The 7th Hanoi International Film Festival has the slogan Cinema: Creativity - Take Off

The 7th Hanoi International Film Festival (hereinafter referred to as HANIFF VII) introduces and honors outstanding international and Vietnamese cinema works to domestic and foreign cinema lovers; is a meaningful and practical cinema event to celebrate the country's major holidays and the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2024). HANIFF VII aims to discover new talents of international and Vietnamese cinema; connect, exchange and cooperate for mutual development and cooperation between Vietnamese and international filmmakers, film distributors and cinema artists.

Hanoi International Film Festival introduces and honors outstanding international and Vietnamese cinema works to domestic and foreign cinema lovers.

HANIFF VII includes events such as Competition Film Program; Non-Competition Film Program; Discussion Program; Opening Program; Closing and Award Ceremony Program; and joint activities.

In which, the Competition Film program is selected from cinemas around the world , including: competition feature film program; competition short film program; AFCNet award film program (an honorary award given by the Asian Film Commissions Network to the best competition feature film from member countries).

Non-competition film programs include: World Cinema Panorama Program; One Country Cinema Focus Program: "German Cinema" (aiming to celebrate the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany in 2025); Contemporary Vietnamese Film Program (including a number of films about Hanoi on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital) and introducing Vietnamese films produced from 2022 to 2024.

The Seminar Program includes Seminar 1 with the theme "Spotlight on German Cinema" scheduled to take place on November 8 with content including lessons learned on film production in German cinema; ways to exploit human, social and humanistic themes; Analysis of creative multi-dimensional storytelling, current filmmaking trends in German cinema.

Seminar 2 with the theme "Developing film production exploiting historical themes and adapting literary works" took place on November 9, including issues raised when adapting literary works into cinema; renewing filmmakers' thinking when exploiting historical themes; solutions to elevate and develop film genres, and international experience.

The highlight is the Opening Program including the opening film screening taking place from 15:00 - 17:00 on November 7 at the National Cinema Center, 87 Lang Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi; the red carpet program taking place from 17:30 - 19:30 on November 7 in the lobby in front of Ho Guom Theater, 40 Hang Bai, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi.

The Opening Ceremony (broadcast live on VTV and HTV) takes place at 20:00-21:30 on November 7 at Hoan Kiem Theater.

Outdoor film screening program at HANIFF VI

The Closing and Award Ceremony includes a red carpet program taking place from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM on November 11 at the lobby, in front of the Hoan Kiem Theater; the Closing and Award Ceremony (broadcast live on VTV and HTV) takes place from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM on the same day at the Hoan Kiem Theater.

Within the framework of the HANIFF VII Film Festival, there are also coordinated activities such as the photo exhibition "Vietnam's heritages recognized by UNESCO", "Experience through cinema footage"; Film Project Market; Film screening program for press reporters; Outdoor film screening program.../.

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