Tuan confirmed that his film, which won the Best Short Film Award at the Shinshu Suwa Film Festival in Nagano, Japan last year, has been listed in the official screening programme and will be shown at Landmark Cinemas around 12pm local time on May 13.

He said he received an invitation from the festival organising committee, but he would be unable to attend.

It is the only Vietnamese film among a selection of 20 films across different categories, including features and shorts, in the Edmonton Festival Programmes.

The 30-minute film, shot in Vietnam and Japan with main actress Akari Nakatani, was awarded in recognition of its exceptional creativity, artistic achievement and contribution to regional and cultural storytelling.

It is Tuan’s first film, and the first international prize for the young director, who is a graduate student at the University of Theatre and Cinema of Ho Chi Minh City.

Tuan said the film’s main scenes were shot in the former south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan, now merged with Khanh Hoa Province, and in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, with all equipment and personnel for the production funded by HK Film.

Usuda Reiko, a Japanese expatriate living in Hoi An ancient town and a volunteer with the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in Kawasaki City, also appeared in the film.

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