The Vietnamese International Film Festival, known by its acronym ViFF and also by its web site name VietFilmFest, kicks off later today in Irvine, opening with a tremendously touching and inspirational feature film by a Viet who was named Young Australian of the Year.
The film, Footy Legends, is a stirring emotional and uplifiting story about a young viet man who struggles to become a professional (Australian-style) football player to help raise his sister and support his grandfather in a nursing home.
The director, Khoa Do, in 2005 was named Young Australian of the Year for his “leadership, compassion, and will to inspire and inform Australians on issues that affect our communities.”
Do is already in town. He will be at the screening and will do Q&A afterwards.
The film festival, now in its fourth year, is a joint project of VAALA (Vietnamese-American Arts and Letters Association) and VNLC (Vietnamese Language and Culture) at UCLA.
The festival will run over two long weekends, from tonight until April 12. A press release announcing the program can be found here.
Tickets are $18 for the opening and screening only, and $40 for screening with reception.
The opening will be held at the Edwards University 6 in Irvine, and the gala reception will be at the Chakra Restaurant in the same plaza as the theatre.
The Young Australian of the Year award is one of three national awards given each Australia Day by the National Australia Day Council Board.
ủng hộ, nhưng có phim upload lậu cho pà con xem online hok?
May I illegally watch the movie online for free ?
Jung Kim
Will your boss Van Tran and his group issue a letter to oppose ViFF as he did for FOB2 a few months ago? Remember both events organized by VAALA. I’m sure with many films from VN there would be some scenes you can find the communist flag displayed. This time he needs to send his letter to Irvine city and Los Angeles city where the films will be viewed.
This looks like a great and inspirational movie to watch. In addition, it has Viets in the movie. I think local Viets should come and participate, show our support.
Movie Goer,
That band of goons you are referring to should learn how to use the video camera from the fellow Viet film director Do, so they can start video-taping their phantom Communist search in Little Saigon and other imaginary places. It’s about time they produce some evidence of their quest after all these years of protesting and belittling innocent people.
After all the money spent, the Republican Party should ask for proof of their claim.
This film is my Viet pride!
Thanks great information.:)