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Viet Film Fest 2022 needs your help in cultivating the next generation of Vietnamese filmmakers and stories. Please consider donating today.

When we think about the way Vietnamese people are portrayed in mainstream media, you’ll notice that the stories are often not told from our perspective. Napalm and wartime caricatures are not the only stories we have to offer.

If we don’t tell our stories, other people will tell it for us.

That is the reason the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) launched Viet Film Fest. With the mission of supporting and celebrating Vietnamese voices in cinema, Viet Film Fest provides a nurturing environment for artists to grow and a space for audiences to learn about the nuanced Vietnamese experience.

Viet Film Fest emphasizes developing the next generation of Vietnamese artists through our special youth programming. The Youth in Motion Program was created because we recognized a gap in filmmaking and the lack of resources for our community. It was evident that there was a desire from youth who wanted to express themselves through this art form. Youth in Motion develops skills through workshops with experienced professionals in the industry.

In addition, Viet Film Fest provides volunteer opportunities, educational panels, and free movie screenings to high school and college students during the festival.

More recently, VAALA’s Gallery Beyond Walls – Project Foto, a multimedia arts program for young women and gender non-confirming individuals, shows how art is a transformational tool that instills leadership skills, a sense of community, and confidence in its participants. Our youth programs are addressing serious issues in the community and have proven to be a powerful agent of change.

As a volunteer-based organization, we need financial contribution from our community in order to ensure these core programs can continue. With your support, we can be our own storytellers. 

Please consider donating today to help us reach our $10,000 goal by October 31st!

Viet Film Fest is organized by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA), which is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Your donation to VAALA is tax-deductible within the limits of the federal law.

Or mail in a check donation payable to “VAALA”:
VAALA Cultural Center
Re: Viet Film Fest
P.O. Box 20218
Fountain Valley, CA 92728


Viet Film Fest 2022

October 1-15, 2022
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Available to stream now! FREE with suggested donations of $10. bit.ly/findingplacefindingselfHelp us celebrate our 30th anniversary by watching these specially selected films with your friends and family. Share these films about Vietnamese people wide and far! We have award winning feature and short films that capture physical and metaphorical journeys where the subjects find belonging or a deeper understanding of themselves. ... See MoreSee Less

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In celebration of the Vietnamese Arts and Letters Assocaition's (VAALA) 30th anniversary, Viet Film Fest is proud to present this year's virtual summer screening series, "Finding Place, Finding Self". The films of this year's series are united by physical and metaphorical journeys where the subjects find belonging or a deeper understanding of themselves. These journeys address displacement, loss, self-expression, and the harrowing experiences of first-generation Vietnamese refugees.Chronologically, "Finding Place, Finding Self" includes past VFF entries from its 2005 iteration to 2015. This year's short film slate are all previous winners of the Grand Jury Trống Đồng Award for Best Short Film or VFF's Audience Choice Award for Best Short. The shorts are joined, for the first time, by a feature film. Minh Nguyễn-Võ's The Buffalo Boy (Mùa Len Trâu) (2004), a deliberate, stunningly-filmed coming-of-age tale set in far southern Vietnam in the 1940s. Get Tickets Now: bit.ly/findingplacefindingselfThis is a free screening, but donations are encouraged! ... See MoreSee Less

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Pride doesn't have to end just yet! Although June is almost over, you can still celebrate Pride anytime with these 5 queer VFF alum films. List of films:Song lang by Leon LeGoodbye Mother by Trinh Dinh Le MinhNuoc by Quyển Nguyen-LeTet by Peterson PhamLike Mother, Like Daughter by Kady Le ... See MoreSee Less

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Viet Film Fest 2022

October 1-15, 2022


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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