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The 96-minute film portrays the life of a woman who pursues her dream of being a movie star in the US.

A scene in the movie.

It stars Thien Nguyen and Long Nguyen, who won the Best Lead Actress and Best Lead Actor, respectively, at the Viet Film Fest 2018 organized by Vietnamese-American Arts and Letters Association last month.

The Viet Film Fest 2018 featured 30 entries, including 17 short films, by filmmakers living in the US, Europe, Canada, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Seminars and forums on Vietnamese films were included during the event that attracted 3,500 attendees.

Actress Wanted was also nominated in the Best Feature Film category.

The film is the second feature production by Vietnamese-American director Nguyen Duc Minh, a graduate in scriptwriting at the University of Southern California.

Minh’s first film, Touch, released in 2011, was about the love story of a Vietnamese-American manicurist and an American mechanic.

Touch won several top prizes at film festivals in the US, including Best Actress at the Boston International Film Festival 2011 and Best First Feature at the Santa Rosa International Film Festival in California in 2012.

Actress Wanted will open in cinemas in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang on November 23.

“The Third Wife” wins Toronto International Film Festival award

The debut feature by Nguyen Phuong Anh (a.k.a. Ash Mayfair) – a writer-director based in New York and Vietnam – The Third Wife, won the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018.

 

Vietnamese students invited to attend short-film making contest in Japan

Vietnamese students whose films won high prizes at the 12th short-film making contest for Vietnamese students have been invited to attend another contest to be held in Japan in November. 

 

Fund launched to support projects on music or film heritage of Vietnam

The British Council has launched the FAMLAB (Film, Archive and Music Lab) fund to support projects that engage with the music or film heritage of Vietnam through contemporary mediums.

 

Vietnamese film honoured at 58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival

‘Dao Cua Dan Ngu Cu’ (The Way Station), a Vietnamese film directed by Hong Anh, was honored with the Best Story award at the 58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, which was held from August 31 to September 1 in Taiwan (China).

 

Fifth Hanoi int’l film festival to feature 500 movies

More than 500 movies from nearly 50 countries and territories will be screened during the fifth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), announced Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Vuong Duy Bien.

 

Source: VNA