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Images from Mid-Autumn Festival Painting Contest
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
ViFF wound down, awards given to top films
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
Viets in Louisiana against landfill – documentary showing today at ViFF
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
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
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
Faces seen at ViFF’s opening night
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
Today at ViFF: “Operation Babylift” documentary + 2 shorts programs
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
‘Young Australian of the Year’ Khoa Do’s film kicks off Viet Film Fest today
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 … Continue reading
