7CD00">Su (18′) </span>
  • Faucet (15′)

Session 3:

  • From a Distance (5′)
  • Haru’s New Year (19′)
  • Snowbirds (48′)
  • Poliangular (Animated, 8′)

Session 4:

  • Happy Family (24′)
  • One Kilo of Fly Wings (Documentary, 30′)
  • Josephin (Animated, 5′)
  • Pas D’yeux (Animated, 4′)
  • The Secret of Children / Bí mật của những đứa trẻ (Animated, 10′)

Session 5:

  • Once (35′)
  • Two Children / Hai đứa trẻ (Documentary, 51′)

Session 6:

  • Destiny (14′)
  • Mother - Earth for All / Một đất mẹ cho tất cả (Documentary, 60′)
  • The Warm Light / Vầng sáng ấm áp (Animated, 10′)
  • The Mannequin / Cậu bé Ma-nÆ¡-canh (Animated, 10′)

Session 7:

  • So Close So Far, the Ancestral Forest / Gần mà xa – Khu rừng của tổ tiên (Documentary, 42′)
  • Homecoming Day / Ngày về (Documentary, 27′)

Session 8:

  • My Hanoi (Documentary, 52′)
  • Endless Journey / Hành trình bất tận (Documentary, 50′)

Session 9:

  • Muzeon-Stephan Ramniceanu (Documentary, 52′)
  • Where is My Route (12′)
  • Permanent Resident (20′)
<span style="background:#E7CD00">Highlighted title</span> indicates Best Short Film Award winner.

Official Selection - Out of Competition

These feature and short films were selected for out-of-competition programs:

Opening

Panorama: World Cinema

Feature film

  • Amin & Akvan – Zohal Razavi
  • Anida and Floating Circus / Anida y el Circo Flotante – Liliana Romero
  • The Midwife / Sage Femme – Martin Provost
  • Nervous Translation – Shireen Seno
  • A Letter to the President – Roya Sadat
  • Painting Life – Dr. Biju
  • Kathaa '72 – Prabin Syangbo
  • The Wild Pear Tree / Ahlat Ağacı – Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  • Father and Son / Cha cõng con – LÆ°Æ¡ng Đình DÅ©ng
  • A Haunting Hitchkie / 히치하이크 – Jeong Hee-jae
  • Love+Sling / 레슬러 – Kim Dae-woong
  • Delia and Sammy – Therese Cayaba
  • Gutland – Govinda Van Maele
  • Talking Money – Sebastian Winkels
  • Ellipsis – David Wenham
  • Guang – Quek Shio Chuan
  • The Baggage – Zig Madamba Dulay
  • Under Construction / আন্ডার কন্সট্রাকশন – Rubaiyat Hossain
  • Blood and the Moon – Tommaso Cotronei
  • The Tree Goddess / වෛෂ්ණාවී – Sumitra Peries
  • Tomorrow’s Power – Amy Miller
  • All You Can Eat Buddha – Ian Lagarde
  • Die Tomorrow – Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
  • A Ciambra – Jonas Carpignano
  • Insane Mother / Солиот эх – Ishdorjiin Odonchimeg
  • Looking for Kafka / 愛上卡夫卡 – Jade Y. Chen
  • The Darkest Days of Us / Los días más oscuros de nosotras – Astrid Rondero
  • Last of the Elephant Men – Arnaud Bouquet, Daniel Ferguson
  • Where I Belong / しゃぼん玉 – Azuma Shinji
  • Poppy Goes to Hollywood Redux – Sok Visal
  • Decision: Liquidation / Reshenie o likvidatsii – Aleksandr Aravin
  • The Seen and Unseen / Sekala Niskala – Kamila Andini
  • On Body and Soul / Testről és lélekről – Ildikó Enyedi
  • Night Accident / Tunku kyrsyk – Temirbek Birnazarov
  • The Kid from the Big Apple / 我来自纽约 – Jess Teong
  • Walking Past the Future / 路過未來 – Li Ruijun
  • Stray – Dustin Feneley
  • Pomegranate Orchard / Nar bağı – Ilgar Najaf
  • Crossing a Shadow – Augusto Tamayo
  • Please, Care / Paki – Giancarlo Abrahan

Short film

Group 1:

  • Diapers for Melquiades (19′)
  • Fatima Marie Torres and the Invasion of Space Shuttle Pinas 25 (17′)
  • It’s Easier to Raise Cattle (17′)

Group 2:

