Finest Project Nominees: The Glorious Pain
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The Glorious Pain
About project: The Glorious Pain directed by Le My Cuong is a documentary film which features the journey of a small classical Vietnamese opera (Tuồng) troup and one of the very few left, as they travel and perform through the Western Vietnam countryside. The Royal characters, behind the closed curtains are commoners and peasants who struggle to make ends meet. The Glorious Pain is also among the projects covering traditional culture of Vietnam which receive funding from the Film, Archive and Music Lab (FAMLAB). This fund is part of the Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth Initiative by British Council for individuals, organization and artists in Vietnam and the U.K, with the potential to create long-lasting impacts for the cultural and arts heritage community. The Glorious Pain is produced by The Department of Entertainment Program VTV3 and is part of the VTV Special – a prominent documentary series of the Vietnam Television aired monthly during prime-time on VTV1 Channel. It took more than a year, from the first day of location scouting, till the film was completed (March 2019 – August 2020)
Photos provided by the project
Photos provided by the project
Art form: Film
Duration: Mar 2019 – Aug 2020
Organizer: VTV Special
Activities: Screening
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