Expo 2020 Dubai film aficionados are in for a treat at the Vietnam Pavilion, which launched Vietnamese Film Week on Thursday as part of its National Day, running until 5 January 2022. The opening kicked off at Terra Auditorium, with an address by Her Excellency Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Vietnam’s Commissioner General Expo 2020 Dubai.
Nguyen Phuong Hoa said the films have been selected to “reflect the current and contemporary life of Vietnam and will appeal to a wide range of audiences.”
She added: “We believe that the Vietnamese Film Week is a wonderful occasion to showcase Vietnam, as a peaceful and dynamic country, its national identity, and to celebrate human values.”
The address was followed by a screening of the first film of the week – ‘Dad, I’m Sorry’ – a film that holds Vietnam’s box office record and won the Silver Lotus Award for Best Feature Film at the Vietnam Film Festival 2021. It features the story of a motorbike driver living in a low-income neighbourhood of Ho Chi Minh City who always puts his family first despite his own poor health and money troubles.
Each of the films shown during the festival is well-known and critically acclaimed in Vietnam. The programme has been selected to give audiences a taste of Vietnamese culture, featuring films made in the last five years, from diverse genres including drama, comedy, romance and fantasy.
All films screened during Vietnamese Film Week at Expo 2020 Dubai will be shown in the original Vietnamese with subtitles in both English and Arabic. The films will be screened at different locations during the week.
Source: Emirates News Agency