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Dung will be one of the five prestigious international judges elected by the Film Festival Council and will be part of the process to select the candidates for most prestigious award in the World Competition Selection category. From March 6, the jury made up of five members, including Luong Dinh Dung, will start to watch 14 films that have made it to the final round in order to choose the best film in the international category. This comes after Dung was invited to be an advisor for the Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival, one of the world’s 15 largest international film festivals. Luong Dinh Dung is the director of the film "Father with a baby", which had previously been selected as the Vietnamese film representative to attend the 90th Oscars, in addition to winning many domestic and international awards. PIFF is an annual film festival which has been held in the Indian city of Pune since 2002. Each year, the festival receives roughly 2000 entries from hundreds of … [Read more...] about Vietnamese director becomes judge at Pune International Film Festival

“Joaquin Phoenix has remade Batman’s arch-enemy as a “Method psycho, a troublemaker so intense in his cuckoo hostility that even as you’re gawking at his violence, you still feel his pain”. “Joker”, a daring take on the comic book villain starring Joaquin Phoenix, won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice film festival with Roman Polanski controversially taking second prize. It is the first superhero film ever to get this kind of arthouse kudos, and could now be on its way to Oscar glory. The last two Venice winners – “Roma” and “The Shape of Water” – have gone on to lift the best picture Academy Award. US director Todd Phillips – best known up to now for the slapstick comedy “Very Bad Trip” – paid tribute to Phoenix’s intense performance, saying he was “the fiercest, bravest and most open-minded lion that I know”. “Thank you for trusting me with your insane talents,” he said. The movie, which The Guardian had described as “one of the boldest Hollywood productions … [Read more...] about Tortured ‘Joker’, spurned Polanski, win top prizes at Venice film festival

A scene taken from one of the five animated series (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) - Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm on March 5 said it has sealed a deal with a Vietnamese partner – FPT Telecom – on licensing the screening of its five new animated series in Vietnam. The deal is the first of its kind between the two sides. Accordingly, the series, namely The Secrets of Honey Hills, The Adventures of Peter and Wolf, Prostokvashino, Mr Theo, Cat & Dog, Captain Kraken and his Crew, and Pirates’ School, will be broadcasted in the Vietnamese language via FPT’s television services. FPT Telecom is a subsidiary of FPT Corporation, one of the biggest telecommunications service providers in Vietnam./. VNA … [Read more...] about FPT Telecom to screen Russian animated films in Vietnam

A nna Quayle, who has died aged 86, thrilled early-1960s theatre audiences in London and New York when she starred as Evie and the other women in Anthony Newley’s life in the musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off. “Broadway’s new comedy queen,” enthused one American critic. The subject matter was breezily racy for the time, with Newley’s character Littlechap marrying his boss’s daughter (Anna Quayle) after she falls pregnant. Then during business trips carrying on with Anya, a Russian hostess, Ilse, a German domestic help, and Ginnie, an American cabaret singer – all revue-sketch cameos brought to life by Anna Quayle, whom The Daily Telegraph’s Eric Shorter found “delightful”. The musical, written by Newley and Leslie Bricusse, opened in the West End at the Queen’s Theatre (1961-62) and moved to Broadway (Shubert and Ambassador, 1962-4) where the two stars reprised their roles. … [Read more...] about Anna Quayle, Tony-winning actress best known on film for her roles in ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ and ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ – obituary

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