Local movie director to be honored in Hollywood

Director Dang Nhat Minh (L) delivers a speech after receiving Best director for 2009’s Don’t Burn (Dung dot) - Photo: TTXVN

A ceremony to honor People’s Artist/director Dang Nhat Minh and a Vietnam Film Week featuring movies by  young Vietnamese directors will be held on Wednesday in Hollywood, reports Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper.

“Mua oi” (Guava season) will be screened after the ceremony and the director will have a roundtable with audiences and people in the movie industry, the organizers, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), said.

AMPAS will also introduce all the movies directed by Dang Nhat Minh to American audiences to honor the talented director.

People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minh is one the leading directors in Vietnam. His works including Co gai tren song (A girl on a river), Ha Noi mua dong nam 46 (Hanoi - Winter of 1946), Thuong nho dong que (Nostalgia for Countryside) and Dung dot (Don’t Burn) have left a deep impression on local and international audiences and awarded at national and international film festivals. Among them, the 2009 movie “Don’t Burn” received audience choice award at Fukuoka International Film Festival in Japan and took three Golden Lotus awards for best movie, best script-writer and journalists’ choice at the 16th Vietnam Film Festival in 2009 and six Golden Kite awards in 2010.

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