Ha Anh Tuan and Ha Le Diem attend the European - Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival

Taking place from September 12 to 18, the 15th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival will bring meaningful works, helping the audience discover more about colorful life and understand more about cultures, thereby promoting international exchange and cooperation.

This year's program is coordinated by the Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation (Kingdom of Belgium) in Vietnam, and will be screened at the Central Documentary and Scientific Film Studio (Hanoi) and the DCINE Ben Thanh Cinema (HCMC). Within the framework of the event, each screening (free entry) will take place at 7 p.m. every day, including 1 Vietnamese film and 1 foreign film. Not only targeting the general audience, the Film Festival is also expected to be an opportunity for filmmakers from all over to exchange, learn, and get closer to audiences who love the documentary genre.

A frame from the movie Brilliant Horizon by director Lan Nguyen

PHOTO: VIETVISION

PHOTO: VIETVISION

Coming from Europe are works that have won numerous awards at national and international film festivals in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Israel. There, the ancient Italian carnival Fano, the Vienna Museum of Art History, the decline of the Belgian iron and steel industry and autism awareness will be portrayed. The life story of Princess Diana, actor Bjorn Andrésen of Death in Venice fame and the ups and downs of the Spanish national football team will also be recreated.

On the Vietnamese side, the films will explore beautiful life messages such as the charity bus to pick up and drop off patients in difficult circumstances, the tireless efforts of wushu athletes in their journey to conquer challenges... In addition, the Ke Go irrigation project, the portrait of Armed Forces Hero Tran Van Lai operating in enemy territory... will also be brought to the screen. Finally, 4 films by independent filmmakers will be shown at the closing ceremony on September 18, promising to bring unique emotions. The most notable is Radiant Horizon, which records the concert of the same name by Ha Anh Tuan, which revolves around the question "What is the origin?". Director Ha Le Diem, who was in the Top 15 of the Documentary category at the 2023 Oscars with Children in the Mist, will also participate with Letter to Mother .

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ha-anh-tuan-ha-le-diem-gop-mat-tai-lhp-tai-lieu-chau-au-viet-nam-185250912203400162.htm