Future Shorts One August Screening

 

Sat 20 Aug 2011, 7 pm

Le Cooperative, 46 An Duong, Tay Ho Dis., Hanoi 

 

Future Shorts ONE, the monthly film festival, continues its mission to bring audiences together and showcase the best films from around the world this August. A film festival unlike any other, Future Shorts ONE aims to bring short films to every corner of society, taking place everywhere in bars, warehouses, theatres, cinemas and elsewhere. With its launch in Hanoi in November 2010 comes an opportunity to host one of the leading and most innovative short film labels – every month! – whilst simultaneously promoting an array of local venues, art and music. August 2011 marks Future Shorts Hanoi’s comeback after a short summer vacation. Get ready, Hanoi!

 

The official FS ONE August programme features a diverse selection of films, including animations, music videos and dramas. In Radiostan we roam the terrain from Kyrgyzstan to Moscow, tuning in and out of people’s lives like the changing frequencies on a radio. Children discuss life’s eternal dilemma of having permanent teeth in Klaus Kjeldsen’s charming The Loose Tooth. A kaleidoscope of colours and heads make up the strange landscape of I Like U, the debut music video for French indie rockers The Chase. Other highlights from this month’s exciting programme include Stuck In a Groove, A Family Portrait, La Dame Au Chien, and winner of Best the British Short Film award at the 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Baby.

 

Join Future Shorts ONE this August and be part of the next generation film festival!

 

Program

LIVE music with Phuong Dang from 7pm

VIETNAMESE short film from 8pm

INTERNATIONAL short film from 9pm

DJ from 10pm

 

Ticket

Ticket price: 50,000VND, free for filmmakers

 

Music Space No 5 with Thu Phuong and Ha Anh Tuan

 

27 & 28 Aug 2011, 7.30 pm

Nguy Nhu Kon Tum Concert Hall, 19 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi

 

“Music Space no.5″ will be held for two nights as Hanoi enters autumn with the performance of 2 singers from 2 different generations: Thu Phuong and Ha Anh Tuan. The title of this month music event is “Have the Leaves Turned Yellow?” is the lyrics of a famous Vietnamese song for autumn “Are You Hanoi’s Autumn”.

 

For more information about the singers, see below:

 

After more than 8 years, Thu Phuong will come back to Hanoi and sings some of the songs that make up her name in the Vietnamese music scene. Even though the songs are quite sad but they are the feelings she as well as the musicians who wrote the songs want to deliver to the audience.

 

Ha Anh Tuan was born in the North of Vietnam but grew up in HCMC. Ha Anh Tuan will bring to the Music Space no.5 his special and delicate voice.

 

Program:

Thu Phuong will sing more than 20 songs, mainly those that made her well-known and many songs of Trinh Cong Son or Phu Quang. In addition, she will sing songs written only for her.

 

Ha Anh Tuan will sing works of Pham Duy, Trinh Cong Son, Duong Thu which is something completely different from the perception of the audience towards him. Plus, he will sing more than 10 other songs with other artists and with Thu Phuong.

 

Ticket:

Ticket price: 1 500 000, 2 000 000 VND

 

Tickets are available through:

- Online booking www.khonggianamnhac.com

- Booking through phone: 0904669007, 0906275959, 0437347777, 0437346577

- Direct sale: P703- Thanh Dong Building 132 -138 Kim Ma, Ba Dinh Dist, Hanoi

 

For information about programs of “Music space” and communication, contact to Mr Chu Minh Vũ (tel: 0983858786 , email: chuminhvu@gmail.com)

 

Apsara Dance Studio Opening Ceremony

 

Sat 20 Aug 2011, 6 pm

Apsara Dance Studio, 139-141 Nghi Tam, Hanoi

 

You are invited to the “Opening Ceremony of Apsara Dance Studio” at the new venue together with some performances of the dance styles at Apsara Dance Studio.

