During the cultural event, which is part of Vietnamese Days in Saint Petersburg, a series of Vietnam films were introduced for the first time to the city’s cinema goers.

Among those films are “Living in fear” directed by Bui Thac Chuyen and “Ha Dong silk dress” by Luu Huynh, which are scheduled to participate in the Cannes film festival late this year.

The participants had an opportunity to learn about the development of Vietnamese movie industry, which is comprised of 6 state-owned and 40 private film companies, whose products include feature movies, documentaries, TV films and cartoons.