According to specific information, the 26-minute film "Eternal Spring" has qualified for the Oscars after winning the Grand Prix Documentary Short award at the 66th Cork International Film Festival held in Ireland.
According to the rules, at the Cork International Film Festival, the winning films in the categories: Grand Prix Irish Short (Best Irish Short), Grand Prix International Short (Best International Short) and Grand Prix Documentary Short (Best Documentary Short) are automatically nominated for the long list at the 2022 Oscars in the categories: Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Documentary Short Film. From this list, the Organizing Committee will evaluate to come up with a shortlist of nominees.
A scene from the documentary "Eternal Spring". - Source: IFFR 2022
Before receiving the 2022 Oscar nomination, "Eternal Spring" had its premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival (Netherlands) as well as participated in many important film events in Ukraine, China and Azerbaijan.
The film's synopsis reads: "In the midst of a poisonous jungle, on the brink of extinction, a trembling son follows his mother into a natural cave in search of rebirth. Narrated from a first-person perspective, the film depicts moments in the fragile present of a historic Southeast Asian nation transitioning into the digital age. Ultimately, this is a film that conveys fragile hopes for the future."
A scene from the documentary "Eternal Spring". - Source: IFFR 2022
Viet Vu is an independent documentary filmmaker who made his first films at Hanoi Doclab, an experimental center for documentary and video art at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi. His first film, “The Ant-man” (2018), won the Purin Award for Most Promising Filmmaker in Southeast Asia at the SeaShorts Film Festival in Malaysia; his second short documentary, “An Act of Affection” (2020), also premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.
The young director has been highly appreciated by experts for his insightful perspective on every issue he wants to address in his work. Besides, he is also the only Vietnamese filmmaker selected to join 4 other filmmakers in Southeast Asia to participate in SEAFIC Seed Lab - an activity for filmmakers who are in the stage of exploring ideas for their first feature film.
Trailer of the movie "Eternal Spring":
Talking about this short film, People's Artist Dao Ba Son commented: "With its unique expression, the film will bring about the beauty of culture, tourism and friendship and solidarity with other countries. The language of cinema and documentaries today can easily find a common voice when touching the emotions of viewers around the world with the sincerity in every perspective of young filmmakers."