 

Opened in 2007, Apsara Dance Studio regularly open dance classes suitable for the needs and demand of all ages from young people, women officers and middle-aged women. Apsara Dance Studio has organized succesful events such as: Belly Dance Festival 1 and 2, professional dance classes and train many dancers to become trainers, Salsa Festival for the 1st time in Hanoi, Music Festival M4ME… Thus, Apsara Dance Studio also participates in charity activities, of which the most recent is Shimmy Mob at Vietnam Women’s Museum to raise funds for women victims of domestic violence at the Peace House.

 

RSVP – Ms. Ngoc Linh at apsarastudio@gmail.com or call to 04 3 718 6869 (from 2pm-8pm) before 18 August 8 pm 2011

 

Call For Exhibition Proposals

 

Deadline: Fri 30 Sept 2011

 

San Art seeks your artistic proposals for a group exhibition to end the year of 2011 at San Art. Following the success of ‘Chi Toi’, we would like to offer you the chance to put forward your own ideas. This exhibition would open on Thursday, 22 December, 2011. San Art will cover costs of venue, basic installation costs, promotion, opening night costs and license administration. The applicant should find funds for production and other related costs (San Art will advise on how you may find these funds).

 

Please send your one page proposal to art@san-art.org by Friday September 30, 2011.

 

Guidelines for proposals:

- Must include the work of at least 3 Vietnamese artists based in Vietnam

- Exhibition should have a particular question it is trying to answer or subject it is trying to engage

- Artworks can be of any medium

 

Format for proposals (proposals can be provided in Vietnamese or English)

- One page description of what your exhibition will be about, outlining who is involved

- Sketch / images of works to be included in the exhibition

 

Application deadline: Fri 30 Sep 2011

(Please keep in mind that the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund has a ‘Minor Grant’ award for projects, with support of up to USD1000, please visit here for more information: )

 

Sàn Art

3 Mê Linh, District Bình Thạnh, HCMC

http://www.san-art.org

 

Top British Folk Musician Headed to Vietnam

 

Mon 22 Aug 2011, 8 pm

Hard Rock Cafe

Kumho Asiana Plaza, 39 Le Duan Street, District 1, HCMC

 

Multi award winning UK folk musician Jim Moray is set to play live concerts in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 

Famed for brining a modern twist to ancient folk songs and stylings, Moray’s musical talent has been recognised with awards from BBC Radio 2 and magazines fRoots and Mojo.

 

 

Following the release of his first album Sweet England he was referred to as “the future of British folk” by Billboard magazine.  Since then he has continued to build his name as writer, performer and producer.

 

The multi-instrumentalist will play alongside local and international performers at the Gala Concert to welcome the 8th UNESCO Congress at 8pm on 19 August at Bao Son Paradise at An Khanh, Hoai Duc, Hanoi. He will also play at an invite-only event for UNESCO delegates at the Grand Plaza at 117 Tran Duy Hung, Hanoi.

 

Moray will then play on 22 August in Ho Chi Minh City at the Hard Rock Café at 8pm.  He will appear alongside local favourites Van Mai Huong and Quoc Thien.The show is organised by British Council Vietnam in partnership with Hard Rock Café and Music Faces Entertainment.

 

Before the performance in HCMC an award ceremony will take place for the winners of British Council Vietnam’s International Young Design Entrepreneurs for 2011-2012.  The competition sponsored by jewellery company PNJ has been supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism.

 

Ticket

 

Free tickets for the HCMC event can be collected at the British Council HCMC at 25 Le Duan, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

 

For ticket information for the UNESCO Gala Concert in Hanoi call 0904630211/0904875382.

 

Israeli Jazz Concert at L’Espace

 

Sun 21 Aug 2011, 7. 30 pm

L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

 

The first batch of tickets for the Maximilian Blumin’s concert at L’espace are all gone. The second batch of tickets can be collected from 19 Aug. Number of seats are limited. Please kindly present the invitation and your ID card at the entrance.

