08.03. 12.00 Plevna 5 S5

Language: English / Finnish

VIETNAM. NOW. 4

CUOC XE DEM

NIGHT’S COURSE

Vietnam 2000

Fiction // 19 min

Director: Bui Thac Chuyen
Script: Bui Thac Chuyen
Photography: Ly Thai Dung
Editing: Arnaud Trochu, Phung Viet Nga, Anne Klotz
Music: Do Hong Quan
Production: Laurence Farence

Ban is From the countryside. Exhausted, he is finishing his first day as a rickshaw driver in Hanoi, when he’s offered a lot of money for a trip at night in the city where the streets transform into a labyrinth.

TAN KIEN VA NGAN

FOR KIEN AND NGAN

Vietnam 2006

Documentary // 37 min

Director: Dao Thanh Tïng
Script: Dao Thanh Tïng
Sound: Le Huy Hoa
Production: Central Documental and Scientific Film Company

Fascinating portrait of an artist Kien and his wife Ngan, to whom destiny has arranged quite a pile of challenges, such as drug addiction and AIDS.

CON SAU

THE WORM

Vietnam 2004

Animation // 5 min

Directors: Vu Thao, Phuong Hoa, Khanh Duyen
Script: Vu Thao, Phuong Hoa, Khanh Duyen
Photography: To Quoc Nam
Animation: Vu Thao, Phuong Hoa, Khanh Duyen
Sound: Banh Bac Hai
Editing: Vu Thao
Music: Hoang Luong
Production: Vietnam Animation film production

A fat worm eats up a forest. There is only one leafe left and he intends to finish it. Suddenly, he falls down and a gang of ants gather to carry him away. The worm thinks that he is welcomed, but actually, the ant lord is waiting for him to join his party.

TRONG PHUONG THANH CONG COO LANG THANH CONG

THANH CONG VILLAGE – THANG CONG NEIGHBOURHOOD

Vietnam, France 2004

Documentary // 33 min

Director: Phan Thi Vang Anh
Sound: Doan Gia Man
Editing: Nguyen Thi Hoai Phuong
Production: Ateliers Varan

In an old district of Hanoi, formerly a village, new loudspeakers must be installed. By observing everyday life, the film captures the humor and commotion caused by this event and plunges us into the heart of Vietnamese contradictions.