Top Shorts' certificate of Best Trailer presented to director Nguyen Nghiem Nhan (Photo:topshorts.net)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese film ‘Thu Thuy – MosaicDreams’, directed by Nguyen Nghiem Nhan, has won two awards at the Top Shorts monthlycompetition for April.
Director Nguyen Nghiem Nhan of Vietnam Television receivedthe “Best Trailer” tittle, while his real-life character – painter Nguyen ThuThuy – was honoured with the “Inspiring Woman in a film” award.
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The documentary was filmed at different periods since 2006, followingseveral public art projects by Thuy, which began with a mosaic road along theRed River dyke in Hanoi. The project, which aimed to decorate 6km of the cementdike protecting the city from the river, was carried out by both Vietnamese andinternational artists in celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of the capital.
Thuy later did several other works in Truong Sa Lon island(Truong Sa or Spratly archipelago) and Choisy le Roi (France).
Top Shorts described the Vietnamese film in its certificateas “A captivating visual experience. A celebration of the power of public art.”
Thuy said the scene of a mosaic national flag spanning 312square metres in Truong Sa Lon island was among the most favourite ones for theentire film crew, as it sent to the world a message on Vietnam’s territorialsovereignty.
The Top Shorts is the world's leading online film festival,held annually in Los Angeles in the US. It attracts international entries ofshort films of less than 40 minutes. Each month the festival will honourexcellent films in various categories.-VNA
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Top Shorts' certificate of Best Trailer presented to director Nguyen Nghiem Nhan (Photo:topshorts.net) 
(Photo: topshorts.net) 