 

HG will post further info as it becomes available.

 

New Timeline of Yxine Film Fest

Posted: 18 Aug 2011. Filed under: Film.

 

Extended deadline for YxineFF submission: 15 Sept 2011

Releasing new website with film screening from 2010 season

From YxineFF (Yxine Film Fest):

According to the preliminary timeline, the second edition of YxineFF themed BELIEF receives film entries from 29/05/2011 to 28/08/2011. However, to give the students a chance to submit their film also after their start of school/university, as well as to attract more high-qualitative films which deserve being selected and awarded, the film selection committee extends the deadline for submission until 15/09/2011. As a consequence, the screening timeline of YxineFF 2011 will be changed as follows: The opening screening will be on 30/09/2011 (old date: 02/09/2011); the closing screening, winners announcement and award ceremony will be on 12/12/2011 (old date: 31/12/2011). The venue for the award ceremony is the MegaStar Cineplexes in Ho Chi Minh City.

Moreover, the official website 2.0 of YxineFF 2011 is released at www.yxineff.com from 16/08/2011. The new version of the website provides updated information about the online short film festival, the juries, rules and regulations, terms and conditions, awards, sponsors,… with user-friendly design and bilingual Vietnamese-English menu will help you find any information.

 

A special impression is the official promo video clip at the homepage themed “Belief”, with presence of many well-known faces from the film business like actress Hong Anh, actress Ngo Thanh Van, actress Le Khanh, actor Khuong Ngoc, actor Luong Manh Hai, or director Phan Dang Di, director Charlie Nguyen, as well as two members of the Jury: producer Jenni Trang Le and cinematographer Nguyen Nam, which transmits a message about Belief in and Love for the Cinema in a subtle and meaningful way. In addition, all the 54 films including award-winners from the official selection of YxineFF 2010 are screened again. Therefore, the website also becomes a source for entertainment for the audience and presents more new talents of Vietnamese cinema to the public.

 

Additional information about YxineFF

 

The online short film festival YxineFF (Yxine Film Fest) takes place on www.yxineff.com. With the slogan “Sharing. Love. Cinema.”, indie filmmakers and movie buffs are the targets of YxineFF.

 

The second edition of YxineFF will take place from September to December 2011 with short film screenings in three sections: Competition, Panorama and In Focus. YxineFF is now calling for submission from filmmakers all over the world.

 

YxineFF 2011 will give the following awards: Golden Heart, Red Heart, New Heart, Green Heart and Fire Heart as well as several individual awards. The jury board for the main Competition: director Bui Thac Chuyen (chair), actress Hong Anh, cinematographer Nguyen Nam, producer Jenni Trang Le and author/blogger Truong Quy.

 

YxineFF 2011 thankfully has MegaStar as its official partner and Blue Productions, HK Film, DanaFilm, VietComFilm, EcoAid, Lequyduong, Double Tree and Egregius as its offical supporters.

 

YxineFF’s first edition started in May 2010. YxineFF is a voluntary, non-profit and independent project.

 

In October 2010, the YxineFF project and its founder – Marcus Manh Cuong Vu – were the 1st runner-up for the International Young Screen Entrepreneur Award 2010 – 2011 of British Council Vietnam.

 

For more detailed information, please contact:

Ms. Nguyen Tran Thanh Nhu

Head of Media & Public Relations

M: 0913 613 990

E: press@yxineff.com

 

Hue Printmaking Workshop

 

Hue Printmaking Studio, Hue College of Arts, 10 To Ngoc Van Str, Hue

Exhibition “Make your signs, create your life”: 01 – 14 Sep 201

New Space Art Foudation, 15 Le Loi Str, Hue

 

You are invited to Hue Printmaking Workshop including workshop and exhibition with the participation of artists from Hanoi, Hue, HCMC, and Thailand.

