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Súp Video Soup Presents Artist in Focus: Hoang Minh Duc
Hoang Minh Duc
Daily projection: 11 – 16 Jan 2014, 1 – 7 pm
Screening and art talk with Nguyen Trinh Thi and the Appendix Group on performance-based video: Sun 19 Jan 2014, 3 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Súp Video Soup Presents Artist in Focus: Hoang Minh Duc.
It’s our great pleasure to present to the public for the first time a series of performance videos with artist Hoang Minh Duc. During 2010 and 2011, Duc was highly productive with performance pieces both individually and as a member of the performance group Appendix.
Performance-Video works include:
Agricultural Song (Video: Vincent Baumont, 2010)
Honey (Video: Vincent Baumont, 2010)
Untitled (Video: Vincent Baumont, 2010)
Frozen Rain (Video: Vincent Baumont, 2010)
Unsubtitled (Video: Jamie Maxtone-Graham, 2010)
Hair wash (2011)
Sound of Dust (Kunming, 2011)
Que Faire (Video: Jamie Maxtone-Graham, 2011)
Biography of artist
Born 1978 in Hung Yen Province. Graduated from Fine Art University of Vietnam in 2008. Currently studying and living in Melbourne, Australia.
Solo exhibitions:
2009: solo exhibition “Longan” – Nhasan studio – Hanoi – Vietnam.
Group exhibitions:
2011: “6m long table” – Factory Bar – Hanoi – Vietnam.
2011: “Souds of Dust” (somniloquy) – 943 Studio Kunming – China
2011: “U Lanh Tinh – ULT” – L’espace – Alliance Francaise de Hanoi – Vietnam.
2011: “Anatomy of an assembly line with an error” – Performance – Nhasan Studio Hanoi – Vietnam
2011: “Improvisation” Almaz Studio – Hanoi – Vietnam
2010: “3 Chu Vi – 3 Perimeters” – Performance – Nhasan Studio – Hanoi – Vietnam
2010: Participated in “IN:ACT” performance art festival – Hanoi – Vietnam
2009: group exhibition with young artists – Studio 25 – Hanoi – Vietnam
2008: Participated in “Red River” art project – Fine Art University of Vietnam – Hanoi – Vietnam
2007: Participated in “Sneaky Week” performance art project – Hanoi – Vietnam
2007: Group exhibition “Red River Delta” – Hung Yen – Vietnam
2006: group performance workshop – Thuan Chau – Son La – Vietnam
2006: group exhibition: “Nam Cao through the eyes of visual art” – National Art Museum – Hanoi – Vietnam.
HCMC – Jazz Concert Nguyen Le, Phu Sa Band and Thanh Hai
Tue 14 Jan 2014, 8 pm
Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
You are invited to the jazz concert with artist Nguyen Le, Phu Sa Band and People’s Artist Thanh Hai at HCMC Conservatory of Music on 14 Jan.
“The guitarist Nguyên Lê, an outstanding talent in rearranging masterpieces, will bring a superb concert with his burning out performance” TELERAMA
Born in 1957, the musician Thanh Hai officially started his cai luong career at the age of 21 in HCMC. In 2012, he was awarded noble title ‘People’s Artist “.
Phu Sa Band was founded in 2012 with three well-known jazz artists: Quyen Thien Dac, Vu Ngoc Ha and Le Quoc Hung. They aim to promote “Vietnamese ” jazz spirit through composing new songs.
Free entry.
Introduction and Screening of “The Legend of 1900″
Sun 12 Jan 2014, 9 am
Casa Italia
18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi
Come to the introduction and screening of “The Legend of 1900″.
The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano,The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean) is a successful film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, a well-known director with films like Cinema paradiso, Malena. It was Tornatore’s first English-language film. The film is inspired by a theater monologue, Novecento, by Alessandro Baricco. The film was nominated for a variety of awards worldwide and won several for its soundtrack by Ennino Moriccone.
The event will be divided in 2 parts
- Introduction of the film “The legend of 1900″.
- Screening of the film
Register by email : info@uni-italia.vn.
Hue – Handmade Market
Opening : 10 – 11 – 12/01/2014
Then Cafe
63 Le Trung Dinh St., Hue
UNIQUE items for youth in Hue.
Handmade Market in Hue convergence many accessory items, impressive, attractive, youthfully. After 2 time have successfully done, we decided to operating Handmade Market version 3.
