Vietnamese-origin director to head jury of Shanghai Int'l Film Festival’s Golden Goblet Awards
The 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival organising board recently announced that Vietnamese-French director and scriptwriter Tran Anh Hung will serve as the jury president of the festival's Golden Goblet Awards.
Vietnamese-French director and scriptwriter Tran Anh Hung will serve as the jury president of the 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival's Golden Goblet Awards.
Hanoi (VNA) - The 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival organising board recently announced that Vietnamese-French director and scriptwriter Tran AnhHung will serve as the jury president of the festival's Golden Goblet Awards.
Hung, who won the Best DirectorAward at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in 2023 for the film "The Taste ofThings", is renowned for blending the expressions of Eastern and Westerncultures in his works, with sensitivity, delicacy, and a romantic style.
Born in 1962 in the central city of DaNang, he has affirmed his reputation in European and international cinema.
His feature directorial debut, "TheScent of Green Papaya" (1993), won the Golden Camera Award at the 46thCannes Film Festival, while his second film, "Cyclo" (1995), grabbed theGolden Lion Award for the Best Film at the 52nd Venice International FilmFestival.
The 26th Shanghai International FilmFestival will be held from June 14-23./.
Vietnamese-French filmmaker Tran Anh Hung won the best director prize at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival for "La passion de Dodin Bouffant" (The Pot-au-Feu) on May 27.
Vietnamese-French filmmaker Tran Anh Hung won the best director prize at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival for the film “La passion de Dodin Bouffant” (or The Pot-au-Feu) on May 27.
French newspapers heaped praise on Vietnamese-French filmmaker Tran Anh Hung and young Vietnamese director Pham Thien An after they won awards at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival that closed in France on May 27.
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Vietnamese-French director and scriptwriter Tran Anh Hung will serve as the jury president of the 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival's Golden Goblet Awards. 
