Vietnamese movie to be shown at Berlin int’l film festival

The movie “Hot Boy Noi Loan” (Lost in Paradise) by director Vu Ngoc Dang will be sent to the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.

The film, the full title of which is the longest in Vietnam cinema’s history, is the first in Vietnam to feature a positive view of homosexual life. It will be shown at the festival’s Panorama category.

Earlier, Lost in Paradise was screened in the Toronto film festival in September 2011, then shown in Vancouver, Canada, and Pusan, the Republic of Korea. The Berlin Festival is the film’s first venue in Europe.

In Vietnam, the film won many prestigious awards, including: Best Director for Vu Ngoc Dang, Best Supporting Actor for Ho Vinh Khoa, and Best Cameraman for Nguyen Nam.

In 1995, the Panorama category included a Vietnamese film for the first time, named “Giot le Ha Long” ("The Teardrop Pearl of Ha Long") directed by Tran Vu and Nguyen Huu Phan.

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Vietnam’s “Clash” to be aired on Star Movies

“Bay Rong” or Clash, the movie that is starred by Ngo Thanh Van and Johnny Tri Nguyen will be the first Vietnamese action film that will appear on Star Movies in Asia and the Middle East on Saturday night, January 14.

Ngo Thanh Van and Johnny Tri Nguyen in "Clash".

Directed by Le Thanh Son, the $1.5 million movie was launched in Vietnam in late 2009. Though it came to cinemas at the same time with blockbuster Avatar, Clash still earned VND11.9 billion (over $500,000) after three weeks.

Its protagonists, Trinh (Ngo Thanh Van) and Quan (Johnny Tri Nguyen, who also co-wrote and co-produced), are caught up in a violent underworld they long to escape. Trinh, the icy leader of a hit squad that includes ex-con Quan, must rob from French mobsters a certain hard drive if she is to secure the return of her kidnapped daughter from the villainous Hac Long (Hoang Phuc), the heartless Black Dragon. That hard drive will allow the Black Dragon to gain control of Vinsat.1, Vietnam's only satellite.

The movie was brought to many international film festivals, including Tribecca Film Festival, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (USA), Fantasia International Film Festival (Canada), Berlin Fantasy Film Festival (Germany) or Warsaw Film Festival (Poland).

On January 14, the movie will be broadcasted on Star Movies, the most film channel in Asia. This is considered a chance to introduce Vietnamese movies to the region.

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Vietnamese girl wins the best actress at Asia Africa film festival

Twelve-year-old Vietnamese actress Phung Hoa Hoai Linh won the Best Female Actor at the 8th international Asia Africa Film Festival in Dubai on December 14.
Linh acts as Thu, a little girl in Tam Hon Me (Mamy’s Soul), a film by director Pham Nhue Giang.
Inspired by the story with the same name by well-known writer Nguyen Huy Thiep, the film features the life of a mother and her little daughter.
They live in a small island in the middle of Hong river, surrounded by skyscrapers in the capital city.
This is the second time a Vietnamese actress has won this prize. Prior to Phung Hoa Hoai Linh, famous actress Hong Anh won the same prize in 2008 with the film Trang Noi Day Gieng (The Moon At The Bottom of the Well).
Hong Anh also acts as Phung Hoa Hoai Linh's mother in Mamy’s Soul film.

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