HIFF is bustling with Project Market and Script Incubator

Candidates wearing Ao Dai present projects in VietScript Lab program

This is an important presentation to select the owners of projects and film scripts to be awarded by the organizing committee at the Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) 2024.

Project Market and Script Incubator Awards Ceremony Coming Soon

Specifically, the public presentation of the Script Incubator project (VietScript Lab) took place all day.

After nearly a week of working and receiving suggestions from experts, the young writers and directors will present their scripts to a jury of prestigious filmmakers of Vietnamese cinema. The potential stories can completely become films in the future.

Director Kathy Uyen participated in judging the project presentation on April 11 at HIFF - Photo: Organizing Committee

Meanwhile, the Project Market at HIFF also takes place in parallel. The Project Market is inherited from Autumn Meeting, led by producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc.

The program attracted 56 projects from many countries to select 10 projects, including 5 art film projects and 5 entertainment film projects. Notably, there was also a project sent by the director of the Korean film Suddenly Winning the Lottery.

This year's HIFF Project Market is supported by the French Cinema Agency (CNC).

After intense presentation rounds, the Project Market and Script Incubator will award prizes on the evening of April 12.

Continue showing outdoor movies

On the evening of April 11, at Cine Park in Saigon riverside park, Thu Duc city, there was a screening of the film Buffalo Wool Season by director Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh.

On the evening of April 12, a meeting between the film crew of the movie Hundred Billion Ghost Dog and the audience is expected to take place here. Attendees will include producer Vo Thanh Hoa, producer - marketing director Mai Bao Ngoc, director Luu Thanh Luan, executive producer Dung Dang and screenwriter Quoc Nguyen.

The film Buffalo Wool Season by director Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh was screened outdoors on April 11 - Photo: Organizing Committee

At the show, the crew also introduced two upcoming projects, Linh Luc and Kinh Kaleidoscope, produced and directed by Vo Thanh Hoa, respectively.

Within the framework of HIFF, outdoor film screenings and artist exchanges took place in the evenings from April 7 to 12. The event attracted thousands of audiences in Ho Chi Minh City to participate as a new and interesting entertainment and cinema enjoyment activity.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/hiff-soi-dong-cho-du-an-va-vuon-uom-kich-ban-2024041209205615.htm