Tag Archives: VAALA

Viet films shown (free) at OC Film Fiesta

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Bolsavik

The Orange County Film Fiesta, part of the Santa Ana two-weeks’ long festivities, will be hosting a Vietnamese Cinema Night this Saturday, preceded by a wine reception at VAALA Center also in Santa Ana. The films shown are: “Touch” by … Continue reading →

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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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Images from Mid-Autumn Festival Painting Contest

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Bolsavik

  Every year for 7 years now, the Vietnamese-American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) has been holding a Mid-Autumn Festival Painting Contest for kids. The Mid-Autumn Festival, probably originally a harvest festival, has evolved in tradition to become the Vietnamese … Continue reading →

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ViFF wound down, awards given to top films

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Bolsavik

The Vietnamese International Film Festival, after an exhilerating 11-day run, wound down Sunday with another full day of screening, a closing film, an award ceremony, all topped by an exciting Closing Gala with deejay and live music. ViFF’s choice for closing … Continue reading →

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Viets in Louisiana against landfill – documentary showing today at ViFF

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Bolsavik

As the Bolsavik has mentioned in this space before, shown today at ViFF, before the Dustin Nguyen spotlight, is a special sneak preview of A Village Called Versailles. Directed by Leo Chiang, the 75-minute documentary follows the rebuilding and transformation … Continue reading →

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Dustin Nguyen undresses, kisses Cate Blanchett

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Bolsavik

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

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Bolsavik

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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Faces seen at ViFF’s opening night

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Bolsavik

Celebrity par excellence: Even the TV reporter/host wanted to take a souvenir picture with Dustin Nguyen. To the right above is Thang Dinh Nguyen, the head of Boat People S.O.S. who will be on a ViFF panel discussion. In the … Continue reading →

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