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ViFF announces Grand Jury award nominees

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Bolsavik

The 5th biennial Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF, Vietfilmfest.com), entering its closing week-end today and tomorrow, announced the nominees for its Trống Đồng (Grand Jury) award in both the feature and short categories. Tremendously grown from its first edition with a few … Continue reading →

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‘Dust of Life’ to open today

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Bolsavik

  The hard-hitting Viet teen angst movie Dust of Life (in Vietnamese: Bụi Đời) opens tonight with a charity fundraising screening, followed by wide release in 4 cities. The first showing tonight, 7pm at the Star Performing Arts Center in … Continue reading →

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‘Operation Babylift’ to play San Diego, festival circuit

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Bolsavik

The film that won the Audience Choice Award at the Vietnamese International Film Festival, a documentary about former orphans airlifted out of Vietnam at the end of the war, is coming to a film festival near you. After the success … Continue reading →

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‘Bolinao 52′ wins 2 Emmy awards

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Bolsavik

Remember the Bolsavik was telling you here that the boat-people documentary “Bolinao 52″ was nominated for regional Emmy in two categories? Well, it won both. Yep, two nominations, two wins. The film, directed by first-time director Duc Nguyen, won the … Continue reading →

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‘Bolinao 52′ nominated for regional EMMY; film to air nationwide

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Bolsavik

The documentary film about the horrific experience of 110 boat people left stranded at sea, leaving only 52 survivors, has been nominated for a regional Emmy award. The film “Bolinao 52,” directed by Duc Nguyen, is nominated in two categories, … Continue reading →

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Today at ViFF: “Operation Babylift” documentary + 2 shorts programs

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Bolsavik

An amazing documentary film following the lives of orphans airlifted out of Vietnam in the waning days of the war will have its World Premiere at ViFF tonight, 7:30pm, at the Bowers Museum. Following the showing will be a panel … Continue reading →

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American Viets sweep Vietnam national film awards

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Bolsavik

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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Vietnamese-American movie to play in Vietnam

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Bolsavik

A romantic comedy by Vietnamese-American filmmaker Victor Vu is scheduled to be released in Vietnam on Valentine’s day, in the country’s top theatre chain the Megastar cinemas. Passport to Love is a coming-of-age story of two young foreign exchange students … Continue reading →

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