Film Screening at Manzi – The Sound We See: A Hanoi City Symphony
Sun 12 Jan 2014, 8.30 pm
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
To kick-start our new series of experimental movie and video art screenings entitled CHIẾU BÓNG (Vietnamese for cinema), we are bringing you THE SOUND WE SEE: A HANOI CITY SYMPHONY, a cinematic exploration of the dynamic urban environment of Vietnam’s capital, made in partnership with Hanoi DocLab & the Echo Park Film Center (EPFC).
For a month, 18 local filmmakers worked together to document the rhythm and movement of daily life in Hanoi from their unique perspectives. Dividing the day into its two-dozen hours, participants shot locations they felt best represented the city at each particular time of day and night with each hour becoming one minute in the final film. The result is a spectacular 24-minute journey through Hanoi as it has never before been experienced, shot on black and white Super 8 motion picture film and hand-processed by the filmmakers on-site at DocLab.
Apart from this film, January’s CHIẾU BÓNG is also bringing you a series of experimental short films by Hanoi Doclab’s film makers entitled ‘Four Windows’. With the concept of looking out the window to see different worlds, the films is part of a kaleidoscope of many-fold observations of every-day Vietnamese life. An experimental approach, a stringent documentary reflection or even a documentary staging – the directors choose themselves.
Free entry – seats limited.
Screening of “Across the Universe” and “Mamma Mia”
Screening of Across the Universe: Fri 10 Jan 2014, 7.30 pm
Screening of Mamma Mia!: Sat 11 Jan 2014, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
This week, you are invited to 2 musical film screenings “Mamma Mia!” and “Across the Universe” on Friday and Saturday respectively as usually. Released at different times with distant theme, atmosphere, context, both of them share one common thing: using songs of 2 legendary bands – ABBA from Sweden and The Beatles from England.
About Across the Universe
Across the Universe is a 2007 American musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor, produced by Revolution Studios, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film’s plot is centered on songs by The Beatles. The script is based on an original story credited to Taymor, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais. It incorporates 34 compositions originally written by members of The Beatles.
The film stars Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson and T.V. Carpio, and introduces Dana Fuchs and Martin Luther McCoy as actors. Cameo appearances are made by Bono, Eddie Izzard, Joe Cocker, and Salma Hayek amongst others. Opening to mixed reviews, Across the Universe was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. Two members of the supporting cast, Carol Woods and Timothy T. Mitchum, performed as part of a special Beatles tribute at the 50th Grammy Awards.
About Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 British musical / romantic comedy film adapted from the 1999 West End/2001 Broadway musical of the same name, based on the songs of successful pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson.
The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd and distributed by Universal Pictures in
partnership with Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson’s Playtone and Littlestar, and the title originates from ABBA’s 1975 chart-topper “Mamma Mia”.
Meryl Streep heads the cast, playing the role of single mother Donna Sheridan. Pierce Brosnan (Sam Carmichael), Colin Firth (Harry Bright), and Stellan karsgård
(Bill Anderson) play the three possible fathers to Donna’s daughter, Sophie played by Amanda Seyfried.
The film has also developed a cult following since 2009.
The screening is for educational purpose, entrance is free, though guests are welcome to donate to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.
Piano Recital with Edna Stern
Sat 11 Jan 2014, 8 pm
IDECAF
28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC
Come to a classical music concert with pianist Edna Stern with works of Couperin, Galuppi, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Edna Stern is also performing at L’Espace in Hanoi on 09 Jan.
Program “The enlightened Piano”
F. Order 25th Suite for clavecin: The Monflambert
Galuppi Sonata in D minor
Sonata in R minor
Mozart Fantasy in D minor K.397
Sonata No. 11 “Turkish March” K 331
Variations in “Ah, I’ll tell Mom” 265 K
Haydn Variations in F minor
Beethoven Sonata op 13 “Pathétique”
Tickets:
Ticket price: 100.000 VND (50% discount for students)
Tickets on sale at the IDECAF (Tel : 38 23 99 68)
Gate 28, Le Thanh Ton, Dist. 1, HCMC
Time: Mon to Fri: 9 – 11 am and 2.30 – 7 pm
Seminar “Colors of Hanoi”
Conference Colors of Hanoi
Tue 07 Jan 2014, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
On the occasion of publishing the photography book which introduces autochromes exhibited in « Colors of Hanoi, 1914-1917, color version from Global Repository », Decentralized Cooperation Project Between Hanoi and Paris Île-de-France Region (IMV) is holding a seminar with Professor Phan Huy Le and Historian Duong Trung Quoc. The talk is led by Mr. Emmanuel Cerise, IMV Co-Director and IMV Representative in Hanoi.
