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‘Fool for Love’ US-premieres to packed house

Filling the 581-seat theatre to the brim and requiring an extra dozen chairs, the audience at Saigon Performing Arts Center in Fountain Valley on Thursday gave the film Fool for Love (in Vietnamese: “Để Mai Tính”) a huge success of … Continue reading

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Dustin Nguyen undresses, kisses Cate Blanchett

ViFF continues today at UC Irvine with a couple sets of shorts and a special spotlight session on Dustin Nguyen who, several years ago, starred in the action TV series “21 Jump Street” as Officer Harry Truman Ioki – a … Continue reading

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Free films! Free films! ViFF at UCLA

The Vietnamese International Film Festival launches its second week-end with a day of free screenings held at UCLA tomorrow Thursday April 9. Starting at 4pm will be a set of short films including the hard hitting Life Out of a Stone … Continue reading

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American Viets sweep Vietnam national film awards

Vietnam’s national film awards, called the Golden Kite Awards, were given out Sunday night, and Vietnamese-American filmmakers walked off with a sizable chunk of the prizes. The Vietnamese-language Thanh Niên has a list of winners here. Dustin Nguyen, of 21 … Continue reading

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