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| Four finalists in the fiction category at the award ceremony - Photo: Thanh Hang |
The documentary film “Rest in peace, my baby!” by the team from REC, a student media club, won the first prize in the documentary category. The runner-up was “He” by Tran Minh Nhat, a student from the Radio and Television Broadcasting College II.
Nguyen Le Quyen, an REC member, said their film “Rest in peace, my baby!” was inspired by an old article about a man who conducted burial services for still born or aborted babies in Nha Trang.
“We had to struggle with so many problems to make the film. Sometimes we thought that maybe those babies didn’t want us to make a film about them. Yet we managed to finish it, because we had promised Phuc, the character in our film, to spread the message to the public to stop abortions.” The festival gave prizes for the second runner-up, the most-viewed film, and a special prize for best experimental film. The prizes were cash and scholarships to study multimedia at FPT Arena that hosted the competition.
To watch the films, visit www.youtube.com/user/lienhoanphim.
