The “Korean-Vietnamese Film Festival” is organized by the Korean Directors Association, the director of the films “The Naked Chicken”, “Will You Be There?” Director Ji Yeong Hong is assigned to be the head of the organizing committee, with the participation of the director of the films “Ordinary Days”, “Bitch Heart Assole” INAN.
At this Korean - Vietnamese film festival, the organization wants to expand the understanding of cinema between the two countries as well as promote cooperation and exchange between the two countries in the future, at the same time, there will be cooperation with film directors, actors, and filmmakers to create a big stepping stone in cultural exchange between the two countries.
The opening ceremony of the film festival at 6:00 p.m. on November 17 will also include Mr. Dong Ho Kim, general director of the Busan International Film Festival, director Dong Hoon Choi of the film "Assassination Mission", director Sung Hee Cho of the film "Detective Hong Gil Dong", director Hyun Jin Park of the film "Let's Like Each Other" and other guests.
At this film festival, we selected 8 latest films from 2015 to 2017, diverse in all genres such as: action, horror, comedy, romance, family. At the same time, we selected 3 typical Vietnamese films and one film scheduled to be released in November 2017, a total of 4 Vietnamese films were selected. During the program at theaters 2 and 6 of BHD, each film will be shown twice and Vietnamese films will be shown 7~8 times per day.
The 2015 film “Let’s Like Each Other” by director Hyun Jun Park was chosen as the opening film. 8 Korean films such as “Assassination Mission”, “Okja”, “Our World”, “Detective Hong Gil Dong”…, 4 Vietnamese films including “Miss Saigon”, “Rebellious Hot Boy 2”, “Co Can Nha Nam Nghe Nang Mua”, “Sieu Thiep”… will be shown in the final days of the festival.
In addition, during the film festival, there are many other attractive programs that many young people are interested in. Exchange program with film directors, actors (guests, teachers), each film will exchange 1~2 times, Vietnamese films will be teachers once per film.
The program that has received special attention is the workshop on how to make a film using a smartphone, targeting film students and ordinary people. There will be a program to guide filming techniques from November 19 to 21. Director Man Dae Bong and other directors will participate as instructors, through filming and editing techniques, you can make a short film of 5 minutes by yourself. Before the closing day, we also plan to show short films made with smartphones.
Head of the Korean-Vietnamese Film Festival Organizing Committee Ji Yeong Hong said: "The message of this film festival is to share together, enjoy together, share together the films of the two countries, enjoy together the works that are being and have been made with just smartphones" and he also explained the meaning of the film festival as follows: "The film festival is very attractive in terms of cinema".
This is a cultural exchange between filmmakers as well as Korean - Vietnamese cinema. The Vietnam - Korea Film Festival is attracting the attention of many people.
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