Vietnamese movie wins Hong Kong film awards
Vietnamese director Nguyen Phuong Anh’s movie The Third Wife has just won the Non-Hong Kong Project Award at the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
Hong Kong film Vampire Diary, which won in the Hong Kong project category, is a US$1-million comedy that has been directed by Hong Kong’s scriptwriter-turned-director Anthony Yan and produced by veteran TV actor Ha Yu. It tells the story of a school girl and her two little friends who go on an adventure to bring a beautiful 1000-year-old female vampire back to her ancient home.
Director Nguyen Phuong Anh (left) and producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc at the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum |
At the Gap Go Mua Thu 2015 (Autumn Meeting) forum for independent film producers in Danang, The Third Wife won the Best Art Film Project title. The forum was initiated by popular director Phan Dang Di, producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc and playwright Nguyen Thi My Dung.
In the 14th edition of the project, HAF presented 31 film projects in search of finance and production partners. More than 350 submissions have been received this year, which is a record number.