Huntington Beach, CA – The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) is proud to partner with the Huntington Beach Public Library for a specially curated screening showcasing five short films previously shown at Viet Film Fest (VFF). The film set was carefully selected by Viet Film Fest’s very own Read more…
April 27, 2023 – Costa Mesa, California – The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) is excited to announce its partnership with the Segerstrom Center for Arts for a film screening event on May 13th at The Southeast x East (SEE) Asian Film Festival. This event will take place Read more…
Read the English translation here Trở lại với phiên bản lần thứ 13, Viet Film Fest 2022 sẽ trình làng một chương trình đặc sắc nhằm tôn vinh những câu chuyện và tiếng nói Việt trong điện ảnh. Quận Cam, ngày 9 tháng 9, 2022 – Đại Hội Điện Read more…
Đọc bản dịch tiếng Việt Returning for its 13th edition, Viet Film Fest 2022 showcases a robust program that celebrates Vietnamese voices and stories in cinema September 8, 2022 – (Orange County, CA) – Viet Film Fest 2022, presented by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA), a Read more…
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 Read more…
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, Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…