VOV.VN - The Vietnam Cinema Department has called on filmmakers and distributors to ensure that films obtain a film classification licence or a broadcast decision before being submitted to overseas film festivals, underscoring the importance of legal compliance in promoting Vietnamese cinema internationally.

The final leg of Viet Culture in Motion, an international short documentary film festival dedicated to Vietnamese culture, ended on July 5 at Cinema Aventure in central Brussels, Belgium.

The international short documentary film festival “Viet Culture in Motion” officially opened at the Saint-André des Arts cinema in Paris on June 11, opening a month-long programme of screenings and exchanges across European cities through July 5.

VOV.VN - The fourth Da Nang Asian Film Festival (DANAFF IV) is set to take place from June 28 to July 4 and will feature more than 100 films, around 200 screenings and a range of new programmes, with the participation of international filmmakers and cinema professionals.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam–Belgium co-produced documentary Hair, Paper, Water is scheduled to be screened on the evening of January 30 at the “En ville !” Documentary Film Festival in Brussels and is expected to attract audiences and international filmmakers.

A seminar on Vietnam–France cinema cooperation was held on December 4 at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris, attracting Vietnamese and French filmmakers, artists and critics operating in the fields of film creation, production and distribution.

VOV.VN - The fourth edition of the Namaste Vietnam Festival is set to take place in northern Ninh Binh province from November 17 to 20, and is expected to feature Bollywood actresses Riya Sen, Divya Agarwal, Donal Bisht, and Niharica Raizada, as well as filmmakers Rahat Shah Kazmi and Chandrakant Singh.

VOV.VN - The Italian Film Festival 2025 is scheduled to take place in Hanoi from October 20 to 25, offering Vietnamese audiences a window into contemporary Italian cinema.

Vietnamese filmmakers are encouraged to participate in the 2025 CJ Short Film Making Project, a prominent national contest in the genre.

The third Da Nang Asian Film Festival (DANAFF III), which is set to take place from June 29 to July 5 in the central coastal city of Da Nang, will screen more than 100 films.