 

Topic in Worskshop:

- Printmaking in contemporary Arts

- Printmaking 3D- installation

 

Techniques showed in Workshop:

- Contemporary Woodcut

- Batik on cloth

- Papermaking

- Paper block

 

Artists in Exhibition “Make your signs, create your life”:

Artists from Hanoi: Nguyễn Nghĩa Phương, Nguyễn Khắc Quang, Nguyễn Khắc Hân, Lê Huy Tiếp, Nguyễn quang Vinh.

Artists from HCMC: Võ Duy Đôn, Ngô Đình Bảo Vy, Nguyễn Kim Tố Lan

Artists from Thailand: Adisuk Phupha and Pakitsadang Tawee-wut from Mahasarakham University

Artists from Hue: Lê văn Ba, Nguyễn thị hải Hòa, Tô trần bích Thúy, Phan hải Bằng, Nguyễn thành Trung, Lê Huy, Phan hữu Sang, Nguyễn hữu trâm Kha, Nguyễn thị Lan, Trần thanh Dung, Nguyễn khắc Tài, Nguyễn hiền Lê, Nguyễn Quang Thắng, Trần khánh nam Phương, Hồ thị Phương Thảo.

 

Screening of “Four Minutes”

 

Tue 23 Aug 2011, 7.30 pm

IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC

 

You are invited to the film screening of “Four minutes” from director Chris Kraus.

 

Music is a universal language, not only because everyone intuitively understands it. It also offers the possibility of an acoustic response where words fail or are inappropriate. The film brings together in the isolated world of a prison, two women who have two things in common: problems with themselves and the world, and an almost fantastic devotion to music.

 

Synopsis: Traude Krüger has for 60 years had the difficult job of piano teacher in a women’s prison. When the 80-year-old encounters the young inmate Jenny, she meets someone with an unpredictable propensity for violence against herself and others which discharges itself vehemently and without regard for loss. But the fact that in Jenny a great musical talent slumbers, which she has since childhood denied, wakes in both women an ambition which seemed long defeated. For both women, shadows of the past have created a hard shell which forces them together. So they take on the challenge. At times fighting together and at times fighting against one another, they struggle towards an important music competition in which Jenny will have four minutes to describe her personality in sound.

 

Language: German with Vietnamese subtitles.

 

Tickets:

Ticket price: 15 000 VND

 

Talk with Translator at L’Espace

Posted: 19 Aug 2011. Filed under: Literary.  

 

Exhibition: 05 Aug – 03 Sep 2011

Talk with translator: Sat 20 Aug 2011, 9 am

L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

 

Don’t forget a talk with translator of the book “Every Child is a Philosopher”: Pham Quang on the occasion of the publication of works by Oscar Brenifier and Jacques Després in Vietnamese. This book is something for us to think about. It’s an exceptional book.

 

Language: Vietnamese

Free entrance.

 

Môtô Head Night

 

Sat 20 Aug 2011, 9 pm

Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

 

This is the start of a series of bikers’ meet up events. Each event will showcase a special motorbike with its unique look and roar. Hanoi bikers will also unite in one place to share the love for their wheels. And of course it wouldn’t be a complete ride without some live Rock n Roll magic.

 

Live bands ZigZag, Coming Undone, and Orifire set alight this month’s M.Ô.T.Ô.H.E.A.DGet ready to burn some rubber.

 

Bikers: please register your hot ride on Facebook (bike model and number plate) for a free ticket to join our party – Subject to how hot your bike is :)

 

Ticket

Ticket price: 60 000 VND (at door).

 

Performance of Opera “Carmen”

 

29 and 30 Sep 2011, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

 

The opera “Carmen” with director Helena Rohr (Sweden) and conductor Graham Sutcliffe will be performed by more than 150 artists, musicians and Singers of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet. The modern “Carmen” performed in Vietnam will be very different from Bizet’s classic! The opera was also successfully performed  last May.

