For indie movies, things just got from bad to worse
Independent movies continue to languish without backing from distributors and, recently, because people have changed their entertainment preferences due to the pandemic.
Vietnamese movies look to score big on the big screen
Without Hollywood blockbusters in the running, domestic filmmakers have four movies set for release in local cinemas for Tet, the Lunar New Year holiday.
Vietnamese film Dreamy Eyes hopes to catch the Oscar eye
Romantic drama « Mat Biec » (Dreamy Eyes) will compete in the qualifying round of the foreign language film category at the Oscar 2021 awards.
Vietnamese cinema’s new take on reality
Vietnamese movies are increasingly embracing social realism, not a genre filmmakers have been familiar with for long.
Displacement and identity come into play in the Vietnam-set drama ‘Monsoon’
Faint memories of a distant homeland flood a Vietnam-born, British gay man in Hong Khaou’s “Monsoon,” an authentic and gorgeous character study about the trauma of displacement, conflicted cultural identity and the parts of ourselves that feel almost forgotten. Laden…
Netflix says ready to pay tax after Vietnam complaint
Netflix insisted on Wednesday (Nov 11) it was prepared to pay tax in Vietnam after a government minister accused the streaming giant of dodging its obligations to the country.
Two Vietnam film directors get grants from South Korea festival
Two Vietnamese directors’ projects are among those to win funding from the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Project Market.
Young filmmakers put Vietnam on world map, but lack backing
Several young Vietnamese filmmakers have earned international acclaim, but they’ve done so with sparse support and could do with more of it.
Back to where you came from : how Vietnam drama Monsoon ignites the battle for belonging
Hong Khaou’s thoughtful film speaks to those of us who were forced to move from our homeland but are now finding a haven in other spaces, from food to family
Film distributors seek fresh blood to revive Vietnam cinema
Local film distributors are calling on movie producers to release new material to counter the post-Covid-19 lull.
Drama is Vietnam’s entry at Busan film festival
« Chi Chi Em Em » (Sister Sister) is Vietnam’s official entry at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea this year.
Vietnamese short to compete at Venice Film Festival
‘May nhung khong mua’ (Live in Cloud – Cuckoo Land), a Vietnamese short film, will compete alongside 11 others at the 2020 Venice International Film Festival’s Orizzonti Short Competition category this September, the festival’s organizers recently announced.
Vietnam in Western cinema: Vietnamese must tell their own stories
“If you had 18 HOURS to watch the Ken Burns documentary about the [American war in Vietnam], plus the 2.5 hours to watch #Da5Bloods, I know you can read ONE book [of the same topic] by a Vietnamese/American writer.”
Vietnam in Western cinema: Lack of identity in the gaze of foreign directors
The long-standing tradition of warped, misinformed representations of Vietnam by foreign filmmakers is present yet again in Spike Lee’s latest Hollywood feature Da 5 Bloods, which leads us to one question: what gave rise to this distorted view of Vietnam…
Vietnam theaters to start showing films again en masse following government permission
Movie theaters in Vietnam will reopen en masse on Saturday after the government has allowed non-essential businesses to operate again, given a slowing novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection rate.
LGBT-themed movie a Netflix Vietnam favorite
Thua Me Con Di (Goodbye Mother), an LGBT-themed movie, is the sole local production in Netflix Vietnam’s ranking of 10 most watched dramas.