22nd Vietnam Film Festival is forced to postpone

[ASEAN NOW News]

Due to the Covid pandemic, organisers have just announced that this year’s Vietnam’s Film Festival has been postponed.

 

21st Vietnam Film Festival (file photo)

 

The 22nd edition of the Vietnam Film Festival will now be postponed until November instead of taking place in September as planned.

 

This is due to the ravages of COVID-19, Director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Cinematography Department Vi Kien Thanh said on August 3.

 

The opening ceremony has been is slated for November 19, while the closing and award ceremony will be held four days later.

 

Films seeking participation in the festival must be sent to organizers before August 15.

 

Earlier, the holding of the film festival in Hue city of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on September 12-16 was approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 

A panoply of sub-events will be held on the sidelines, notably an exhibition highlighting Thua Thien – Hue province, and an outdoor movie screening combined with an “ao dai” (Vietnamese traditional long dress) fashion show.

 

The biennial festival honors outstanding works and artists with contributions to the country's cinematography.

 

It also offers chances for insiders to further roll out a project to devise and promote the Vietnam Film Festival in the 2021-30 period.

 

Now the festival aims to take place two months later in November.