Be Water receives Best Feature Award while Fighting For Family takes the Spotlight Award October 29, 2021 (Orange County, CA) – Viet Film Fest 2021, presented by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA), has announced the winners of their Trống Đồng Award for Best Short, Best Actress, Best Read more…
Read the English translation here Ngày 25 tháng 10 năm 2021 (Santa Ana, CA) – Đại Hội Điện Ảnh Việt Nam Quốc Tế (Viet Film Fest) sẽ thực hiện lễ trao giải trực tuyến vào lúc 6 giờ chiều thứ Năm, ngày 28 tháng 10. Khán giả muốn theo dõi Read more…
Read the Vietnamese translation here October 25, 2021 (Santa Ana, CA) – The Viet Film Fest 2021 Awards Ceremony will take place virtually for the first time ever on Thursday, October 28th at 6 p.m. PST. and will be available to watch on www.VietFilmFest.com and YouTube. Viet Film Fest is proud to present the Read more…
This year Viet Film Fest is proud to curate Coming Out, Coming Through, a setlist that highlights queer films by queer filmmakers of or about the Vietnamese community. In expanding relationship dynamics outside of sexuality and intimacy, Viet Film Fest’s Humanities Out There (H.O.T) Public Fellow June Ke interviewed Heather Muriel Nguyen, Director of THƠ. This Read more…
The 12th edition and first-ever virtual edition of Viet Film Fest 2021 continues with documentaries that portray contemporary issues and experiences relevant to the Vietnamese, and larger Southeast Asian community. For a more intimate understanding of deportations and family separation, Viet Film Fest’s Humanities Out There (H.O.T) Public Fellow June Ke spoke Read more…
What happens when chance encounters among strangers form everlasting relationships? How do these strangers-turned-friends impact our lives and in turn, how, if at all, have we impacted theirs? This is the premise of Malabar, directed by Maximilian Badier-Rosenthal. Viet Film Fest’s Humanities Out There (H.O.T) Public Fellow June Ke spoke with Maximilian about his Read more…
Music is a theme shared among several feature films in the virtual return of Viet Fim Fest 2021. Whether classic or modern in style, these musicians create songs and sound unique to the Vietnamese experience. Viet Film Fest’s Humanities Out There (H.O.T) Public Fellow June Ke spoke with Nodey, subject of The Nodey Read more…
Bước vào năm thứ 12, với kỹ thuật chiếu phim trực tuyến (online), Đại Hội Điện Ảnh Việt Nam Quốc Tế (Viet Film Fest) 2021 sẽ giới thiệu một chương trình quy mô hơn nhằm tôn vinh những câu chuyện và văn hoá Việt trong điện ảnh. Read the English Read more…