21st National Film Festival to be held in Ba Ria-Vung Tau in November
The 21st National Film Festival will take place in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on November 23-27 under the theme of “Building a national, humanistic, creative and integrated Vietnamese film industry”.
An outdoor film screening of the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival in October 2018 (Photo: VNA)
Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – The 21st National Film Festival will take place in the southern province of Ba Ria-VungTau on November 23-27 under the theme of “Building a national, humanistic,creative and integrated Vietnamese film industry”.
The event was announced at a press conference jointly organised by the VietnamCinema Department and the provincial Department of Culture, Sport and Tourismin Ba Ria-Vung Tau on September 13.
The organising board said more than 100 films in the categories of motionpicture, documentary and science and cartoons will vie for the Golden Lotusawards. In addition, excellent directors, writers, actor and actress will behonoured at the event.
On the sidelines of the festival are film weeks in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City,an exchange between artists and audience, an exhibition on Vietnamese sea andisland through the lens of cinema, and free film screenings.
This year event is expected to gather up to1,500 guests from the film industry.
The National Film Festival was firstlaunched in 1980 in Hanoi. It has been held every three years since then indifferent localities.
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The 20th film festivalsaw the introduction of the ASEAN Film Awards, which was given toSingapore's Yellow Bird. Indonesian Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo wonthe ASEAN award for best director, while the best leading actor and thebest leading actress awards went to Singapore's Sivakumar Palakrishnan and thePhilippines' Mary Joy Apostol, respectively./.
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Quang Duc pottery is known for its wide range of forms, including wine bottles, jars, lime pots, vases, plant pots, incense burners and candle stands. Decorative motifs are equally rich, featuring mythical creatures, pastoral scenes, floral patterns, deer, peacocks, bats and more.
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The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
An outdoor film screening of the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival in October 2018 (Photo: VNA) 