The seminar will address the scientific contribution of Global Repository – founded by Albert Kahn in 1912 – to promote the awareness among nations and international cooperation. Léon Busy, French photographer has been asked to make these first color photographs about Hanoi in 1914 – 1917 for storage in Global Repository by Albert Kahn.
Seminar language: Simultaneous translation French – Vietnamese
Free admission.
Exhibition “Venus in Vietnam: Vu Dan Tan and Nguyen Nghia Cuong”
Opening: Fri 10 Jan, 6 pm with an introduction by Iola Lenzi
Exhibition: 11 – 24 Jan 2014, 9 am – 6 pm
Art Talk: Sun 12 Jan, 3.30 pm
HCMC Fine Arts Museum
97A Pho Duc Chinh, D1, HCMC
Installation and sculptural work by Vu Dan Tan and by Nguyen Nghia Cuong, focusing on the image of femininity. The exhibition compares and contrasts the works of two Hanoi artists a generation apart.
Originally organized in 2012 in Hanoi by Goethe-Institut and curated by Iola Lenzi in collaboration with Vu Dan Tan Foundation, the critically acclaimed exhibition Venus in Vietnam moves this coming January to the Museum of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City. Venus in Vietnam- Ho Chi Minh will mark the first ever curated institutional presentation of seminal contemporary artist Vu Dan Tan in the South.
The exhibition Venus in Vietnam features works by Vu Dan Tan (1946 -2009), that are still very little known in Vietnam: Delicate cardboard suits and miniature installations of female figures in glass-lidded cigarette boxes.
Vu Dan Tan, whose multi-media cross-disciplinary practice broke new ground in the 1980s with its playful and conceptual use of found materials, is a leading artists of Vietnam’s post-doi moi scene. In Venus in Vietnam Goethe Institut presents Vu Dan Tan’s internationally-exhibited Fashion series, yet widely unknown in Vietnam.
Nguyen Nghia Cuong (b. 1973), a graduate of Vietnam Fine Arts University, is known for his ironic approach to contemporary reality, dominated by consumerism and brand-culture. Here he presents his recent painted card box series Beauty High Quality investigating the intersection between popular culture, advertising, and life and society.
The present exhibition showcases works focusing on female iconography and sexuality, and these two themes’ expanded meaning in the social and cultural context of late twentieth century-early 21st century Vietnam. Vu Dan Tan’s key works of the last decade, juxtaposed with new works by Nguyen Nghia Cuong, together offer a so far little-explored but art historically relevant perspective on the role played by gender, sexuality and woman in Vietnamese visual art of the turn of the century.
Venus in Vietnam: Vu Dan Tan and Nguyen Nghia Cuong is documented by a comprehensively illustrated catalogue including an essay by Southeast Asian contemporary art specialist Iola Lenzi, a researcher and a frequent curator of Vu Dan Tan.
Free admission
Exhibition “The Broken Chapters” by Visual Artist Nguyễn Trần Nam
Opening: Mon 06 Jan, 6 – 8 pm
Exhibition: 06 – 26 Jan 2014
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
In collaboration with Hanoi Grapevine, Manzi art space is proud to present ‘The Broken Chapters’ by visual artist Nguyễn Trần Nam – one of the second-wave contemporary artists in Hanoi.
The exhibition space, bare and colourless. A video of a bullet ripping through the air, looped and muted. Texts describing the very moment before, during and after one is executed, detailed and handwritten. A home video of a father and son bonding moment, found and slowed down. A group photograph of young men, smiling and almost washed out. A conversation between a father and his son, absurd and mounted on the walls.
