The Vietnamese community’s largest film festival outside Vietnam continues virtually in 2021, bringing more accessibility to films that center Vietnamese artists and stories. Thursday, May 6, 2021 – ORANGE, CA – The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) is proud to announce that Viet Film Fest (VFF) 2021 will be offered virtually, through an…
See Vietnamese Translation here MISSION The mission of Viet Film Fest is to celebrate Vietnamese stories and voices in cinema. DESCRIPTION Viet Film Fest was created in 2003 by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA). As the largest international Vietnamese film festival of its kind in the world, Viet Film Fest showcases the…
See English Translation here Hạn sớm: 30 tháng 4, 2021 Hạn chót gửi phim: 15 tháng 5, 2021 ORANGE – Hạn chót gửi phim tham dự Đại Hội Điện Ảnh Việt Nam Quốc Tế (Viet Film Fest) 2021 là ngày 15 tháng 5, 2021. Viet Film Fest nhận tác phẩm của các đạo diễn đến…
A Letter to Our Community: VAALA Stands in Support of the Black Lives Matter Movement “The function of freedom is to free someone else.” ― Toni Morrison The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) grieves the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others who have unjustly died at…
VAALA’s first priority is always the health and safety of our community. In keeping with the social distancing directives from our local, state, and federal health agencies to combat COVID-19, we have suspended all VAALA programming for the next few months. Unfortunately, there’s no way for anyone to know what the situation will be like…
Deadline: May 15, 2020 (Early bird: April 30, 2020) Festival Dates October 9-11, 2020 MISSION The mission of Viet Film Fest is to celebrate Vietnamese stories and voices in cinema. DESCRIPTION Viet Film Fest was created in 2003 by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA). As the largest international Vietnamese film festival of…
ORANGE, CA – The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) is proud to announce that the Viet Film Fest 2019 will be kicking-off its 3-day event with the charming, blockbuster, romantic comedy My Mr. Wife, directed by Charlie Nguyen (The Rebel), on Friday, October 11, 2019 at 7:00 pm at AMC Orange 30. The…
The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) is excited to invite the public to a star-studded party to officially launch Viet Film Fest 2019. This free event will take place on September 8th, from 3 – 5pm, at Viet Film Fest’s venue, AMC Orange 30, located at The Outlets at Orange. The evening will…
We are proud to be a central platform for the voices of Vietnamese filmmakers and stories about the Vietnamese people. Viet Film Fest welcomes your support in our collaborative project to use cinema as a tool for spotlighting our diversity of voices.
