Yxine short-film winners announced

Director Do Dang Thuong (L) receives a cash prize from the Yxine Film Fest for his film “The Journey Unknown” - Photo: Courtesy of the organizer

A five-minute film by a young Vietnamese American, Vu Quang Huy, won four prizes including best director and best actor at the Yxine Film Fest, an online short-film competition, on Sunday in HCMC.

The winners of the contest that opened in May were announced at the website www.yxine.com.

Huy’s film, “Thinking of You”, was also granted the Golden Heart Award and Best Cinematographer by the five member jury: director Viet Linh, director Nguyen Quang Dung, journalist Le Hong Lam, critic Nguyen Thanh Son and novelist Ho Anh Thai.

“The Journey Unknown” by Do Dang Thuong won best screenplay and best editor. “L.O.V.E” by Vu Ngoc Phuong won the Red Heart Award voted by the audience. “Up in the Tree” by Bui Quoc Thang received New Heart Award for emerging directors.

“Thinking of You” had previously won a Hidden Genius award, a short film competition open to emerging filmmakers by the Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association held at the University of California, Los Angeles in April.

During the duration of the Yxine competition, there were twenty movies screened on the website.

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