 

This Carmen is set inside a Vietnamese cigarette factory. Carmen is from Hanoi and José is from Yen Bai. As Director Helena Röhr says, – with this Carmen we want to tell the story set in contemporary Hanoi, so the audience will follow and understand the story, and somehow connect it to their own lives.

 

This version of Carmen will focus on the theme of domestic violence in todays society – particularly towards women. The opera will portray Carmen as a victim rather than someone who is to blame for what happens – as is so often seen in more traditional versions . The violence between José and Carmen, which in the end leads to her death, is indicative of the cruel reality which many women in society face today, says Helena, who, in order to better understand this terrible social problem, has cooperated closely with the NGO CSAGA, which works with survivors of domestic violence in Vietnam.

 

Carmen is sung by Vanh Khuyen and Don José by Thanh Binh and Nguyen Vu. The toreador, who in this version is a famous Thai Boxer, is sung by Manh Dung. The opera will be performed in French and Vietnamese by the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet theatre with the participation of the Hanoi International Choir.  There will be more than 100 people on stage, including singers, chorus and dancers. The Opera’s music director is Graham Sutcliffe who will also conduct the performances.

 

Helena Röhr and Annsofi Nyberg directed and produced Mozart’s Così fan tutte with VNOB in 2006 as part of the cultural exchange programme between Sweden and Vietnam. Even though that 5 year project has now ended, Hanoi has become a new hometown and creative base for the two Swedish artists.

 

Conductor Graham Sutcliffe, has lived and worked in Vietnam for nearly 20 years and has conducted many concerts, ballets and operas for orchestras in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi over the years. He is currently resident conductor with the VNOB.

 

Language: English and Vietnamese subtitles

 

Performers:

Carmen : Vành Khuyên

Don José: Thanh Bình, Anh Vũ

Escamillo: Phan Đức, Mạnh Dũng

Micaela: Thăng Long

Zuniga: Huy Đức

Morales: Kiều Thẩm

Fraquita: Thu Hương

Mercedes: Phương Dung

Lillas Pastia: Hoàng Hoa

Dancaido: Khánh Cường

Remendado: Phi Hùng

and the Hanoi International Choir, the Orchestra of Vietnam National Opera and Ballet.

 

Ticket

Ticket prices: 200 000, 300 000, 500 000, 700 000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or book online at: www.ticketvn.com, ticketvn@gmail.com.

For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859

 

Luna d’Autunna Opera Requests Evening

 

Luna d’Autunno, 78 Tho Nhuom, Hoan Kiem Distr. – Ha Noi

tel. 04 3823 7338 043942 4167

 

We would like to invite you to submit requests for opera arias or small ensemble pieces (Duets or trios) which could be performed in our next Luna Opera Evening on 21 September 2011.

 

Works from any opera can be requested but we reserve the right to make the final choice based on the availability of suitable singers, availability of music scores, and suitability for performance at Luna D’Autunna with piano or in an arranged version for string quartet.

Request format

 

Composer………………………….

 

Opera ………………………………

 

Aria (Name of aria or first line in original language) …………………………..

 

My name can/cannot be announced ……………………

 

Requests must be received by Friday 26th August to give us enough time for preparation.

 

Please send your request to  Gino Benelli: ginomuine@yahoo.it and cc to Graham Sutcliffe at grahamhn@fpt.vn

 

Please also tell us if you are happy for us to announce your name during the performance as the person who requested the aria. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in September.

 

Cabaret Night in September

 

Sat 17 Sep 2011, 8.30 – 9.30 pm

L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

 

Come to Cabaret Night at L’Espace, the stage for new music talents. Come to L’Espace to enjoy great drinks and listen to fabulous French, English and Vietnamese songs.

 

If you are a song-writer, singer or you can sing in French, Vietnamese or English, contact Cédric Drouard to participate in the Cabaret Music Night at L’Espace: cedminimum@hotmail.fr.

 

Free admission.

 

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