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DVAN: Viet Film Fest 2024: To Our Parents, With Love

By admin, 1 yearOctober 19, 2024 ago

Festival News

Viet Film Fest 2024: Những Câu Chuyện Hòa Giải Thế Hệ Sau 50 Năm Tị Nạn

By admin, 1 yearOctober 19, 2024 ago

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Viet Film Fest 2024 Kicks Off This Weekend!

Santa Ana, California — October 2, 2024 — The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) will kick off Viet Film Fest (VFF) this weekend, bringing together filmmakers and community members to celebrate the largest Vietnamese film festival in the diaspora. Starting October 5 to 20, the festival will commence Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 1 yearOctober 2, 2024 ago

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The Vietnamese Podcast — Eric Nong – A Deep Dive into Vietnamese Cinema with Viet Film Fest Artistic Director

By admin, 1 yearSeptember 30, 2024 ago

Feature Film

VOA: Viet Film Fest 2024 công bố danh sách phim trình chiếu ở Mỹ

By admin, 1 yearSeptember 28, 2024 ago

Festival News

Orange County’s Upcoming Film Festivals Celebrate Milestone Years of Entertainment and Growth

By Communication Specialist, 1 yearSeptember 27, 2024 ago

Festival News

Viet Film Fest 2024 Announces Full Film Lineup and Special Events

By Communication Specialist, 1 yearSeptember 27, 2024 ago

Festival News

Viet Film Fest 2024 Công Bố Danh Sách Phim Chính Thức và Các Sự Kiện Đặc Biệt

Ngày 22 tháng 9 năm 2024, Santa Ana, California – Hội Văn Học Nghệ Thuật Việt Mỹ (VAALA) hân hạnh thông báo sự trở lại của Đại Hội Điện Ảnh Việt Nam Quốc Tế (Viet Film Fest) 2024, liên hoan phim quốc tế lớn nhất của cộng đồng người Việt Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 1 yearSeptember 24, 2024 ago

Viet Film Fest

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✨Congratulations to "On Healing Land, Birds Perch" on being shortlisted for the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Film!👏 We’re proud to have featured this remarkable film at #VietFilmFest2025 and to celebrate its journey from #VietFilmFesttotheOscars!At #VietFilmFest, audiences engaged with the filmmaker through an in-person Q&A following the screening alongside “Year of the Cat” on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM. Watch the full Q&A now on our YouTube channel—link below.youtu.be/-h0oNLneE9Q“On Healing Land, Birds Perch” is a short documentary that tells the remarkable stories behind one of the most iconic photos in history, while acting as a portal into the “varied carols,” to borrow from Walt Whitman, of trauma and the American journey. This is the first documentary, from a Vietnamese born filmmaker that explores the continuing aftershocks of the Vietnam War from the perspectives of both sides of the war: North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese including Vietnamese Americans alive today. The story is told through the iconic Pulitzer winning photo of General Loan shooting a Vietcong captain Nguyen Van Lem in the head on the second day of the 1968 Tet Offensive.🎥 #VietFilmFest2025 was an unforgettable celebration of Vietnamese creativity and community! Over two inspiring weeks (October 4–19), audiences from around the world came together—virtually and in person at The Frida Cinema in Downtown Santa Ana (October 10–12)—to honor the vision and artistry of Vietnamese filmmakers. ... See MoreSee Less

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✨Congratulations to "We Were the Scenery" on being shortlisted for the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Film!👏 We’re proud to have featured this remarkable film at #VietFilmFest2025 and to celebrate its journey from #VietFilmFesttotheOscars!Featured as part of our Remember My Forgotten Man short film set, "We Were the Scenery" traces Vietnam, the Philippines, and the USA through the lens of lived experience and cinema. Following their escape from Vietnam in 1975, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che, along with nearly 100 other refugees, became background extras in Apocalypse Now. Guided by their memories, "We Were the Scenery" explores past and present, truth and fiction, life and film.At #VietFilmFest, audiences had the chance to engage with the filmmakers through both virtual and in-person Q&As. Our virtual session featured director Christopher Robert Radcliff, and the in-person discussion included Cathy Linh Che and her mom. Watch the full Q&As on our YouTube channel—link belowwww.youtube.com/@vietfilmfest9619/videosWE WERE THE SCENERY is now available on the Criterion Channel! 🎥 #VietFilmFest2025 was an unforgettable celebration of Vietnamese creativity and community! Over two inspiring weeks (October 4–19), audiences from around the world came together—virtually and in person at The Frida Cinema in Downtown Santa Ana (October 10–12)—to honor the vision and artistry of Vietnamese filmmakers.#AcademyAwards #OscarsShortlist #DocumentaryShort #VietnameseCinema #RememberMyForgottenMan ... See MoreSee Less

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2 months ago

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