First nature film festival in Vietnam to take place this month
The Spanish Embassy on September 20 hosted an event to introduce the first environmental film festival featuring international and local films and conversations on sustainability and harmony with nature in Vietnam, which is scheduled to run from September 23 to October 7.
A scene from a French film to be screened at the festival (Source: It's Time To Act - Nature Film Festival in Vietnam)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Spanish Embassy on September20 hosted an event to introduce the first environmental film festival featuring international and local films andconversations on sustainability and harmony with nature in Vietnam, which isscheduled to run from September 23 to October 7.
Held in response to the UN General Assembly (UNGA)’s ClimateWeek this year (September 19-25), the film festival, entitled "#It’s Time To Act -A Nature Film Festival in Vietnam", is coordinated by the embassy and sees the participation of 14 countries, including Belgium, Brazil,Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Peru, Venezuela, Spain, the UK and Vietnam.
Addressing the event, Spanish Ambassador to Vietnam María Del Pilar Méndez Jiménez said the embassy ishonoured to work with institutions, civil societies, individuals, and theenvironmental communities of participating nations from three continents topromote international cooperation in raising awareness of a sustainable futureand pooling the message of Only One Earth.
Trang Nguyen, founder of WildAct Vietnam, a partner in organising the festival, believed it will make impact on youths and connectpeople to act for the environment.
Poster of the event (Source: It's Time To Act - Nature Film Festival in Vietnam)
The festival will screen in a hybrid format 17 featurefilms, documentaries, and short films with subtitles in Vietnamese.
It will be open free for the public at five venues in Hanoiand Ho Chi Minh City./.
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A scene from a French film to be screened at the festival (Source: It's Time To Act - Nature Film Festival in Vietnam) 
Poster of the event (Source: It's Time To Act - Nature Film Festival in Vietnam) 
