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An interview with Ha Le Diem, Director of Children of the Mist

The 13th edition of Viet Film Fest 2022 continues with breathtaking documentaries that portray contemporary issues relating to the larger Southeast Asian community. Set in the North of Vietnam, Children of the Mist is a film about the holy time of childhood and its disappearance. We spoke with director, Ha Read more…

By Christine Tran, 3 yearsOctober 4, 2022 ago

Viet Film Fest is with The Vietnamese Podcast.

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🎬 Listen now on The Vietnamese Podcast! Host Kenneth sits down with Eric Nong, Artistic Director of Viet Film Fest, to discuss this year’s lineup and the evolving landscape of Vietnamese cinema.🎟️ Special offer: Use code “TheVietnamesePodcast” for 10% off tickets! Link in bio.✨ Viet Film Fest 2025 is LIVE! Watch films virtually (Oct 4–19) or join us in-person at The Frida Cinema (Oct 10–12) for screenings, red carpet moments, and filmmaker Q&As.📅 Explore our full programming, exclusive events, and limited-edition merch — don’t miss out!➡️ Follow @vietfilmfest and celebrate Vietnamese stories from around the world.open.spotify.com/episode/1c8SALG4QYcQrlVtHB2IBS?go=1&sp_cid=a59f7fdfd1419bf3f39f7c54b88d5b3c&utm_...The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen · Episode ... See MoreSee Less

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Viet Film Fest is attending an event.

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🎬✏️🖥️ Animation Panel + Screening After the screening of the animated short film set “Drawn to the Screen”, join a special industry panel moderated by Andy Cung (Sony Pictures Animation). Panelists include storyboard revisionist & illustrator Christine LêSantos, director/animator Emily Vu (Conductor's Crescendo), and co-director Ivan Gozali (Little Persimmon), discussing their creative processes, inspirations, and experiences in animation. 📅 Saturday, October 11, 2025 ⏰ 1:30 PM PDT Get your tickets, link belowvietfilmfest2025.eventive.org/schedule/68a57f83fa4363d8f36e9ff0 🎥 For two consecutive years, Viet Film Fest has broken its own record number of animated short film submissions and acceptances. This in-person version of “Drawn to the Screen” will showcase seven of the ten animated shorts that were accepted to VFF this year (the exceptions: The Boy Who Cheated Death, Someone Special, and Xanh – all of which are playing in other short film sets) From student films such as Conductor’s Crescendo, Re:connection, and These Yellow Stars of Ours; independent works like Ba Noi and Little Persimmon; truly avant garde pieces in The Tale of Trần Thanh Dương; and a film from a major Vietnamese animation studio in Zombie Lag – 15 Minutes Before Apocalypse, animators of Vietnamese descent have been breaking into the world of animated cinema on their own terms. Together, these films will remind audiences of the versatility of animated moviemaking, and how animation can express ideas unbounded by our reality. ... See MoreSee Less

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Viet Film Fest is attending an event with Maria Trần.

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We’re excited to welcome Maria Tran, director of “Midnight Never Sleeps”, to #VietFilmFest2025 for an exclusive in-person Q&A! 🎬✨Catch the short film “Midnight Never Sleeps” before our feature presentation of “The Ancestral Home (Nhà gia tiên)”. Following Maria’s Q&A, the screening will continue with “The Ancestral Home (Nhà gia tiên)”. Don’t miss this special double film experience!📅 Fri, Oct 10 @ 7:00 PM📍 The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana 🎬👉 Grab your tickets now — link belowvietfilmfest2025.eventive.org/schedule/68a905ad106deb925a13a0a6About “Midnight Never Sleeps”:When her husband does a night shift, a pregnant artist is left alone to finish a painting. As she gets lost in her work, a demonic entity appears in the form of a faceless figure wearing a Vietnamese hat and haunts her throughout the night. ... See MoreSee Less

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