These are part of THE BROKEN CHAPTERS, a showcase of new artworks by Nguyen Tran Nam currently taking place at manzi art space from 06 – 26 January 2014. Rooted in the stories of his own, but reaching out to tell the stories of others, Nam’s work is personal yet universal, dealing with themes such as violence, death and the father and son relationship. Using the notion of war as a backdrop, Nam offers a perspective on how ideologies and beliefs could shape a generation’s identity and perception, whilst demonstrating the gaps, the missing pieces and the powerful bonds between one generation and another, regardless of how isolated or far-removed they are – or desire to be – from each other. With a recurring interest in war novels and film, and inspired by his father’s experiences as a military engineer during the Vietnam-America war and later as a propaganda painter, the artist took on the role of both a memory excavator and a fiction storyteller, weaving real-life details with made-up stories to form an imaginary realm unbound by truth, place or time.
Born in 1979, Nguyen Tran Nam is considered one of the second-wave contemporary artists in Hanoi closely associated with Nha San Studio (now re-named Nha San Collective) – one of the first artist-led experimental art spaces of Northern Vietnam. Since graduating from the Vietnam University of Fine art in 2003, Nam has been producing a diverse body of multimedia work, which takes inspiration from his own experience coming from a working-class family, growing up in the countryside of Hung Yen province and later migrating to the capital to study painting. At times dark and heavy, others playful and sarcastic, his work makes visible both past and present-day social, political and historical issues of Vietnam, while highlighting the individual tales of and human relationships between people who often belong to the lower class of society such as labourers, farmers, engineers. Selected exhibitions include ‘Hinterland’, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco (2012); ‘Gap’, Nhasan Studio, Hanoi, Vietnam (2010); ‘Indefinitely’, Ryllega Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam (2008).
Súp Video Soup, Vol. 1: Performance Video
11 – 19 Jan 2014
DOCLAB and Goethe Institut
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội
This is the first series of talks/workshops/screenings/exhibitions focusing on the current works and experiments by video makers in Hanoi and beyond, organized by Hanoi Doclab. Potentially, we will organize this event every six months. In this series, we’re particularly interested in performance-based video works.
The program consists of:
**daily projections of short video experiments by young filmmakers/artists under the themes of “Self Portraits”, “The Way Things Are”, and “Performance Video Performance”
11. to 16.01.2014, 1pm to 7pm
**chance photography (with Nguyen Trinh Thi)
11.01, 2pm: workshop
12. to 18.01: works to be conducted by participants
19.01: works to be shown
**stop-motion workshop (with Lolo Zazar)
17. and 18.01, 2pm to 5pm
**presentation on performance-based video (with Appendix Group and Nguyen Trinh Thi)
19.01, 3pm
**screenings: Artist Film International, OK Video Festival Jakarta, and new local experimental films
17, 18, and 19.01, 6:30pm
Free entrance to all events.
For workshops, please register at Hanoidoclab@gmail.com. And for updated information, please get on hanoidoclab.org.
Food will be served in between workshops and screenings, come join our end-of-year community event with wishes for a better new year!
Súp Video Soup Vol. 1, as well as the workshops on video art and performance-based video conducted at Doclab in 2013, were sponsored by The Denmark-Vietnam Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) the British Council Arts Fund (BCAF).
If you’re interested in getting news, announcements from DOCLAB for its activities, workshops, and schedule of film screenings, etc., please email us at hanoidoclab@gmail.com to subscribe to DOCLAB news.
Hanoi Urban Flea Market
Sun 12 Jan 2014, 9 am – 4 pm
Lane 12, Number 66, Dang Thai Mai Street, Hanoi
Come to an open-air shopping and gathering place where all kinds of people come to buy and sell new and used stuff, So whether you are clearing out the attic, leaving the country, strapped for cash or just looking for a good day out , is the meeting point for all those who want to remove stuff in good conditions from home and for those who come to browse or simply have a good time with friends in a good atmosphere.
Here you will find a mish-mash of second hand, vintage and retro clothing, collectibles and antiques, as well as a tightly curated selection of jewelry, art, and crafts by local artisans and designers and much, much more! It is the best spot to meet your friends, browse, rummage, haggle, drink and eat delicious food.
Tickets on the entrance: 10,000 VND.
15th Anniversary of Nhà Sàn Studio
Ceremony: Fri 10 Jan 2014, 6 – 10 pm
Project: 10 – 17 Jan 2014
Nhà Sàn Studio
Tổ 50 cụm 5, Vĩnh Phúc, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Nhà Sàn Studio is the first and longest artist led space for experimental art in Vietnam since 1998, founded by artist|curator Trần Lương and painter Nguyễn Mạnh Đức, based in Đức private home. We are proud and happy that our space has turned 15 years old and would like to invite friends to celebrate 15+, a special project with a series of exhibition event, talks and performance workshop and parties with us.
