5th Hanoi International Film Festival

The 5th Hanoi International Film Festival opened on October 27 and closed on October 31, 2018, at Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace, with the slogan "Cinema - Integration and Sustainable Development" (Vietnamese: "Điện ảnh - Hội nhập và phát triển bền vững").[1][2]

5th Hanoi International Film Festival
Opening filmShoplifters
Closing filmA Fantastic Woman
LocationHanoi, Vietnam
Founded2010
AwardsBest Feature Film:
The Dark Room
Hosted byQuý Bình, Diễm Trang, Đức Bảo
Festival dateOctober 27–31, 2018
WebsiteWebsite

After 2 rounds of selection, the Organizing Committee selected 147 films from 45 countries and territories to participate in the festival programs. Vietnamese cinema has 1 feature-length film, 10 short films, and 35 films of various genres shown in the Panorama Cinema Program and the Contemporary Vietnamese Film Program. For the first time, the festival has a closing film.[3]

Programs

Many programs are held within the framework of the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival:[4][5]

Ceremonies - At Hanoi Friendship Cutural Palace, 91 Trần Hưng Đạo Street, Hoàn Kiếm District:

  • Opening ceremony: 20:00, Saturday, October 27 (live broadcast on VTV2)
  • Closing ceremony: 20:10, Wednesday, October 31 (live broadcast on VTV1)

Professional activities - At Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, 360 Kim Mã Street, Ba Đình District:

  • Exhibition Special filming scene in Vietnam (Vietnamese: "Bối cảnh quay phim đặc sắc tại Việt Nam"): October 27–31
  • The HANIFF Campus: October 27–30
  • The Film Project Market: October 27–30
  • Seminar Polish Cinema Highlights (Vietnamese: "Tiêu điểm Điện ảnh Ba Lan"): 09:00 – 12:00 Sunday, October 28
  • Seminar Experience of International Success of Iranian Cinema (Vietnamese: "Kinh nghiệm thành công quốc tế của Điện ảnh Iran"): 09:00 - 12:00 Monday, October 29

Movie screenings in theaters:

  • National Cinema Center (Room 3, 5, 7, 9): 3rd floor, 87 Láng Hạ Street, Ba Đình District
    • Opening Screening – Shoplifters : 15:00 Saturday, October 27
    • Closing Screening – A Fantastic Woman : 15:00 Wednesday, October 31
  • BHD Star Phạm Ngọc Thạch Movie Theater (Room 1, 2, 4): 8th floor, Vincom Shopping Center, No. 2 Phạm Ngọc Thạch Street, Đống Đa District
  • August Cinema Theater (Room 4): 45 Hàng Bài Street, Hoàn Kiếm District
  • Kim Đồng Cinema Theater (Room 1, 3): 19 Hàng Bài Street, Hoàn Kiếm District

Outdoor movie screenings - At Lý Thái Tổ Monument Square, Hoàn Kiếm District:

  • Movie The Tailor / Cô Ba Sài Gòn : 20:00 Sunday, October 28
  • Movie Anida and Floating Circus : 20:00 Monday, October 29
  • Movie Ellipsis : 20:00 Tuesday, October 30

Juries & Mentors

Juries

There are 3 jury panels established for this film festival:[6]

Feature film:

Short film:

  • Jukka-Pekka Laakso , director of Tampere Film Festival - Chairman
  • Raymond Red , director
  • Lý Thái Dũng , artist & director of photography

Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC):

In addition, the "Film Project Market" is jointly organized by Vietnam Cinema Department and BHD/Vietnam Media Corp, including 2 categories: "International Project Market" with 3 outstanding feature film projects from countries in Asia-Pacific region and "Domestic Project Market" include 5 outstanding feature film projects of Vietnam. The best project will receive a prize of VND 50 million sponsored by BHD/Vietnam Media Corp.[7]

Mentors for the HANIFF Campus

"The HANIFF Campus" is jointly organized by Vietnam Cinema Department and Redbridge Co., Ltd. The camp will have 2 classes under the guidance of:[8]

Directing & Producing Class:

  • Homayoon Ass'adian , producer, director, screenwriter
  • Rouhollah Hejazi , producer, director, screenwriter
  • Allan Starski , director
  • Phạm Nhuệ Giang , director
  • Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp , director

Acting Class

Official Selection - In Competition

Feature film

These 12 films were selected to compete for the official awards in Feature Film category:[9]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Anna Karenina: Vronsky's StoryАнна Каренина. История Вронского / Anna Karenina. Istoriya VronskogoKaren Shakhnazarov
EvaEvaBenoît Jacquot
First Law, A Shaman's TaleLey PrimeraDiego Rafecas
Pale FolksBlasse LeuteVladimir Todorović
PupaPupaIndrasis Acharya
Salt is Leaving the SeaAve MaryamErtanto Robby Soediskam
Signal RockSignal RockChito S. Roño
Silent NightCicha nocPiotr Domalewski
Student A여중생A / Yeojung saeng ALee Kyung-sub
Summer in Closed EyesNhắm mắt thấy mùa hèCao Thúy Nhi
The Dark Roomاتاق تاریک / Otaghe TarikRouhollah Hejazi
The Name名前 / NamaeAkihiro Toda
Highlighted title indicates Best Feature Film Award winner.

