4th Hanoi International Film Festival

The 4th Hanoi International Film Festival opened on November 1 and closed on November 5, 2016, at Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace, with the slogan "Cinema - Integration and Sustainable Development" (Vietnamese: "Điện ảnh - Hội nhập và phát triển bền vững").[1]

4th Hanoi International Film Festival
Opening ceremony
Opening filmI, Daniel Blake United Kingdom France
LocationHanoi, Vietnam
Founded2010
AwardsBest Feature Film:
Remember Canada
Hosted byÁi Phương, Đức Bảo
Festival dateNovember 1–5, 2016
WebsiteWebsite
Hanoi International Film Festival chronology

From more than 500 films submitted, 146 films from 33 countries were selected for screening, of which 12 long films and 30 short films participated in the competition.[2]

Programs edit

Ceremonies - At Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace, 91 Trần Hưng Đạo Street, Hoàn Kiếm District:

  • Opening ceremony: 20:00 Tuesday, November 1 (live broadcast on VTV2)[3]
  • Closing ceremony: 20:00 Saturday, November 5 (live broadcast on VTV1)[4]

Professional activities - At Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, 360 Kim Mã Street, Ba Đình District:

  • Exhibition of Vietnam Film Institute: Vietnamese context in foreign films (Vietnamese: "Bối cảnh Việt Nam trong phim nước ngoài"), from Tuesday morning, November 1 to November 5[5]
  • The HANIFF Campus and The Film Project Market: from Tuesday morning, November 1 to Friday evening, November 4. This year, these two activities are held in parallel.[6]
  • Seminars:
    • Cooperation in film production and distribution among ASEAN countries (Vietnamese: "Hợp tác sản xuất, phát hành phim giữa các nước ASEAN"): Wednesday, November 2[7]
    • Indian cinema - cooperation and development (Vietnamese: "Điện ảnh Ấn Độ - hợp tác và phát triển"): Thursday, November 3[8]
  • Film showcase reception of The Way Station / Đảo của dân ngụ cư, directed by Hồng Ánh[9]

Movie screenings in theaters: 6 cinemas in Hanoi participated in screening the film during the 5 days of the festival. The National Cinema Center is the only place to issue tickets for all cinema clusters, starting from October 29. All screenings are free.[10][11]

  • National Cinema Center (87 Láng Hạ Street) has 75 screenings with contested films of the two most important categories, which are contested feature-length films and contested short films. There are also Asean films, Indian films, films in the World Cinema Panorama program.
    • Opening screenings: Tuesday afternoon, November 1, instead after the opening ceremony as before[12]
  • August Theater and Kim Đồng Theater (45 and 19 Hàng Bài Street) have 50 screenings, of which 28 are for Vietnamese films, 5 for Italian films and 17 for films in the World Cinema Panorama program.
  • Ngọc Khánh Theater (523 Kim Mã Street) has 24 screenings, of which 3 are for short films, 3 for Vietnamese films, 6 for films in the World Cinema Panorama program, 7 for Asean films, 5 for Italian movies.
  • CGV Cinemas, 6th floor, Vincom Center, 54A Nguyễn Chí Thanh Street
  • CGV Cinemas, 5th floor, Mipec Tower, 229 Tây Sơn Street

Outdoor movie screenings and shows - At Lý Thái Tổ Monument Square, Hoàn Kiếm District:[13][14]

  • Movie Miracle in Milan   with Italian fashion show by designer Riccardo Bianco: Wednesday night, November 2
  • Documentary SMTown: The Stage   and the exchange with Korean singer Jis and Juni from the group Offroad: Thursday night, November 3
  • Movie Taxi, What’s Your Name? / Taxi, em tên gì?   with the Ao dai fashion show by designer Lan Hương: Friday night, November 4

Juries & Mentors edit

Juries edit

3 juries panels were established for this festival:[15]

Feature film:

Short film:

Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC):

Mentors for the HANIFF Campus edit

Classes at the HANIFF Campus this year received instruction from:[16]

Official Selection - In Competition edit

Feature film edit

These 12 films were selected to compete for the official awards in Feature Film category:[17][18]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Birds with Large Wings വലിയ ചിറകുള്ള പക്ഷികൾ / Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal Dr. Biju  
Blossoming Into a Family 惑う After the Rain / Madou: After the Rain Hayashi Hiroki  
Cemetery of Splendour รักที่ขอนแก่น / Rak Ti Khon Kaen Apichatpong Weerasethakul  
Fundamentally Happy 本质上快乐 Lei Yuan Bin, Tan Bee Thiam  
Green Carriage Зелёная карета / Zelyonaya Kareta Oleg Assadulin  
Inadaptable عادت نمی کنیم / Adat Nemikonim Ebrahim Ebrahimian  
Jackpot Trúng số Dustin Nguyễn  
Marguerite Marguerite Xavier Giannoli      
One Way Trip 글로리데이 / Geulroridei (Glory Days) Choi Jeong-yeol  
Ordinary People Pamilya ordinaryo Eduardo Roy Jr.  
Remember Remember Atom Egoyan  
Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass Tôi thấy hoa vàng trên cỏ xanh Victor Vu  
The dagger † indicates films labeled NC 16
Highlighted title indicates Best Feature Film Award winner.

