Chuyen Tu Te (Living as One Should).

HOI AN  (VNS) — Film director Tran Van Thuy will host a meet-and-greet Monday with students and spectators in the central region to discuss his 30-year journey and filmmaking career.

The open dialogue, which will be held at Hoi An-based private Phan Chau Trinh College, will focus on the journey of his 1985 documentary Chuyen Tu Te (Living as One Should).

The documentary film, which is one of Thuy's most distinctive productions, won the Silver Dove award at the Leipzig International Film Festival in 1988. It was screened at 100 seminars and film festivals in France, Germany, US, Australia, Austria, Belgium and other countries.

The 75-year-old director also plans to talk about the joys and troubles he experienced during his career, and will introduce some of his clips.

The talk is free to visitors and begins at 1.30pm Monday at the college's hall, No 2 Tran Hung Dao Street in Hoi An. — VNS