New Documentary Films from Vietnam

07 & 08 Nov
Goethe

This Festival presents new films by young Vietnamese filmmakers who participated in a Workshop jointly organized by Atelier Varan from Paris, the Studio for Documentary and Scientific Films in Hanoi, the Ford Foundation and the Goethe-Institut Vietnam. Since 2004, young film-makers have received training and support in their first steps in making documentary films. After months of work in the Varan Workshop 2009, this year’s participants have completed their documentary films and now present them in a small festival. They give very individual insights into their lives, their neighborhoods and the fate of their surroundings.

Program

Sat 07 Nov
7 pm

• Ba To Truong
• Chung Cu Cua Toi
• Licogi 12
• Q&A

Sun 08 Nov
3 pm

• Xom Truong Tien
• Dat Dai Thuoc Ve Ai
• Bao Gio Ket Thuc
• Q&A and Cocktail Reception

7.30 pm

• Luon O Ben Con
• The Gioi Cua Tung

Free admission

About the Films

• Ba To Truong/The Local Spokeswoman (Hoang Dung, 42 Minutes)
Portrait of a couple who are very active and enthusiastic in their neighborhood in central Hanoi.

• Chung Cu Cua Toi/My Complex (Nguyen Dinh Le Minh, 60 Minutes)
The house where Nguyen Dinh Le Minh was born is to be sold. In Chung Cu Cua Toi he reminisces once again about the place where he grew up.

• Licogi 12 (Nguyen Quang Tuan, 35 Minutes)
The retired members of a community fight for the right to renovate their homes in order to improve living conditions for their children.

• Xom Truong Tien/Truong Tien Hamlet (Nguyen Viet Anh Thu, 50 Minutes)
A look at life in a poor community in Ho Chi Minh City.

• Dat Dai Thuoc Ve Ai/Who Owns the Property? (Doan Thi Hong Le, 60 Minutes)
A film about farmers who must give up their fields and gardens to make land available for the construction of a new golf course.

• Bao Gio Ket Thuc/When Will it End? (Nguyen Huong Le, 40 Minutes)
A look at the life of a family which struggles with the child’s autism.