Friday, 10 January 2014, the project with start a night event at 6:00pm at Nhà Sàn Studio, Tổ 50 cụm 5, Vĩnh Phúc, Ba Đình, Hà Nội.
Please look at the schedule below for more details.
10.01.2014 (6pm – 10pm)
15+ artworks by:
Nguyen Trinh Thi
Nguyen Tran Nam
The Appendix
Phan Thao Nguyen
And more than 50 objects from artists and friends of Nhà Sàn Studio.
Location: Nha San Studio – tổ 50 cụm 5 Vĩnh Phúc, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
11.01.2014 (6pm – 8pm)
Art talk with artists from Nha San Collective (managed by Nguyen Trinh Thi)
Location: Manzi Art Space – 14 Phan Huy Ich, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi, Vietnam
12.01.2014 (6:00pm – 8:00pm)
Artist talk by Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai (Huế)
Location: Nha San Studio – tổ 50 cụm 5 Vĩnh Phúc, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
13.01.2014 (6pm – 8pm)
Art talk with Zoe Butt, director and curator of San Art, HCMC, Vietnam, and Alia Swastika, curator of ARK gallery, YorkJakarta, Indonesia (moderated by Nguyen Trinh Thi)
Guests: Bill Nguyen (Manzi Art Space), Nguyen Quoc Thanh (Nha San Collective)
Location: Manzi Art Space – 14 Phan Huy Ich, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
14 – 15.01.2014
Performance workshop with Vu Hong Ninh, Trinh Minh Tien, Nguyen Minh Duc Flying – Bay, Nguyen Van He, Nguyen Quoc Thanh, Nguyen Thuy Tien, Nguyen Duy, Quach Bach and Tran Luong.
Party
Location: The House on Mountain – huyện Chương Mỹ, xã Tiên Sơn, làng So Sở, thôn Độc Lập, Chúc Sơn, Hà Tây
17.01.2014
15+ ending ceremony with party and art talk with artists from Nha San Studio (moderated by Do Tuong Linh)
Location: Nhà Sàn Studio – tổ 50 cụm 5 Vĩnh Phúc, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Contact
Tuấn Mami 0938148681
Quỳnh Chi: 0904409687
Vietnamese folk painting exhibition – Trio painting sets
Opening: Mon 13 Jan 2014, 5 pm
Seminar: Mon 13 Jan 2014, 6 pm
Exhibition: 13 Jan – 28 Feb 2014
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the exhibition of Vietnamese folk painting - Trio painting sets and the seminar with the participation of well-known speakers tomorrow. Aesthetic value, the promotion of Vietnamese folk culture and the conservation of written material heritage are the focus of this event.
The seminar will be hosted by professor Phan Huy Le ( President of the Association of Vietnamese Historians ), Philippe Papin ( École pratique des hautes études ), Olivier Tessier ( EFEO representative in Vietnam) and Pascal Bourdeaux (EPHE representative in HCMC).
Some villages and streets in Hanoi which specialize in making folk painting have been renowned for the sophistication and their technique of color plate ( Dong Ho ) or brush painting ( Hang Trong ).
Seminar language: Simultaneous translation French – Vietnamese
Free admission.
Exhibition “Friends”
Opening: Sun 05 Jan, 4 pm
Exhibition: 05 – 20/01/2014
Exhibition Hall, 16 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi
13 years ago,the first “Friends” exhibition was held. These exhibitions have since provided an opportunity for the students of the 7-year training program of the Vienam Art University (also called Yet Kieu Art University) to exhibit jointly. From 2000 on, this exhibition have been held every second year.
Participating artists: Le Van Thin, Tran Luan Tin, Phan Thiet, Pham Mai Chau, Nguyen Thanh Quoc Thanh, Doan Hong and Nguyen Dang Dung.
The artist Le Van Thin manages to be both dynamic and cool with his technique of painting in lacquer on wood. His painting technique may be traditional but he has an unique and beautiful style. The years at the battle front had imbued Le Van Thin’s artworks with many strong emotions.
The artist Pham Mai Chau “expresses” his thoughts and his feelings through a medium both practical and fantastical.
