Producer Ina Fichman, Oscar nominated for “Fire of Love,” was at the 25th edition of Hot Docs Forum on Tuesday to pitch her latest project “Ba’s Book.” Directed by Canadian filmmaker Ashley Da-Le Duong, the hybrid docu focuses on Duong’s father and his experiences living through both the Vietnam War and the Iranian Revolution.
“Let me take you somewhere for a moment,” Duong told the Forum audience and participating distributors including Arte, A24 and Al Jazeera. “It’s 1968 and a young man stands in the middle of a rice paddy field and looks up and sees a helicopter. Not unusual because his house is right beside an American army base, but this time the helicopter overhead shoots at him and he pretends to be dead. He vows to leave his village forever. Eventually he does escape. He wins a scholarship to Iran. But his escaping terror is short...
“Let me take you somewhere for a moment,” Duong told the Forum audience and participating distributors including Arte, A24 and Al Jazeera. “It’s 1968 and a young man stands in the middle of a rice paddy field and looks up and sees a helicopter. Not unusual because his house is right beside an American army base, but this time the helicopter overhead shoots at him and he pretends to be dead. He vows to leave his village forever. Eventually he does escape. He wins a scholarship to Iran. But his escaping terror is short...
- 5/1/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Recently, “Mai” became the highest grossing film of all time in Vietnam, cementing Tran Thanh's status as the king of the local box office, since the top three entries now belong to him. The success of the movie, however, did not occur only within the country's borders. 3388 Films released the movie in nearly 200 theaters in nine countries throughout North America and Europe – marking the widest same-day theatrical release ever for a Vietnam film across the two continents. “Mai” is now playing in the U.S., Canada, UK (England and Scotland), France, Germany, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
The titular character is a woman in trouble, although not exactly to her own accord. As the story begins, she is just moving to a cheap apartment in a block and her beauty immediately causes problems for her. The other women feel jealous of her, particularly since their husbands cannot hide their awe,...
The titular character is a woman in trouble, although not exactly to her own accord. As the story begins, she is just moving to a cheap apartment in a block and her beauty immediately causes problems for her. The other women feel jealous of her, particularly since their husbands cannot hide their awe,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Adapted from two short stories by Vietnamese author Nguyen Ngoc Tu, Bui Thac Chuyen's fourth movie premiered in competition in Tokyo and is now making its festival round, with the latest being Helsinki Cine Aasia.
Glorious Ashes is screening at Five Flavours
The story focuses on life in the areas around Mekong while revolving around three women living in the same small village. Hau is married to Duong, a fisherman in the delta, but their relationship is anything but ideal, since the latter is missing quite often, and even when he returns, he hardly has anything to say to his wife. The reason is widely known in the village, as Duong never hid his feelings towards Nhan, a childhood friend who lives close by and is happily married to Tam, a ceramics worker for the local cottage industry. Loan, a middle aged woman who is perceived as a ‘weird...
Glorious Ashes is screening at Five Flavours
The story focuses on life in the areas around Mekong while revolving around three women living in the same small village. Hau is married to Duong, a fisherman in the delta, but their relationship is anything but ideal, since the latter is missing quite often, and even when he returns, he hardly has anything to say to his wife. The reason is widely known in the village, as Duong never hid his feelings towards Nhan, a childhood friend who lives close by and is happily married to Tam, a ceramics worker for the local cottage industry. Loan, a middle aged woman who is perceived as a ‘weird...
- 11/22/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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