Ottawa (VNA) – The Embassy ofVietnam in Canada introduced the movie “Yellowflowers on the green grass” at the ongoing ASEAN Film Festival 2017 in Ottawa.
Based on the novel by best-selling authorNguyen Nhat Anh, the Vietnamese movie is set in the mid-1980s in a smallvillage, telling the story of two young brothers who share everything, butcompete for the affection of the same girl.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada Nguyen Duc Hoasaid like its name, the movie brings the audiences some peace of mind andcarefree childhood.
The film was listed among the top 10outstanding cultural events in Vietnam and won the Bong Sen Vang (Golden Lotus)prize at the 19th Vietnam Film Festival in 2015.
It was the only representative of Vietnam at theTIFF Kids International Film Festival – part of the prestigious TorontoInternational Film Festival, and bagged the best film award at the second SilkRoad International Film Festival and the Golden Kite at the Vietnam FilmFestival 2015.
Hong Kong and Amsterdam-based Fortissimo Films,which handled international sales for the film, introduced the film at the 68thannual Cannes Film Festival.
The film was also screened at the American FilmMarket in Los Angeles in November 2015 and most recently in Japan on August 19,2017.
The ASEAN Film Festival 2017, which is runningfrom September 12-26, aims to give an insight into land, people and culture ofASEAN and Southeast Asian countries to Canadian people, thus increasing theirfriendship, cooperation and connectivity.
Other movies from ASEAN countries are screenedat the event such as “Yasmine” (Brunei), “Laskar Pelangi/The Rainbow Troops”(Indonesia), “Kayan Beauties” (Myanmar), “Ruteri Gunung Ledang – A LegendaryLove Story (Malaysia), “Sonata” (the Philippines), and “The Teacher’s Diary”(Thailand).-VNA
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A scene in the movie (Source: thanhniennews.com) 
