From WIRE REPORTS
Officials of the 5th Annual Geneva Film Festival have informed Vietnamese director Cuong Ngo that he has won “Emerging Narrative Feature Film Maker Award” for his film, “Ngoc Vien Dong, ” or “Pearls of the
The international film festival dedicated to young independent film makers will be held in
This year’s festival will feature 43 independent films from all over the world.
The director will receive the award in a ceremony on March 30 and “Ngoc Vien Dong,” the only Vietnamese representative at the film fest, will be screened at 9 p.m. the same day.
“Ngoc Vien Don,” whose script was based on a series of short stories by writer/director Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc, tells seven love stories of seven Vietnamese women living in very different circumstances.
In February, the film, which opened in
“Ngoc Vien Dong” has been nominated to compete at other nearly 20 film festivals worldwide, according to the its producer, Oriental Pearls Productions.
