The award reflects the high level of the profession.
During the 5 days of the festival (November 21 to 25), movie lovers in Ho Chi Minh City truly lived in a vibrant and emotional atmosphere. Screenings, especially feature films, were always full.
The screening of Red Rain, which opened the festival at Galaxy Nguyen Du Cinema, was lively as the audience continuously called out the characters’ names, memorized the lines, stayed to ask for autographs, and took pictures with the artists. A similar atmosphere also took place at the program “Exchange between film crews, actors, and musical performances in films” on Nguyen Hue walking street, and it was precious that the audience still stayed until the end of the program despite the heavy rain.
In addition to the vibrant and colorful festival, the ceremony and professional part of this year's festival also made a clear impression. The three seminars "Developing the film industry in the new era", "Current situation and solutions to attract film crews to localities" and "Promoting the value of archived moving images in the current situation" attracted hundreds of managers, experts and guests from home and abroad. The seminars all exceeded the scheduled time, many delegates regretted not having time to speak or ask questions, showing the heat and practicality of the topics discussed.
“I think this is a very memorable festival. All the awards are well-deserved, reflecting the high level of the profession, and are not meant to encourage or be lenient,” said Dr. Ngo Phuong Lan, President of the Vietnam Association for the Promotion of Cinematography and Head of the Jury of Feature Films. However, in terms of expertise, the quality of the participating films is still not really uniform, the gap between excellent, professional, and valuable films and some other films is still quite large. Dr. Ngo Phuong Lan hopes that in the next festival, the quality will be more balanced, and the gap between films will be shortened to the point that the jury will have to “solve difficult problems”.
Consider issuing a resolution on developing the film industry
Becoming the first creative city in the field of cinema in Southeast Asia is both an honor and a big challenge for Ho Chi Minh City. Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Culture, Arts, Tourism and Sports , raised the question: "To be recognized, Ho Chi Minh City has 6 detailed commitments with UNESCO, but once recognized, how should these commitments be implemented?"
According to her, Ho Chi Minh City should soon establish a coordination board including representatives of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, city leaders, departments, the Department of International Cooperation, the Vietnam UNESCO Commission, media agencies... and especially with the participation of film enterprises - the "core" force in the creative ecosystem. Ho Chi Minh City should have a specialized resolution on film industry development, placed in the overall national cultural industry and linked with 7 other areas in the UNESCO creative city network. The resolution will create a basis for long-term implementation, overcoming term-based thinking, aiming at sustainable development.
“Through cinema, we want to tell the bigger story of the city, which is to develop the creative community. The development is to make the work of preserving and promoting local cultural values more effective and develop more sustainably,” People’s Artist Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, emphasized.
Among the 6 initiatives that Ho Chi Minh City submitted to UNESCO, People's Artist Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, emphasized the initiative "Creating cinema in schools". The goal of the initiative is to improve aesthetics, perception and form a successor generation, including creative talents and the public - those who have a negative impact on the creative process. Agreeing with this initiative, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong shared: "This is a very necessary and practical initiative. However, the important thing now is what we will have to bring into schools to form a sustainable successor team?".
Mr. Paul Abela, Audiovisual Attaché, French Embassy, assessed that Ho Chi Minh City is one of the important film ecosystems in Southeast Asia and Asia, possessing many conditions to become a center of cultural and artistic creation. From that strategic perspective, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong proposed that Ho Chi Minh City should position itself as an "axis" in the regional film development triangle, possibly connecting with Busan (South Korea), Bollywood (India) or another suitable center, thereby expanding its influence and enhancing its cultural competitiveness.
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/khoi-dau-moi-cho-thanh-pho-dien-anh-post825640.html
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