The artist Nguyen Dang Dung “translates” his emotions and thoughts “into wood” with the knife which his father left to him. Nguyen Dang Dung’s father used to be a well-known artist in Dong Ho village. His paintings are simple but always thoughtful. For him, the collaboration between tradition and modern trends is one of the most important problems need to be solved in his artworks.
There seems to be nothing that can make the artist Phan Thiet sad. As a matter of fact, this is the only way of looking at life for a person who has gone through much. He chooses to look on the bright side not only in life but also in the art. You can feel his optimistic outlook through his paintings.
Persisting on the road he has chosen, the artist Nguyen Thanh Quoc Thanh finds the way to best express himself is through the traditional lacquer on wood. He often uses romantic colours in his artworks but he also pays careful attention to realistic details in life.
The artist Doan Hong always looks kindly at people. He values everything in life around him. This can be seen in the way he takes loving care of colours and characters in his paintings.
For the artist Tran Luan Tin, he wants to metaphorize the love of people in today’s hectic life. He clearly intends to express two different spaces in each of his painting. one space is of his character’s. The other is of the background. And that is one way of looking at Tran Luan Tin.
Screening of “Sideways” and “Little Miss Sunshine”
Screening of Sideways: Fri 03 Jan 2014, 7.30 pm
Screening of Little Miss Sunshine: Sat 04 Jan 2014, 2 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
Firstly, to all the viewers supporting TPD throughout the last year, Happy New Year. Wish you happiness, joy and always keep your love of cinema in 2014.
This week, you are invited to 2 gentle comedy screenings “Sideways” and “Little Miss Sunshine” which are both independent works with low budget and released by Fox Searchlight.
About Sideways
Sideways is a 2004 comedy-drama film written by Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne and directed by Payne. Adapted from Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel of the same name, Sideways follows men in their forties, portrayed by Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church, who take a week-long road trip to Santa Barbara County Wine Country.
Payne and Taylor won multiple awards for their screenplay. Giamatti and Church, as well as actresses Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh, playing local women who become romantically involved with the men, all received accolades for their performances.
Sideways won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for four other awards.
About Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama road film and the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. The movie stars Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin and Alan Arkin, and was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of US$8 million. Filming began on June 6, 2005 and took place over 30 days in Arizona and Southern California. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2006, and its distribution rights were bought by Fox Searchlight Pictures for one of the biggest deals made in the history of the festival. The film had a limited release in the United States on July 26, 2006, and later expanded to a wider release starting on August 18.
Little Miss Sunshine received critical acclaim and had an international box office gross of $100.5 million. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two: Best Original Screenplay for Michael Arndt and Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin. It also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature and received numerous other accolades.
Vintage Dance Music with The Dude of Stratosphear
Sat 4 Jan 2014, 8.30 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De
The Dude of Stratosphear from Switzerland is bringing a collection of rare vinyl spinning everything from 50s/60s/70s funk and afro through to pop and disco world beats.
He’s been collecting and DJing for over 20 years and has been hand picked to join the ever-excellent Zudrangma Records for a number of vinyl only events in Bangkok.
To hear music you’ve never heard before, check out The Dude’s mix tape series, Bandit’s Ballroom. A collision of vintage dance music from various part of the world, BB sets “from Rio to Phnom Penh” have set pulses racing and hips shaking across continents. The first Bandit’s Ballroom mix was made mixtape of the year on gimme’da thing webzine, and is now on its 4th volume.
Tickets: 50k at door
New Year Concert
Tue 14 Jan 2014, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to New Year Concert with conductor Le Phi Phi, piano soloists Irina Bui and Ylan Bui and artists of Vietnam National Opera and Ballet.
