Entries for the short feature film category are ‘Bermula Dari A’ (Indonesia); ‘Green Sliem’ (Republic of Korea); ‘Hanger’ (Malaysia); ‘Sonny, My Older Brother’ (New Zealand); ‘Swamp’ (Kyrgyzstan); ‘Gui Truong Luong’ (For Truong Luong) and ‘Hai, Tu, Sau’ (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), both produced by Vietnamese filmmakers.
The short documentary category will feature ‘God, Church, Pills and Condoms’ (the Philippines) and ‘Two Girls against the Rain’ (Cambodia), plus three Vietnamese entries namely ‘Chuyen Lang Then’ (Story about Then Village), ‘Dang Sau Su Song’ (Behind the Life) and ‘Gio Chuong Lai Ve’ (Whirlwind has Returned).
Two Vietnamese animated films ‘Bo Vang’ (Ox) and ‘Khoang Troi’ (Sky Space) will compete against two Japanese entries ‘Steps’ and ‘Z Planet’ in the popular cartoon group.
The entries were selected from hundreds of submissions sent to the festival from filmmakers in the region.
The film festival aims to promote exchanges between Vietnamese filmmakers and their international colleagues, while offering Hanoi audiences a good opportunity to enjoy a wider range of cinematic works from different movie- makers and regions around the world.
