Viet Film Fest
The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) has a new home this year for their annual Viet Film Fest 2016. The films will be featured at AMC Orange 30, at The Outlets at Orange from April 14-17. Viet Film Fest’s new larger and more central location is emblematic of its trajectory from a Little Saigon dream to an internationally renowned platform for Vietnamese voices. With a total of 25 films (12 features and 13 shorts), from countries such as Vietnam, Australia, Norway, France, and the United States, Viet Film Fest’s 2016 lineup showcases many “firsts” in Vietnamese cinema.
The VIET FILM FEST 2016 will be from April 14-17 at the AMC 30 Orange. For more information, go to www.vietfilmfest.com. (Photo: Viet Film Fest)
The festival will open April 14 with Bitcoin Heist (Siêu Trộm), a technologically groundbreaking heist-action film from Ham Tran (Journey from the Fall). The film marks the first leading role for Suboi, Vietnam’s “Queen of Hip Hop,” who will be in attendance along with the film’s producer, Anderson Le.
The Trống Đồng Award for Best Feature at Viet Film Fest 2016 goes to Victor Vu for his coming-of-age masterpiece, Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass (Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh). Set in Vietnam in 1980s, the film’s countryside imagery depicts a simpler time and explores the relationship between two young brothers. Victor Vu will attend to present his film, which screened at the 68th Cannes Film Festival and won best film at the Silk Road International Film Festival in China.
Closing the festival will be the directorial feature debut from Phan Gia Nhat Linh, Sweet Twenty (Em Là Bà Nội Của Anh). The director and breakthrough actress, Miu Le, will be in Orange County to promote this charming remake of a South Korean romantic comedy that recently became the highest-grossing film in Vietnam.
To read more, click here:
http://www.vietfilmfest.com/festival-news/new-venue-and-storytellers/
