2nd Hanoi International Film Festival

The 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival opened on November 25 and closed on November 29, 2012 at Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace, with the slogan "Asia-Pacific cinema unites and develops" (Vietnamese: "Điện ảnh châu Á - Thái Bình Dương thống nhất và phát triển").[1]

2nd Hanoi International Film Festival
Opening filmHot Sand Vietnam
LocationHanoi, Vietnam
Founded2010
AwardsBest Feature Film:
Shackled Philippines
Hosted byBình Minh, Hải Vân
Festival dateNovember 25–29, 2012
WebsiteWebsite

A total of 117 films from 31 countries and regions attended the festival after going through the selection round. The number of films participating in the contest was 37, including: 14 feature-length films, 13 short films, five short documentaries and five animated films.[2][3]

Programs

Main program of activities of the 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival:

Ceremonies - At Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace, 91 Trần Hưng Đạo Street, Hoàn Kiếm District:[4]

  • Opening ceremony: 20:00-21:00, Sunday, November 25 (live broadcast on VTV2, VTV4)
    • Opening screening: 21:00-22:30, Conference Room
  • Closing ceremony: 20:00-22:00, Thursday, November 29 (live broadcast on VTV2, VTV4)

Professional Activities - At Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, 360 Kim Mã Street, Ba Đình District:[5]

  • Photo Exhibition: Cinema of Vietnam in Renovation Period (Vietnamese: "Điện ảnh Việt Nam thời kỳ đổi mới"), opening 11:00, Sunday, November 25
  • The HANIFF Campus for Young Talents, opening 9:00, Monday, November 26. This is an activity held for the first time in Vietnam within the framework of the Film Festival, with activities included as follows:[6]
    • HANIFF Studio (training about 10 directors on how to make films, dialogue, casting and acting in front of the camera)
    • HANIFF project market (create opportunities for young filmmakers and producers to present and introduce their projects in front of experienced co-producers and investors)
    • HANIFF Forum of Script Idea Exchange (training and practice, for young screenwriters to compose scripts, develop characters, dialogue, discuss scripts with top screenwriters world).
  • Seminar Cinema of Vietnam in Renovation Period (Vietnamese: "Điện ảnh Việt Nam thời kỳ đổi mới"), 14:00-16:00, Monday, November 26
  • Seminar Cinema developing trend in digital technology (Vietnamese: "Xu hướng phát triển điện ảnh trong thời kỳ công nghệ số"), 9:00 - 12:00, Wednesday, November 28

Themed night events

  • "Asia – Korea" Night: 19:00, Monday, November 26, at Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, 360 Kim Mã Street, Ba Đình District
  • Europe Night and HANIFF Campus: 19:00, Wednesday, November 28, at Lý Club – 61 Lý Thái Tổ Street, Hoàn Kiếm District

Sightseeing Activities:[7]

  • Visiting Hạ Long Bay, all day, November 27
  • Sightseeing Vietnamese Ethnology Museum, No. 01 Nguyễn Văn Huyên Street, Cầu Giấy District, 14:00, Wednesday, November 28

Movie screenings in theaters and exchange program of artists with the audience:[8]

  • Showtimes: 9:00 - 23:00, November 24 to 29
  • The organizers expected that all films attending Haniff 2012 will be screened at 8 cinemas, but until the last days, receiving enthusiastic response, there was one more theater cluster participating in the screening including:
    • National Cinema Center, 87 Láng Hạ Street, Ba Đình District
    • Megastar Cineplex, 6th floor, Hanoi Vincom Building, 191 Bà Triệu Street, Hai Bà Trưng District
    • Megastar Cineplex, 5th floor, Pico Mall Center, 229 Tây Sơn Street, Đống Đa District
    • August Cinema Theater, 45 Hàng Bài Street, Hoàn Kiếm District
    • Kim Đồng Cinema Theater, 19 Hàng Bài Street, Hoàn Kiếm District
    • Lotte Cinema, 5th-6th floor, Parkson Landmark 72, Keangnam Tower, Phạm Hùng Road, Từ Liêm District
    • Lotte Cinema, 4th floor, Melinh Plaza, Hà Đông District
    • Ngọc Khánh Theater, 365 Kim Mã Street, Ba Đình District
    • Đại Đồng Theater, Hoàng Hoa Thám Street, Hà Đông District
  • According to the festival's organizers, 70% of the seats of all screenings are sold to audience. Vietnamese films, documentaries, short films and films sponsored by international funds will be screened for free, while all foreign feature films will be sold at the price equal to 50% of the ticket price applied to each movie theater.

Juries and mentors

Juries

There are three jury panels established for this film festival:[9]

Feature film:

Short film:

  • Nguyễn Vinh Sơn Vietnam, director - Chairman
  • Martin Delisle Canada, cinematographer, screenwriter, preliminary member of the Montreal International Short Film Festival
  • Chalida Uabumrungjit Thailand, writer, film researcher, Director of Thai Short Film and Video Festival

Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC):

Mentors for the HANIFF Campus

The following people joined in teaching and mentoring for The HANIFF Campus:[10][11]

Official Selection—In Competition

Feature Film

These 14 films were selected to compete for the official awards in Feature Film category:[12][13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Blood LetterThiên mệnh anh hùngVictor VuVietnam
DivaDIVA華麗之後 / DIVA hua li zi junHeiward MakHong Kong
ExistenceExistenceJuliet BerghNew Zealand
Hatredبغض / BozqReza DormishianIran
Helpless화차 / Hwa-chaByun Young-jooSouth Korea
Nice To Meet You適切な距離Oe TakamasaJapan
Night of SilenceLal GeceReis ÇelikTurkey
PassionĐam mêPhi Tiến SơnVietnam
Ranjana, I Ain't Coming Backরঞ্জনা আমি আর আসবনা / Ranjana Ami Ar AshbonaAnjan DuttIndia
Sea Shadowظل البحرNawaf Al-JanahiUnited Arab Emirates
ShackledPosasLawrence FajardoPhilippines
Song of Silence楊梅洲 / Yang mei zhouChen ZhuoChina
TalgatТалғатZhanna IssabayevaKazakhstan
The TelegramтелеграммаIskandar UsmonovTajikistan
Highlighted title indicates Best Feature Film Award winner.

