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Viet Film Fest 2025 Unveils Lineup and Special Events; Tickets Now on Sale

Santa Ana, CA (September 18, 2025) – The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) is excited to announce that tickets are now on sale for Viet Film Fest 2025, a celebration of Vietnamese stories from around the world. The largest international Vietnamese film festival in the diaspora will take Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 1 yearSeptember 18, 2025 ago
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Viet Film Fest 2025 to Unveil its Exciting Lineup at the Launch Event!

The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) warmly invites you to join us for the annual Launch Event of Viet Film Fest 2025. This free community gathering is set for Sunday, September 14th, from 3 – 5 pm, at The Frida Cinema, 305 E. 4th Street #100, Santa Ana, Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 1 yearSeptember 9, 2025 ago
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Viet Film Fest 2024 Concludes in Style with Its Biggest Ever Edition!

Santa Ana, CA – October 31, 2024 — After two weeks of celebrating Vietnamese storytelling, Viet Film Fest 2024 (VFF) proudly announces the successful conclusion of its largest edition to date, drawing record-breaking attendance and ticket sales! Presented by The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA), Viet Film Fest Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 2 yearsOctober 31, 2024 ago
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A Director’s Journey: Bringing Maddy’s Vision to Life

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 19, 2024 ago
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DVAN: Viet Film Fest 2024: To Our Parents, With Love

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 19, 2024 ago
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Viet Film Fest 2024: Những Câu Chuyện Hòa Giải Thế Hệ Sau 50 Năm Tị Nạn

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 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, 2 yearsOctober 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, 2 yearsSeptember 30, 2024 ago

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Viet Film Fest 2023

Virtual
October 4 to 19

In-Person
The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana
October 10, 11, and 12

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Viet Film Fest is with Quyên Nguyen-Le.

9 hours ago

Viet Film Fest
🎥“Free to Love” gathers a slate of short films that stretch and challenge not only gender expressions, but genre expectations – putting queer love in focus, a little off-centered, with family and longing in the foreground. 🎟️ Tickets are officially live—secure your seats today and be part of the story. vietfilmfest2026.eventive.org/schedule/6a975c06b70c3031c7aa3655🎬 In Before the Sea Forgets, we join the journey of two men looking for a burial site in Đà Nẵng, in parallel with a seemingly random group of skateboarders who find themselves reciting poetry. From there we zoom into the intimate space of a bathroom for the first scene of Mother’s Spring (Mùa xuân của mẹ), where a daughter literally and figuratively struggles in their áo dài, not realizing that a first generation mother also needs grace. Just as you get a chance to come up for air, you will find yourself tossed into a genre-bending roller coaster. There, you must Close the Eye to See the unspeakable truth that a mourned lover must face as he is haunted by horror and spirituality. We then round out the set with our final two unscripted films which give voice to Intergenerational Stories, and explore various viewpoints of all ages where love is really love and acceptance means truly accepting not only others but yourself. Between Us gives a rare glimpse into older lesbians who paved the way, supportive parents who raise signs along with their children, and the community forms and uplifts as a result. As Auntie Hanh says, “I know the truth can be painful to others. But the truth must be the truth.”⚠️This short film set contains mature themes and nudity. Viewer discretion is advised. 🏷️Tag: Jocelyn 🫧 mothersspring _chisvix_ Quyên Nguyen-Le Trâm Anh Nguyễn andrea Khushil Doshi Emma Dương Trần Cleveland Winsa🥂 emily chae Steve Nguyen aeswxx harry nguyen Rainnie Zhu ... See MoreSee Less

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🎥 "Strangers and Their Babies" is set to screen at Viet Film Fest 2026!🎟️ Tickets are officially live—secure your seats today and be part of the story. vietfilmfest2026.eventive.org/schedule/6a90786de66ebd7f3db73d12🎬 Taiwan’s first film accepted to Viet Film Fest is a documentary uncovering a side to the history of Vietnamese Boat People long overshadowed. Building upon his earlier documentary A Camp Unknown (2023), Asio Liu Chihsiung’s Strangers and Their Babies covers the lives of four people of Vietnamese descent as they retrace their respective family’s dangerous journey across open waters from Vietnam to Taiwan. Strangers and Their Babies is a production of Taiwan’s Public Television Service (PTS). The film’s four subjects are scattered across the world, having lived most of their lives in the United States or Taiwan. Their sense of belonging and identity is inextricably drawn from their families’ flights from Vietnam – which, for our subjects, casts psychological shadows similar to, but different from, most Boat People’s personal histories. And yet, they are the lucky ones.🏷️Tag: ) 澎湖難民營三部曲 Penghu Refugee Camps Trilogy at the Taiwan Strait & 講美難民檔案協會 The Chiangmei Refugee Archive Association - CRAA ... See MoreSee Less

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Viet Film Fest is with Duc Duong and Nghiem Quynh Trang.

2 days ago

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🎥 “The Very Thought of You” is set to screen at #VietFilmFest2026! 🎬These four films look at love (or one’s idea of what love is) at different stages: its beginnings, the point of betrayal, and in death and separation. 🎟️ Tickets are officially live—secure your seats today and be part of the story. viet-film-fest.carrd.co🎬 We open with budding beginnings in Nguyễn Năng Hải An’s 5011 (which helped the director earn a spot at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts). There, a Vietnamese high school boy, unsure how to act or speak around his crush, seeks advice from a friend who might not be of much help. Empty (Trống), directed by Mai Hoài Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (or “Luey”) follows. Loosely adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story “Kino”, the protagonist returns home to find his wife having an affair. He flees the scene, headed for anywhere but home – his ultimate destination will feature curious moments symbolizing unresolved feelings. A lack of emotional resolution carries over into the closing half of this set. The animated short Water Girl (Fille d’eau), directed by Sandra Desmazières (VFF 2023’s Flowing Home), finds an elderly freedive fisher reminiscing about loved ones now far away. As a reversal of Orpheus and Eurydice, Nghiêm Quỳnh Trang’s Visiting Heaven Gate sees a daughter and mother make an ascending pilgrimage in hopes of seeing their father and husband, respectively, one last time. Together, our final two films close on the idea that love abides. ... See MoreSee Less

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We are proud to be a central platform for the voices of Vietnamese filmmakers and stories about the Vietnamese people. Viet Film Fest welcomes your support in our collaborative project to use cinema as a tool for spotlighting our diversity of voices.

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October 8–12

In-Person:
October 12–25

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