Hanoi International Film Festival

Hanoi International Film Festival
Location Hanoi, Vietnam
Founded 2010
No. of films 8 days . 43 countries . 146 films as per the 2016 festival
Website haniff.vn

The Hanoi International Film Festival (also known as HANIFF) is a biennial film festival founded in 2010 as the first international film festival in Vietnam. Prior to 2016, only Asian films participated in the competition. The fourth festival was be held between October 30 and November 5, 2016 and featured 146 films from 43 countries.[1] The festival is organized by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

2016 Hanoi International Film Festival

Jury

Feature films[2]

Short films[3]

  • Maxine Williamson (Australia), director - chairwoman
  • Philip Cheah (Singapore), film critic
  • Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa (Vietnam), director

Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC)[4]

  • Eduardo Lejano (Philippines), director, journalist - chairman
  • Ehud Aloni (Israel), director
  • Doan Minh Tuan (Vietnam), screenwriter, journalist

Awards[5]

  • Best Feature Film: Atom Egoyan, Remember, Canada
  • Jury's Award for Feature Film: Choi Jeong-yeol, One Way Trip, Choi Jeong-yeol, South Korea
  • Best Director: Eduardo Roy Jr., Ordinary People, Philippines
  • Best Main Actor: Christopher Plummer, Remember, Canada
  • Best Main Actress: Hasmine Killip, Ordinary People, Philippines
  • Viewers' Choice for Vietnamese Film: Đỗ Đức Thịnh - Đinh Tuấn Vũ, Taxi, what's your name?
  • Viewers' Choice for Feature Film: Dustin Nguyễn, Winning the Lottery, Vietnam
  • NETPAC's Award for Asian Cinema Promotion: Oleg Asadulin, The Green Carriage, Russia
  • Best Short Film: Three variations of Ofelia, Mexico
  • Jury's Choice for Short Film: Heart of The Land, Finland
  • Best Short Film Director: Phạm Ngọc Lân, Another City, Vietnam

References

  1. ↑ VNExpress, "Holocaust Film Won Two Biggest Awards at 2016 Hanoi International Festival (In Vietnamese)," VNExpress, 6 November 2016, URL accessed 6 November 2016.
  2. ↑ http://haniff.vn/bgk-phim-dai-24.html
  3. ↑ http://haniff.vn/bgk-phim-ngan-25.html
  4. ↑ http://haniff.vn/bgk-netpac-26.html
  5. ↑ VNExpress, "Holocaust Film Won Two Biggest Awards at 2016 Hanoi International Festival (In Vietnamese)," VNExpress, 6 November 2016, URL accessed 6 November 2016.
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