  • Konfrontasi (14′)
  • Joko (22′)
  • Employee of the Month (13′)
  • Kampung Tapir (Documentary, 17′)
  • The Veiled Willow (21′)

Group 3:

  • On This Side (30′)
  • Smile of Nazareno (15′)
  • Still (14′)
  • Mother (21′)

Country-in-Focus: Poland

Country-in-Selection: Iran

Contemporary Vietnamese Films

Feature film

  • 100 ngày bên em / 100 Days of Sunshine – VÅ© Ngọc Phượng
  • 11 niềm hy vọng / 11 Hopes – Robie Nguyễn
  • 49 ngày 2 / 49 Days 2 – Nhất Trung
  • 798Mười / 798Ten – Dustin Nguyễn
  • Bạn gái tôi là sếp / She’s the Boss – Hàm Trần
  • Chàng vợ của em / My Mr. Wife – Charlie Nguyễn
  • Chờ em đến ngày mai / Until You – Đinh Tuấn VÅ©
  • Có căn nhà nằm nghe nắng mÆ°a / Like an Old House – Mai Thế Hiệp, Trầm Nguyễn Bình Nguyên
  • ' / The Tailor – Trần Bá»­u Lộc, Nguyễn Lê PhÆ°Æ¡ng Khanh
  • ' / The Girl from Yesterday –
  • ' / The Way Station –
  • Dạ cổ hoài lang / Night Drumbeats Cause Longing for Absent Husband –
  • ' / Jailbait – Lê Thanh SÆ¡n
  • Lôi Báo / Be the Hero – Victor Vu
  • Ở đây có nắng / Here Comes the Sun – Đỗ Nam
  • ' / 200 Pounds Beauty – James Ngô
  • / The Tap Box – Leon Quang Lê
  • ' / Go-Go Sisters –
  • Vệ sÄ© Sài Gòn / Saigon Bodyguards – Ochiai Ken
  • Việt Nam thời bao cấp / Vietnam's Subsidy Period (Documentary) – Trần Tuấn Hiệp
  • Yêu em bất chấp / My Sassy Girl – Văn Công Viễn
  • Yêu đi, đừng sợ! / Kiss & Spell – Stephane Gauger

Short film

Group 1:

  • Bố Æ¡i con ước / Daddy, I wish (23′)
  • Hồi sinh / Revival (28′)
  • Dòng chảy không có tận cùng / Endleess Flow of Life (40′)
  • Cóc con Bitus / The Little Toad (10′)

Group 2:

  • Nỗi niềm tứ nữ / The Innermost Feelings of the Four (23′)
  • Khát vọng Hoàng Sa - Trường Sa / Aspiration of Paracel and Spratly Islands (40′)
  • Hành trình hóa giải / The Journey of Reconciliation (35′)
  • Cô bé rÆ¡m vàng / Little Straw Doll (10′)

Group 3:

  • Tâm tình của gốm / Sentiment of Pottery (31′)
  • Truyền thuyết chiếc khăn Piêu / Tale of Pieu Scarf (11′)
  • Niềm vui làm mật / Making Honey Delight (31′)
  • Người anh hùng áo vải / Hero Wearing Duffle (30′)
  • Hải Âu bé bỏng / A Little Seagull (10′)

Closing

Awards

The official awards were awarded at the closing ceremony of the festival, on the evening of October 31. Students of the programs "The HANIFF Campus" and "The Film Market Project" were awarded 1 day before, on the evening of October 30.

In Competition - Feature film

In Competition - Short film

  • Best Short Film: Su – Aizhana Kassymbek
  • Jury Prize for Short Film: Two Children – Tạ Quỳnh TÆ°
  • Other nominee: Happy Family – Eden Junjung
  • Best Young Director of a Short Film: Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Việt – Roommate

NETPAC Award

  • NETPAC's Award for Asian Cinema Promotion: Student A

Audience Choice Award for Vietnamese Film

  • Most Favourite Out-of-Competition Film: '

The HANIFF Campus

  • Best Student - Directing & Producing Class: Crisanto Calvento
  • Best Male Student - Acting Class:
  • Best Female Student - Acting Class: VÅ© Kim Anh

The Film Project Market

  • Best Project: John Denver Trending – Arden Rod Condez
  • Jury Prize for Film Project: ' – Chung Chí Công
  • Other nominees: Binh’s Banh Mi – Andrew Paul , 99 Lives With You – Phạm Hữu NghÄ©a , Little Fishes in Paradise – Nguyễn Khắc Huy

References

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