February 7, 2022 — Orange County, CA — The Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) is proud to announce that Viet Film Fest (VFF) will occur from October 1-15, 2022! Following its first-ever virtual return last year, Viet Film Fest 2022 will be offered through an online streaming platform in a movies-on-demand environment with…
Phim Be Water nhận được giải Phim Hay Nhất trong khi Phim Fighting For Family nhận được Giải Tiêu Điểm (Spotlight Award) Ngày 29 tháng 10 năm 2021 (Quận Cam, CA) – Viet Film Fest 2021, do Hội Văn Học & Nghệ Thuật Việt Mỹ (VAALA) thực hiện, đã công bố các giải thưởng: Giải…
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 Actor, and Trống Đồng Award for…
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 chương trình phát giải, xin…
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 Inspiration Award to actress and…
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 interview has been edited and…
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 with Lan Nguyen, Director of Fighting…
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 inspiration and reflections behind this…
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