Bui Thac Chuyen

Bui Thac Chuyen at ViFF 2007

Sống Trong Sợ Hãi (Living in Fear) - 2006

Bui Thac Chuyen started as a stage performer of the Viet Nam Drama Theater. Chuyen began his prolific film career in 1991 with a 29-minute video short entitled, Eternal Sadness, winner of the Golden Swift Wing Prize at the 1st National Viet Nam Festival of Short Movies. In 1998 his documentary, Xam, received the Annual Prize of the Viet Ham Cinema Association for Best Documentary. In 2000, Bui produced the short Night Run [Cuoc Xe Dem] on 35mm celluloid film. This film won Third Prize in the Cinefondation at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to win various awards at Taipei Film Festival, Film Festival of the Association of World-Wide Cinema Universities, Namur Film Festival (Belgium), Poitier Film Festival and other International Film Festivals. In 2002 his documentary The Digger received the Silver Kite Prize at the Viet Nam Cinema Association for Best Documentary. Living in Fear [Song Trong So Hai] is Bui’s debut narrative feature film, and has already picked up the Best Film New Talent Prize in the 2006 Shanghai International Film Festival, as well as the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Main Actor, and Best Supporting Actor at the 2006 Viet Ham Cinema Association.

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