Towards a creative and integrated Vietnamese film industry

The film "Red Rain" is competing for the Golden Lotus Award at the 24th Vietnam Film Festival.

This year’s Vietnam Film Festival recorded a record number of entries with 203 works including 30 feature films, 120 documentaries, 21 scientific films and 32 animations. The selection committee selected 16 feature films, 36 documentaries, 14 scientific films and 21 animations to compete for the competition film award.

According to Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong, the number of films selected for this year's competition is kept below 50% of the total number of films submitted. This limit is to ensure that the most outstanding and quintessential works are selected. The selection criteria are works that keep pace with the times, demonstrate the country's development aspirations and comprehensive vision.

Sustainable development and international integration are the core content of Vietnamese cinema as well as the main theme of this year's film festival. Workshops within the framework of the festival will focus on in-depth discussions on these issues.

Held in Ho Chi Minh City at a time when the city has just joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the field of cinema, the 24th Vietnam Film Festival is expected to contribute to enhancing the position of Vietnamese cinema in the new era of development, promoting professionalism in creative and promotional activities.

This is also an opportunity for artists, managers, film creation, production, distribution and dissemination units to meet and exchange experiences, thereby contributing to promoting the development of the film industry. The festival also introduces many new works to the public, expanding opportunities for exchange and dialogue between artists, filmmakers and audiences, helping to better understand the needs and tastes of the public towards Vietnamese cinema.

With the spirit of cinema accompanying the country's sustainable development and international integration, within the framework of the festival, many seminars and workshops were held to enhance exchanges and experience sharing between managers, artists and filmmakers at home and abroad.

The seminar "Developing the film industry in the new era" chaired by the Department of Cinema focused on discussing solutions for developing the Vietnamese film industry in the context of digital transformation and international integration, applying new technologies in content creation, production, post-production, distribution to audience experience to form a professional film ecosystem.

The workshop “Current situation and solutions to attract film crews to localities” was organized by Ho Chi Minh City. The workshop discussed contents to improve production capacity and professionalism in film activities; create conditions for artists, managers, investors, film creators, producers, distributors and distributors to exchange experiences, promote the development of the film industry.

The workshop “Promoting the value of archival moving image documents in the current situation” chaired by the Vietnam Film Institute, assessed the current situation of exploitation and dissemination of archival films; copyright issues and proposed solutions to promote the value of archival cinema works in the current situation.

Taking place from November 21 to 25, the 24th Vietnam Film Festival will honor outstanding cinematic works and honor cinema artists with outstanding achievements since the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival.

Regarding film awards: Golden Lotus, Silver Lotus and jury awards for feature films, documentaries, scientific films and animations. In addition, there is 1 award for outstanding cinematography for feature films.

About individual awards: Honoring outstanding individuals in the fields of directing, scriptwriting, cinematography, acting, painting, music, sound...

About the audience's choice award: The "Most Favorite Vietnamese Film" award voted by the audience for feature films participating in the Panorama Film Program.

In addition, there are certificates of merit from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City for special contributions in developing and promoting Vietnamese cinema.

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