Victor Vu’s movie wins Best Film title at int’l film fest
(VOV) -A Vietnamese movie Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh (Yellow Flowers on Green Grass) won the Best Film title at the 2nd Silk Road International Film Festival held in Fuzhou city, China from September 22-26.
The September 26 closing ceremony attracted renowned Chinese actors including Jackie Chan, Andy Lau Tak-Wah, Chen Kaige, and Richie Jen.
The movie, directed by Vietnamese American filmmaker and screenwriter Victor Vu, is adapted from a best-selling novel by author Nguyen Nhat Anh telling the childhood of two brothers in 1980s.
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| Vietnamese American filmmaker Victor Vu at a press conference on September 24 |
Victor won the Jury Prize at the International Film Festival in Hanoi in 2012 for his kung fu film, Thien Menh Anh Hung (Blood Letter).
In 2013, his Bi Mat Tham Do (Scandal), a work about the dark side of showbiz, got the Golden Kite Prize for best director presented by the Vietnam Cinematography Association.
Yellow Flowers on Green Grass is scheduled to premier in Vietnam on October 2.