by Nguyễn Minh Tiến
How can one cinematic production ever be called “a documentary”? In recent years, this debate on a concrete definition of “documentary”, which is merely impossible to reach, has constantly helped filmmakers as well as the audience, especially film awards jurors (since they are also a type of audience), redefine their points of view on how “actual realities” were presented in those documentary films (Aufderheide 2 and Minh-Ha 89). Even when given the same topic, filmmakers could still create various types of documentaries based on their artistic approaches to the “reality resources” (Minh-Ha 85) stored not only in archival centers but also in their daily lives.
Nevertheless, it would not be fully applicable to Vietnamese documentaries. Even though the Vietnamese film industry produced more documentaries than feature films (Thi DocNet Southeast Asia) there has not been a significant increase in international acknowledgement and recognition. Hence, one major aspect that influences...
How can one cinematic production ever be called “a documentary”? In recent years, this debate on a concrete definition of “documentary”, which is merely impossible to reach, has constantly helped filmmakers as well as the audience, especially film awards jurors (since they are also a type of audience), redefine their points of view on how “actual realities” were presented in those documentary films (Aufderheide 2 and Minh-Ha 89). Even when given the same topic, filmmakers could still create various types of documentaries based on their artistic approaches to the “reality resources” (Minh-Ha 85) stored not only in archival centers but also in their daily lives.
Nevertheless, it would not be fully applicable to Vietnamese documentaries. Even though the Vietnamese film industry produced more documentaries than feature films (Thi DocNet Southeast Asia) there has not been a significant increase in international acknowledgement and recognition. Hence, one major aspect that influences...
- 9/1/2022
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
LÊ Bình Giang was educated in Film at the University of Ho Chi Minh, but he wasn’t allowed to graduate because the script for his film KFC was considered too violent by the Council of Examiners. Lê didn’t give up on his project and tried to find sponsors. He won the Film of the Future Award at the Vietnamese Autumn Meeting 2013, which helped him get started. After making several short films he finally made KFC (2016), his feature film debut, three years later.
Here are his 13 favorite Vietnamese films, in random order
1. Bi, Don’t Be Afraid
2. Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories
3. The Rebel
4. Touch (Minh Duc Nguyen, 2011)
5. Living in Fear (Bui Thac Chuyen, 2005)
6. When the Tenth Month Comes (Dang Nhat Minh, 1984)
7. Truong Ba’s Soul in Butcher’s Body (Quang Dung Nguyen, 2006)
8. Cyclo (Anh Hung Tran, 1995)
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Here are his 13 favorite Vietnamese films, in random order
1. Bi, Don’t Be Afraid
2. Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories
3. The Rebel
4. Touch (Minh Duc Nguyen, 2011)
5. Living in Fear (Bui Thac Chuyen, 2005)
6. When the Tenth Month Comes (Dang Nhat Minh, 1984)
7. Truong Ba’s Soul in Butcher’s Body (Quang Dung Nguyen, 2006)
8. Cyclo (Anh Hung Tran, 1995)
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- 10/17/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk) has announced its lineup. The festival will run from 7th to 14th December, 2012 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Some of the highlights of the lineup are festival favourites of the year Amour, Chitrangada, Samhita, The Sapphires, Drapchi, Miss Lovely, Me and You, Celluloid Man, and Baandhon.
Fourteen films will screen in the Competition section while seven contemporary films will be screened in “Indian Cinema Now” section.
Complete list of films:
Competition Films
Fourteen feature films from Asia, Africa and Latin America will compete for the coveted “Suvarna Chakoram” (Golden Crow Pheasant) and other awards.
Always Brando by Ridha Behi (Tunisia)
Inheritors of the Earth by T V Chandran (India)
A Terminal Trust by by Masayuki Suo (Japan)
Shutter by Joy Mathew (India)
Today by Alain Gomis (Senegal-France)
The Repentant by Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
Sta. Niña by Manny Palo (Philippines)
Present Tense...
Some of the highlights of the lineup are festival favourites of the year Amour, Chitrangada, Samhita, The Sapphires, Drapchi, Miss Lovely, Me and You, Celluloid Man, and Baandhon.
Fourteen films will screen in the Competition section while seven contemporary films will be screened in “Indian Cinema Now” section.
Complete list of films:
Competition Films
Fourteen feature films from Asia, Africa and Latin America will compete for the coveted “Suvarna Chakoram” (Golden Crow Pheasant) and other awards.
Always Brando by Ridha Behi (Tunisia)
Inheritors of the Earth by T V Chandran (India)
A Terminal Trust by by Masayuki Suo (Japan)
Shutter by Joy Mathew (India)
Today by Alain Gomis (Senegal-France)
The Repentant by Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
Sta. Niña by Manny Palo (Philippines)
Present Tense...
- 11/2/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The October 1st deadline for all countries wanting into the Academy Award's foreign-language film category has come and gone. According to IndieWIRE [1], The United Kingdom, which has predominantly submitted Welsh films over the years (if submitting at all), has surprisingly chosen the documentary Afghan Star as its 2009 submission for the Academy Awards. The last time the country received a nomination in this category was in 1999, when Paul Morrison's Welsh and Yiddish Solomon and Gaenor lost out to Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother. Synopsis After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, pop Idol has come to Afghanistan. Millions are watching the TV series 'Afghan Star' and voting for their favorite singers by mobile phone. For many this is their first encounter with democracy. This timely film follows the dramatic stories of four contestants as they risk all to become the nation's favorite singer. But will they...
- 10/8/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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