On the morning of June 2.6 in Ho Chi Minh City, ForGood Vietnam cooperated with the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City to organize a closing ceremony and awarding prizes for the best works out of a total of 28 short films participating in the 2023 season.
Advisory board, including 12 directors, writers such as Aaron Toronto (film producer I'm not 18 yet, Writer Tam Cam – The Untold Story), directed by Tran Thanh Huy (film Rom), filmmaker Trinh Dinh Le Minh (film Go to my mother), actress, screenwriter Ly Thu Uyen (film) Brilliant night)… awarded the students after a long process of accompanying you.
Students and film advisors at the award ceremony
The awarding journey summarizes the Storytellers project that ForGood Vietnam in collaboration with the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City implemented, opening sessions to teach young people how to make movies until they have the best quality products. Each work is a color, a personality, not "touching" ideas.
Because this is a program exclusively for students, the goal is to train visual storytelling skills, so the organizers and directors and screenwriters have been with you for 6 months.
The students involved in making the film are very young, most of them are students from many universities
Mr. Huynh Le Khanh, co-founder of ForGood Vietnam, shared that this event is a playground for young people to express their views on society. According to him, in the context of explosive multimedia communication today, images play a very important role in conveying ideas, life concepts and outlook on life of young people.
The Organizing Committee awarded the most impressive short film award for the film Against the wind by Dinh Thi Thuy Linh. Documentary X-? by Nguyen Dang Ngoc Han won the award for Most Impressive Documentary Short. Among the awards presented, short films such as Look up, Salt drought or Then everything will be fine named in the most categories.
X-?, a film about the reflections of women in society, won the award for the most impressive short documentary film
The award ceremony ended with a screening of 3 films X-?, Beyond limitations , and Against the wind. The prominent themes in these films are about gender and female voices.
Against the wind tells the story of a girl entering a profession where mostly men work, X-? question femininity and reflect on the role of women in society, and Beyond limitations tells about the portrait of a disabled girl, only 1,1 meters tall, but she tried to rise up and inspire life.
Short films that won prizes in the Storytellers program:
The most impressive short film: Phim Against the wind by Dinh Thi Thuy Linh
The most impressive short documentary: Phim X-? by Nguyen Dang Ngoc Han
Most Impressive Screenwriter: Phim Then everything will be fine by Nguyen Manh Hung
Most Impressive Film Editing: Phim Look up by Nguyen Quoc Phong
Most impressive filming: Phim Then everything will be fine by Nguyen Manh Hung
Most Impressive Director: Phim Salt drought by Le Nguyen Cong Danh
The film has the most impressive artistic design and context: Phim Salt drought by Le Nguyen Cong Danh
Short films with the most impactful ideas and messages: Phim Beyond limitations by Le Xuan Huynh
The most impressive short film voted by the students: Phim Look up by Nguyen Quoc Phong
Movies most received by the public: Phim The pioneers by Le Tien Phat
Record:
• Commendation for the group of active students in class: Group “From A to Action”
• Reward Individuals who are active in class: Friend Pham Duy Hoang Kha
