Director Nguyen Hoang Diep was so excited to receive an award at the36th Film Festival of the Three Continents (France) that she sanginstead of giving an acceptance speech.
Diep's film, entitled DapCanh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere), beat nineother films from Singapore, Argentina and the Republic of Korea, besidesthe Philippines, to win a special jury award.
Diep said that shewas confused and surprised when her name and film were announced forthe award. Instead of her acceptance speech, she sang a song about apoor musician who sold his only guitar to get money to marry the girl heloves.
"I don't have any guitar but I'm poor, too. One day, ifall I have is a guitar or something, I will sell it to have money forfilmmaking, because it's my passion," said Diep.
Her film wasscreened for the first time in France and was honoured with a SpecialMention after it was screened six times to full houses.
Theannual Film Festival of the Three Continents has been held in Nantes(France) since 1979, and is devoted to the cinemas of Asia, Africa andLatin America.
Diep's film won the Special Jury Award for FeatureFilm at the third Hanoi International Film Festival last month. It hasbeen screened in Italy, Belgium and Slovakia, as well as Denmark, Canadaand the United States, besides the Republic of Korea, India and ChineseTaiwan.
The film tells the story of Huyen (played by Nguyen ThuyAnh), a girl who needs money for an abortion after her boyfrienddeserts her. She then turns to a close friend, who is a transsexual, forhelp and begins to find happiness with a man (played by Tran Bao Son)who has a special passion for pregnant women.
Aurelie Godet,member of the jury board, praised the movie as a wonderful film that isemotional and womanly, especially in the way the filmmakers bring musicinto the film.
Diep will next take the film to Paris, where theYDA film club will host a free screening for the Vietnamese community inthe city.-VNA
Diep's film, entitled DapCanh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere), beat nineother films from Singapore, Argentina and the Republic of Korea, besidesthe Philippines, to win a special jury award.
Diep said that shewas confused and surprised when her name and film were announced forthe award. Instead of her acceptance speech, she sang a song about apoor musician who sold his only guitar to get money to marry the girl heloves.
"I don't have any guitar but I'm poor, too. One day, ifall I have is a guitar or something, I will sell it to have money forfilmmaking, because it's my passion," said Diep.
Her film wasscreened for the first time in France and was honoured with a SpecialMention after it was screened six times to full houses.
Theannual Film Festival of the Three Continents has been held in Nantes(France) since 1979, and is devoted to the cinemas of Asia, Africa andLatin America.
Diep's film won the Special Jury Award for FeatureFilm at the third Hanoi International Film Festival last month. It hasbeen screened in Italy, Belgium and Slovakia, as well as Denmark, Canadaand the United States, besides the Republic of Korea, India and ChineseTaiwan.
The film tells the story of Huyen (played by Nguyen ThuyAnh), a girl who needs money for an abortion after her boyfrienddeserts her. She then turns to a close friend, who is a transsexual, forhelp and begins to find happiness with a man (played by Tran Bao Son)who has a special passion for pregnant women.
Aurelie Godet,member of the jury board, praised the movie as a wonderful film that isemotional and womanly, especially in the way the filmmakers bring musicinto the film.
Diep will next take the film to Paris, where theYDA film club will host a free screening for the Vietnamese community inthe city.-VNA
