The movie Trúng Số (Jackpot), based on the true story of Lành, a lottery ticket seller in the southern province of Đồng Tháp, was granted the ‘Vietnamese Oscar’ Golden Kite award for feature movie at a glittery award ceremony last...
The lion''s share of this year''s Golden Kite Awards, Viet Nam
Cinematography Association''s version of the Oscars, will likely go to
blockbuster favourites but other contenders aren''t out of the running
this March 12.
Sung La village, located on Dong Van plateau in the
northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, became a popular tourist
destination after it was featured in the 2006 film Chuyen Cua Pao (Pao''s Story).
The movie Than Tuong (Idol), directed by Quang Huy, will vie for the Kim
Dae Jung Nobel Peace Film Award at the 14th Gwangju International Film
Festival (GIFF).
The first film by popular concert organiser Nguyen Quang Huy won six
Golden Kite awards, the annual awards bestowed by the Viet Nam Cinema
Association, in a ceremony held in the capital on Saturday.
Movie critics are tipping one of three documentary films produced by the
HCM City Television Film Studio (TFS) for the national Golden Kite
award this year.
Vietnamese cinema had taken a giant step forward
over the past decade and local audiences were starting to return to the
silver screen, according to participants at a workshop reviewing the
advance of domestic film makers held here yesterday.
Movies by private studios make up the majority of
films vying for this year''s Golden Kite Award, an officer of the Viet
Nam Cinema Association (VNCA) revealed in a recent meeting.
Directors Bui Dinh Hac and Dang Nhat Minh will be
honoured at the Viet Nam Cinematography Association''s Golden Kite Awards
for Lifetime Achievement in March.
