Vietnam were presented to American audiences during the "New Voices
From Vietnam" event organised in California's Los Angeles from Nov. 5-14
within the framework of the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences 's educational and cultural exchange efforts.
The event was organised by the Academy and the UCLA ( University of
California , Los Angeles ) Film & Television Archive.
Vietnam 's outstanding filmmakers and other special guests appeared in person at each screening.
The directors whose features were screened included Dang Nhat Minh,
Phan Dang Di (with "Bi, Don’t Be Afraid" film), Nguyen Phan Quang Binh
("Floating Lives"), Nguyen Vinh Son ("The Moon at the Bottom of the
Well"), Bui Thac Chuyen ("Adrift"), Le Thanh Son ("Clash") and Stephane
Gauger ("Owl and the Sparrow").
All of the directors
took part in an Academy salute to the legendary Dang Nhat Minh,
director of such classic Vietnamese films as "The Love Doesn’t Come
Back" (1984), "Nostalgia for the Countryside" (1996) and Vietnam ’s
2009 entry to the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award competition,
"Don’t Burn".
Speaking at the salute on the night
of Nov. 10, Dang Nhat Minh called it an honour not only for himself but
also for the Vietnamese cinematography.
Vietnamese
martial arts star Dustin Nguyen, actress Do Hai Yen and director Nguyen
Phan Quang Binh had a conversation with American audiences after the
screening of "Floating Lives" feature film on Nov. 6./.