Short film

These 29 short films were selected to compete for official awards in Short Film category, divided into 9 screening sessions as follows:[10]

Session 1:

  • When the Smoke Collides (32′)
  • Hunger (14′)
  • Roommate / Bạn cùng phòng (25′)
  • Radio Dolores (Animated, 18′)

Session 2:

  • Gharshelegh (Documentary, 16′)
  • Su (18′)
  • Faucet (15′)

Session 3:

  • From a Distance (5′)
  • Haru’s New Year (19′)
  • Snowbirds (48′)
  • Poliangular (Animated, 8′)

Session 4:

  • Happy Family (24′)
  • One Kilo of Fly Wings (Documentary, 30′)
  • Josephin (Animated, 5′)
  • Pas D’yeux (Animated, 4′)
  • The Secret of Children / Bí mật của những đứa trẻ (Animated, 10′)

Session 5:

  • Once (35′)
  • Two Children / Hai đứa trẻ (Documentary, 51′)

Session 6:

  • Destiny (14′)
  • Mother - Earth for All / Một đất mẹ cho tất cả (Documentary, 60′)
  • The Warm Light / Vầng sáng ấm áp (Animated, 10′)
  • The Mannequin / Cậu bé Ma-nơ-canh (Animated, 10′)

Session 7:

  • So Close So Far, the Ancestral Forest / Gần mà xa – Khu rừng của tổ tiên (Documentary, 42′)
  • Homecoming Day / Ngày về (Documentary, 27′)

Session 8:

  • My Hanoi (Documentary, 52′)
  • Endless Journey / Hành trình bất tận (Documentary, 50′)

Session 9:

  • Muzeon-Stephan Ramniceanu (Documentary, 52′)
  • Where is My Route (12′)
  • Permanent Resident (20′)
Highlighted title indicates Best Short Film Award winner.

Official Selection - Out of Competition

These feature and short films were selected for out-of-competition programs:[11][12][13]

Opening

Feature film

Short film

Group 1:

  • Diapers for Melquiades (19′)
  • Fatima Marie Torres and the Invasion of Space Shuttle Pinas 25 (17′)
  • It’s Easier to Raise Cattle (17′)

Group 2:

  • Konfrontasi (14′)
  • Joko (22′)
  • Employee of the Month (13′)
  • Kampung Tapir (Documentary, 17′)
  • The Veiled Willow (21′)

Group 3:

  • On This Side (30′)
  • Smile of Nazareno (15′)
  • Still (14′)
  • Mother (21′)

Country-in-Focus: Poland

Country-in-Selection: Iran

Feature film

Short film

Group 1:

  • Bố ơi con ước / Daddy, I wish (23′)
  • Hồi sinh / Revival (28′)
  • Dòng chảy không có tận cùng / Endleess Flow of Life (40′)
  • Cóc con Bitus / The Little Toad (10′)

Group 2:

  • Nỗi niềm tứ nữ / The Innermost Feelings of the Four (23′)
  • Khát vọng Hoàng Sa - Trường Sa / Aspiration of Paracel and Spratly Islands (40′)
  • Hành trình hóa giải / The Journey of Reconciliation (35′)
  • Cô bé rơm vàng / Little Straw Doll (10′)

Group 3:

  • Tâm tình của gốm / Sentiment of Pottery (31′)
  • Truyền thuyết chiếc khăn Piêu / Tale of Pieu Scarf (11′)
  • Niềm vui làm mật / Making Honey Delight (31′)
  • Người anh hùng áo vải / Hero Wearing Duffle (30′)
  • Hải Âu bé bỏng / A Little Seagull (10′)

Closing

Awards

The official awards were awarded at the closing ceremony of the festival, on the evening of October 31. Students of the programs "The HANIFF Campus" and "The Film Market Project" were awarded 1 day before, on the evening of October 30.[14][15]

In Competition - Feature film

In Competition - Short film
  • Best Short Film: Su – Aizhana Kassymbek
    • Jury Prize for Short Film: Two Children – Tạ Quỳnh Tư
    • Other nominee: Happy Family – Eden Junjung
  • Best Young Director of a Short Film: Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Việt – Roommate

NETPAC Award
  • NETPAC's Award for Asian Cinema Promotion: Student A

Audience Choice Award for Vietnamese Film

The HANIFF Campus
  • Best Student - Directing & Producing Class: Crisanto Calvento
  • Best Male Student - Acting Class: Công Dương
  • Best Female Student - Acting Class: Vũ Kim Anh

The Film Project Market
  • Best Project: John Denver Trending – Arden Rod Condez
    • Jury Prize for Film Project: Good Morning, and Good Night! – Chung Chí Công
    • Other nominees: Binh’s Banh Mi – Andrew Paul , 99 Lives With You – Phạm Hữu Nghĩa , Little Fishes in Paradise – Nguyễn Khắc Huy

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