Vietnamese film adaptation of "The Throwing Board" wins award at Busan Film Festival.

The Asian Project Market (APM) 2021, held within the framework of the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, was initially launched to provide aspiring filmmakers in the region with an opportunity to meet leading film professionals internationally. It has now developed into the most prestigious and largest Project Market in Asia.

Previously, APM announced 25 projects from 15 countries, including two Vietnamese works: "Memento Mori: Water" by director Marcus Manh Cuong Vu and "If wood could cry, it would cry blood" by director Nguyen Phan Linh Dan. On October 14th, the organizers announced that "If wood could cry, it would cry blood" won the ArteKino International Award, worth 6,000 EUR (approximately 158 million VND). The award is given by Arte France - a leading and prestigious film brand in France - to promising projects.

According to APM, "If wood could cry, it would cry blood" is a film adaptation of the autobiographical novel "The Throwing Board" by Vietnamese writer and comedian Mac Can.

The trailer and film images are still being kept secret. "If Wood Could Cry, It Would Cry Blood" is the feature film debut of young director Nguyen Phan Linh Dan. She previously worked as the director of photography for "The Secret of the Wind" (2020) - a film directed by her father, Nguyen Phan Quang Binh. She studied Film and Television Production at New York University - Tisch School of the Arts.

List of winners of the Asian Project Market

- Busan Award: Secret of My Father - South Korea

- CJ ENM Award: Before, Now & Then - Indonesia

- KB Award: Fixed Love, Fixed Girl - South Korea

Nutrilite Award: Lives of Crime - Taiwan

- ArteKino International Award: If Wood Could Cry, It Would Cry Blood - Vietnam

- Pop-Up Film Residency Award: Elephants in the Fog - Nepal

- Moneff Award: Spectrum - South Korea

Huyen Chau