Short film

The following films were selected to compete for official awards in Short Film category:[14]

Short:[15]

  • Green Slime / 녹색물질 (12′) South Korea
  • Hanger / Yi jia (13′) Malaysia
  • Monday, Wednesday, Friday / Hai, Tư, Sáu (17′) Vietnam
  • Solo (10′) Japan
  • Sony, My Elder Brother (10′) New Zealand
  • Starting From A / Bermula Dari A (16′) Indonesia
  • Swamp (14′) Kyrgyzstan
  • Switch (10′) Australia
  • The Reunion Dinner / 回家过年 (16′) Singapore
  • The Three Sisters / 三朵花 (15′) Singapore
  • To Truong Luong / Gửi Trương Lương (20′) Vietnam
  • Untitled Manila (5′) Philippines
  • Whakatiki (13′) New Zealand

Documentary:[16]

  • Behind the Life / Đằng sau sự sống (30′) Vietnam
  • God, Church, Pills & Condoms (28′) Netherlands Philippines
  • Northeast Wind Is Back / Gió chướng lại về (20′) Vietnam
  • The Story of Then Village / Chuyện làng Then (30′) Vietnam
  • Two Girls Against The Rain (11′) Cambodia

Animated:[17]

  • Peaceful Space / Khoảng trời... (10′) Vietnam
  • Planet Z (10′) Japan
  • Steps (2′) Japan
  • The Piping of Heaven (11′) China Japan
  • The Way Up (11′) Thailand
  • Yellow Cow / Bò vàng (10′) Vietnam
Highlighted title indicates Best Short Film Award winner.

Official Selection—Out of Competition

These films were selected for out-of-competition programs:[18][19][20][21]

Opening

Panorama: World Cinema

There are 10 short Japanese animated films combined into one screening session called "Japanese animation collection" with a total duration of 90 minutes. Japan

Representing the Feature Film Jury

Because this year's feature film jury are famous directors and actors from different cinematic backgrounds, the organizers chose 5 films to represent 5 judges. The film Ngọc Viễn Đông was first chosen for Contemporary Vietnamese Film Program but then moved to this program.[22]

Country-in-Focus: South Korea

The Korean Cinema Focus Program at HANIFF 2012 includes 10 films as follows:[23]

World Cinema Fund's Selection

The Berlin World Cinema Fund's Film Program introduces 5 outstanding films selected and supported in screening fee by the Fund:[24][25]

Cinema of Vietnam

In order to provide an overview of Vietnamese cinema, at this film festival, the organizers selected 31 Vietnamese films, divided into 3 themes, for screening:[26]

About Hanoi

In Renovation Period
  • Ai xuôi vạn lý / The Long Journey – Lê Hoàng (1996)
  • Canh bạc / The Gamble – Lưu Trọng Ninh (1991)
  • Chung cư / The Building – Việt Linh (1999)
  • Cú và chim se sẻ / Owl and the Sparrow – Stephane Gauger (2007)
  • Đời cát / Sandy Lives – Nguyễn Thanh Vân (1999)
  • Gái nhảy / Bar Girls – Lê Hoàng (2002)
  • Lưới trời / Heaven's Net – Phi Tiến Sơn (2003)
  • Hãy tha thứ cho em / Please Forgive Me – Lưu Trọng Ninh (1993)
  • Mùa ổi / The Guava House – Đặng Nhật Minh (2000)
  • Những người thợ xẻ / The Sawyers – Vương Đức (1999)
  • Thằng Bờm / Bờm the Fool – Lê Đức Tiến (1987)
  • Thung lũng hoang vắng / The Deserted Valley – Phạm Nhuệ Giang (2001)
  • Thị trấn yên tĩnh / The Quiet Town – Lê Đức Tiến (1986)
  • Thương nhớ đồng quê / Nostalgia for Countryland – Đặng Nhật Minh (1995)
  • Vị đắng tình yêu / The Bitterness of Love – Lê Xuân Hoàng (1990)
  • Xương rồng đen / Black Cactus – Lê Dân (1993)

Contemporary (2010–2012)

Awards

All of official and independent awards of 2012 HANIFF were awarded at the closing ceremony of the festival, on the evening of November 29:[27][28][29]

In Competition—Feature film
  • Best Feature Film: Shackled Philippines
  • Best Director: Reis Çelik – Night of Silence Turkey, Iskandar Usmonov – The Telegram Tajikistan
  • Best Leading Actor: Ilyas Salman – Night of Silence Turkey
  • Best Leading Actress: Ying Yaning – Song of Silence China

In Competition—Short film
  • Best Short Film: Starting From A – B.W. Purba Negara Indonesia
    • Special Jury Prize for Short Film: Yellow Cow – Trần Khánh Duyên Vietnam
  • Best Young Director of a Short Film: Yonezawa Mina – Solo Japan

NETPAC Award
  • NETPAC's Award for Asian Cinema Promotion: Shackled Philippines

The HANIFF Campus
  • Best Young Talent Award of Motion Picture Association - Asia Pacific region: Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp Vietnam
  • Talented Screenwriter Award of HANIFF Mentors: Đỗ Minh Tú Vietnam
  • Talented Producer Award of HANIFF Mentors: Nguyễn Vũ Đức Vietnam

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