Short film edit

These 30 short films were selected to compete for official awards in Short Film category, divided into 5 screening sessions as follows:[19][20]

Session 1:

  • Mr. Mirror Man (Animated, 10′)  
  • Three Variations on Ofelia (15′)  
  • The Bridge (18′)  
  • Love Comes Later (10′)    
  • A New Home (15′)  
  • I Love Anna (11′)  
  • Young Mother on Vài Thai Peak / Người mẹ trẻ trên đỉnh Vài Thai (Docu., 29′)  

Session 2:

  • Suspendu (15′)  
  • To the Top (17′)  
  • Day Before Chinese New Year (Documentary, 23′)  
  • God Must Be Deaf (Animated, 8′)  
  • Sweet Bloom of Nighttime Flower (15′)  
  • Dedicated to Grandpa Điều / Dành tặng ông Điều (Documentary, 23′)  

Session 3:

  • Study of a Singaporean Face (Documentary, 4′)  
  • Heart of the Land (Documentary, 30′)  
  • Distance Between Us (27′)  
  • Different (6′)  
  • Seide (12′)  
  • Another City / Một thành phố khác (25′)  

Session 4:

  • Sibol (18′)  
  • Agus and Agus (16′)  
  • Kousayla (20′)    
  • The Moon of Seoul (22′)  
  • Everlasting Hope / Vọng phu nơi đầu sóng (Documentary, 30′)  

Session 5:

  • White Cat and Black Cat / Mèo Trắng và Mèo Mun (Animated, 10′)  
  • The Surfaces / Những mặt phẳng (Animated, 10′)  
  • The Sunflower / 'Bông hoa mặt trời (Animated, 10′)  
  • Aspiration for Life / Khát vọng người (Documentary, 28′)  
  • Pleco Fish / Cá dọn bể (13′)  
  • Tomorrow / Ngày mai (15′)  
Highlighted title indicates Best Short Film Award winner.

Official Selection - Out of Competition edit

These films were selected for out-of-competition screening programs:[21][22][23]

The dagger † indicates films labeled NC 16

Opening edit

Panorama: World Cinema edit

Feature film edit

Short film edit

Berlinale Shorts: Session 1

  • A Man Returned (30′)      
  • Freud and Friends (30′)    
  • Ten Meter Tower / Hopptornet (17′)  
  • In the Soldier's Head (Animated, 4′)    
  • Moms On Fire (Animated, 13′)  

Berlinale Shorts: Session 2

  • Batrachian's Ballad / Balada de um Batráquio (Documentary, 11′)  
  • Love (Animated, 15′)    
  • Personne (15′)  
  • Reluctantly Queer (8′)    
  • Jin Zhi Xia Mao / Anchorage Prohibited (Documentary, 16′)  

7 Letters: Singaporean Session

  • Cinema (20′)  
  • That Girl (18′)  
  • The Flame (17′)  
  • Bunga Sayang (12′)  
  • Pineapple Town (15′)  
  • Parting (12′)  
  • GPS (Grandma Position System) (23′)  

World-wide Session

  • When the Heron Flies (18′)  
  • Barnyard Acer (Animated, 15′)  
  • The Last Supper (6′)  
  • Pickman's Model (Animated, 11′)  
  • Operation Commando (21′)  
  • Zéro m2 (19′)  
  • The Dog's Lullaby (10′)  
  • A Halt (6′)  
  • The Teacher and Flowers / El maestro y la flor (Animated, 9′)  
  • Returned (12′)  

Country-in-Focus: India   edit

Country-in-Selection: Italy   edit

ASEAN Films edit

Contemporary Vietnamese Films   edit

Outdoor Screening edit

  • SMTown: The Stage – Bae Sung-sang   (Documentary)

Awards edit

The official awards were awarded at the closing ceremony of the festival, on the evening of November 5. The HANIFF Campus and Film Project Market organized their own awards ceremony for their participants in the previous night.[24][25][26][27]

In Competition - Feature film edit

In Competition - Short film edit

  • Best Short Film: Three Variations on OfeliaPaulo Riqué  
    • Jury Prize for Short Film: Heart of the LandKaisa 'Kaika' Astikainen  
    • Other nominees: Study of a Singaporean Face – Kan Lumé & Megan Wonowidjoyo  , Another City – Phạm Ngọc Lân  , The Surfaces – Trần Khánh Duyên  
  • Best Young Director of a Short Film: Phạm Ngọc LânAnother City  

NETPAC Award edit

Audience Choice Award for Vietnamese Film edit

The HANIFF Campus edit

  • Best Student - Producing Class: Nguyễn Hà Lê  
  • Best Student - Screenwriting Class: Đào Thu Hằng  
  • Best Student - Directing Class: Lê Quỳnh Anh, Hà Nguyễn Quang Thái, Nguyễn Lương Diệu Hằng (Team)  

The Film Project Market edit

  • Best Project: One Summer DayWera Aung  
    • Jury Prize for Film Project: Roommate ServiceNguyễn Lê Hoàng Việt  
    • Other nominees: XXYY – Nguyễn Mỹ Trang  , Culi Never Cries – Phạm Ngọc Lân  , Those Who Survive – Stuart Howe  , Han Mac Tu prequel – Lê Hoàng An  , 7 Bullets – Doris Young  , Song in My Heart – Danny Đỗ  

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