Voices for Tomorrow

30 Oct – 03 Nov 2024
National Cinema Center
87 Lang Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

From Goethe Institut Vietnam:

Voices for Tomorrow: Documentary Film Festival for Sustainability introduces stories about how people worldwide struggle to adapt to rapid environmental and social changes.

The festival’s films form a multifaceted picture of sustainable development, illustrating the ability of documentaries to raise awareness and inspire action to transform our way of life today to build a better future for the coming generations.

It is the voice of the children who barely have enough food for just one meal daily, wharf dwellers unsettlingly watching their source of life – the river – gradually disappearing, and the dolphins waking up with third-degree burns. It is also the voice of a young man fleeing the dust of modern life to return to the purifying power of the mountains and forests; of the hotel owner who utilizes cutting-edge technology to maximize water sources; or of individuals whose lives are devoted to planting and conserving coastal mangrove forests.

Within the framework of the program Sustainability in Documentaries (SiD), Goethe Institut Vietnam collaborates with the Center for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) to organize the Voices for Tomorrow: Documentary Film Festival for Sustainability from 30.10.2024 until 03.11.2024 at the National Cinema Center – 87 Lang Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi.

List of films

Blue Carbon: Nature’s Hidden Power
Country of Origin: UK
Director: Nicolas Brown
Duration: 88 min.
Age Restriction: PG-13
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles

When the Floods come
Country of production: Pakistan
Director: Nyal Mueenuddin
Duration: 30 min.
Age restriction: PG-13
Language: English, Pakistani with Vietnamese subtitles

Madame Liên’s Factory
Country of production: Vietnam
Director: Nguyen Thu Huong
Duration: 30 min.
Age limit: All ages
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles

The Dolphin Dilemma
Country of production: USA
Director: Olivia Andrus-Drennan
Duration: 18 min.
Age limit: All ages
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles

Starving for Change
Country of production: Pakistan
Director: Cyrus Viccaji
Duration: 26 min.
Age restriction: PG-13
Language: English, Pakistani with Vietnamese subtitles

Tourism in Times of Climate Change
Country of production: Germany
Director: Andrea Schäfer
Duration: 30 min.
Age restriction age: PG-13
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles

Flowing with the currents
Country of production: Vietnam
Director: Nguyen Ngoc Thao Ly
Duration: 32 min.
Age limit: All ages
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles

Planet Killers: The Forest Destroyer
Country of production: France
Director: Hugo Van Offel
Duration: 49 min.
Age restriction: 16+
Language: English, French, Indian with Vietnamese subtitles

The Hungry River
Country of production: Vietnam
Director: Nguyen Thi Yen Trinh
Duration: 30 min.
Age limit: All ages
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles

The Dust of Modern Life
Country of production Country of Origin: Germany
Director: Franziska von Stenglin
Duration: 81 min.
Age Restriction: PG-13
Language: Xo-dang, Vietnamese with English subtitles

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