VietNamNet Bridge – Three movies “Me, Myself and Mum” from France, “Breathing” from Austria and “At Eye Level” from Germany will be introduced at the European Film Festival 2017 in Vietnam. “Me, Myself and Mum” (French title: Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table !) is a 2013 French autobiographical coming of age comedy film written, directed by and starring Guillaume Gallienne. Based on his stage show of the same name, it follows Guillaume as a boy as he develops his own identity and his relationship with his mother. The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and was released in France on 20 November 2013. In January 2014, the film was nominated for ten César Awards and won five, including awards for Best Film and Best First Feature Film. The film will be screened in Hanoi on May 21, in Hue on May 26 and in HCM City on May 27. This film is not for viewers under 16 years old. Austrian movie … [Read more...] about Introduction to French, German and Austrian films at European Film Festival 2017
Academy award winners 2017
Oscar awards organizers call for artistic freedom, no U.S. barriers
The head of the organization behind the Oscar awards on Monday called for diversity and freedom of expression, saying the United States should not put barriers in the way of artists from around the world. Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, told the 165 Oscar-nominated actors and film makers there was a "struggle globally today over artistic freedom that feels more urgent than at any time since the 1950s," an apparent reference to the anti-communist blacklists of some in the movie industry at the time. Speaking at a luncheon in Beverly Hills for the 2017 nominees, Isaacs noted that there were "some empty chairs in this room, which has made Academy artists activists." Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and actress Taraneh Alidoosti, who stars in his foreign-language nominated film "The Salesman," said last week they would boycott the Feb. 26 Academy Awards to protest President Donald Trump's travel restrictions on Iranians and six other … [Read more...] about Oscar awards organizers call for artistic freedom, no U.S. barriers
Moonlight, American Honey top Spirit Awards nominations
This image released by A24 Films shows Alex Hibbert in a scene from the film, Moonlight. The film was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award for best feature on Tuesday. The annual awards show will be held on February 25, 2017. — AFP Photo Viet Nam News LOS ANGELES — Coming-of-age tale Moonlight and road movie American Honey led the pack of independent films tipped for Oscars glory as the Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday. Starring Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight tells the life story of a young African-American man struggling to find his place as he grows up in a rough neighbourhood of Miami. It was nominated in six categories, including best feature, best director and best screenplay. It was passed over in the acting categories, despite Ali and Harris being considered strong contenders for Oscar nods. The entire cast, Jenkins and casting director Yesi Ramirez will get the special Robert Altman Award. … [Read more...] about Moonlight, American Honey top Spirit Awards nominations
Vietnam announces 2017 Academy Award submission
A movie adapted from a Vietnamese children book has been submitted to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. A movie adapted from a Vietnamese children book has been submitted to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. “Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh” (Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass), adapted from the namesake book by best seller children author Nguyen Nhat Anh, will represent Vietnam at the 2017 Oscar award in February, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Friday. Deputy minister Vuong Duy Bien said the ministry’s voting board highly appreciated the film by Victor Vu and decided to submit it to the Academy Awards. Director Victor Vu said this is a very big encouragement to him. “I was born and grew up in the U.S. so the motherland Vietnam has always brought me a special feeling,” he expressed. “I want to tell a very Vietnamese story and ‘Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass’ brings me … [Read more...] about Vietnam announces 2017 Academy Award submission
Reclusive award-winning film director reveals his fears
VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Ngoc Dang won the Best Director award at the 20th National Film Festival in Da Nang recently. It was the second such award for Dang, his first coming in 2012. Both awards were for the first and second parts of his Lost in Paradise, made six years apart in 2011 and 2017.Lost in Paradise was the first “queer” feature film from Vietnam to enter the Vancouver International Film Festival.Dang graduated in first place from the HCM Academy of Theatre and Cinema with a short film called Vo Chong Chuot (Mouse Couple). The film was selected to compete at the International Student Film Festival in Israel in 2001. He gained further popularity with his first motion picture, Nhung Co Gai Chan Dai (Long-legged Girls), which fetched him the Silver Lotus at the 14th National Film Festival in 2004. The movie was a record box office hit, one of those that marked the emergence of Vietnamese cinema from a crisis at the end of 1990s.His television series, like Bong … [Read more...] about Reclusive award-winning film director reveals his fears