Opening of the 7th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival in Hanoi

Wed 10 Jun 2015, 6.30 pm
National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film

From Goethe Institut:

The 7th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival opens in Hanoi with the film “Lasting with the time” by Lê Hồng Chương. He deals with the fate of those Vietnamese soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the war and died there, leaving only their letters and diaries behind. Based on these documents, “Lasting with the time” traces the lives of the soldiers, their fears and wishes.

This is followed by the award-winning music documentary “Sound of Heimat” by German director Arne Birkenstock, who will personally present his film. He describes in a humorous way the turbulent journey of the New Zealand saxophonist Hayden Chisholm through the German music landscape. Far removed from clichés, Chisholm explores both traditional and modern paths of German music and invites the viewer to join him on a unique journey of discovery.

Arne Birkenstock was born in 1967 and lives in Cologne as writer, director and film producer. He studied economics, politics, history and Romance languages in Cologne, Buenos Aires and Córdoba. His films have won numerous awards, including the 2011 German Film Award for Best Children’s Film as well as the 2010 Award for Best Documentary at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival for “Chandani and her Elephant”, and the 2014 German Film Award in the category Best Feature-length Documentary for “Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery”. Arne Birkenstock is a member of the German Film Academy, the European Film Academy and the European Documentary Network (EDN), and is active in the Documentary Film Working Group (AG DOK).

Free admission.

Watch the trailer of the festival:

[youtube width=”700″ height=”393″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJUmKDqEl1g[/youtube]

If you want to know more about the festival, you can:
Visit Facebook event’s page of the festival
Download brochure of the festival

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