Program
1. W.A.Mozart: piano concerto no.21 in C major K.467
Allegro maestoso
Andante
Allegro vivace assai
2. F.Mendelssohn: Capriccio brilliant in B minor for piano and orchestra op.22
Intermission
3. J.Strass: Overture “Die Fledermaus”
4. J.Offenbach: “Barcarolle” from the opera “The tales of Hoffman”
5. Chopiniana: Valse no.7 op.64, Choreographer: Fokin
Dancers: Quynh Nga – Han Giang
6. E.Grieg: Solveig’s song, Ha Pham Thang Long (Soprano)
7. P.I.Tchaikovsky: Duo from ballet “Nutcracker” Choreographer: Pisarép
Dancers: Thu Hue- Van Nam
8. J Strauss: Voice of spring valse, Le Thi Vanh Khuyen (Soprano)
9. P.I.Tchaikovsky: Valse of roses from ballet “Nutcracker”
Choreographer: Filip Cohen,
Dancers: Ngoc Can – Phan Luong and dancers of VNOB
10. J.Offenbach: “Can Can” from opera “Orpheus in the Underworld”
Tickets
Guitar Recital with Trần Tuấn An
Sat 11 Jan 2014, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the classical guitar recital with Trần Tuấn An. He will combine famous works of international composers and Vietnamese folk songs in his upcoming performance.
After traveling around the world, gaining several prizes and lessons from famous international music institutions, Trần Tuấn An has come back to Vietnam. He graduated from Vietnam National Academy of Music and won 39th Lincoln Academy Award. Now it’s time to conquer the Vietnamese audience. Trần Tuấn An will perform famous works of Mauro Giuliani, Joaquin Rodrigo, Nakita Koshkin , Johann Mertz Kaspa, Roland Dyens as well as compositions which are inspired by Vietnamese folk songs by Đặng Ngọc Long.
Program:
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1929) : Grande Ouverture
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) : Junto al Generalife
Đặng Ngọc Long (arrange) : Bèo dạt mây trôi
Nikita Koshkin (1956-) : Usher Waltz
Johann Kaspa Mertz (1806-1856) : Elégie
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) : Concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra, Cadence Etude n°7
Leo Brouwer (1939-) : El Decameron Negro
I. El Arpa del Guerrero
II. La Huida de los Amantes por el Valle de los Ecos
III. Balada de la Doncella Enamorada
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) : La Muerte del Angel
Roland Dyens (1955-) : Libra Sonatine, 3rd movement
Tickets:
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Screening of “Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia”
Fri 10 Jan 2014, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia” (France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, 2012, 110 mins) directed by Laurent Tirard. This is “The funniest film in the history of Gaul!”
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post. Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Music Night with Alton Miller
Sat 11 Jan 2014, 10 pm
The Observatory
Corner of Le Lai and Ton That Tung, Dist.1, HCMC
Come to the music night with ALTON MILLER, one of House music’s pioneering legends in what is guaranteed to be a night of great music and serious dancing.
Inspired by Stevie Wonder, Santana, Parliament, Funkadelic and the Philadelphia sound, ALTON MILLER has produced over 120 tracks over the years on legendary labels such as Planet E, King Street/Nitegrooves, Trackmode Records, Seasons, Octave Lab and Defected to name a few. He has played alongside DJs such as Ron Hardy, Frankie Knuckles, Larry Levan and Timmy Regisford since he first started spinning at the legendary Detroit Music Institute in the late 80s. The Music Institute was one of the epicenters of the underground house movement where Alton and Chez Damier shared a Saturday night residency helping to create the musical volcano that erupted worldwide in 1988. Never afraid of mixing the old with the new, Alton’s DJ sets are simply magical and a real treat for all you Saigon house lovers!
Tickets: 150,000 VND
HCMC – New Year Gala Concert “Mozart and Tchaikovsky”
Thu 09 Jan 2014, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
You are invited to the NEW YEAR GALA CONCERT with the participation of violinist Nguyen Huu Khoi Nam, who is considered the pride of Vietnam in France. The program is choreographed and directed by South Korean maestro Park Ji Young who has achieved success in France and Europe. The audience would have chance to enjoy 2 famous works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky, 2 outstanding representatives of Classical and Romantic periods respectively.
PROGRAM
PART I:
Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Introduction from opera “Eugene Onegin”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 in D Major, K218
1. Allegro
2. Andante cantabile
3. Rondeau (Andante grazioso – Allegro ma non troppo)
PART II:
Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 in E Minor, op.64
1. Andante – Scherzo
2. Andante cantabile
3. Valse: Allegro moderato
4. Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro Furioso con Fuoco – Allegro Maestoso –
Allegro vivace – Allegro con Anima
Conductor: Park Ji Young
Violin: Nguyễn Hữu Khôi Nam
Performing: HBSO Symphony Orchestra
Tickets
Ticket price: 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)
All tickets are available at:
Ticket Counter, HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC.
Email: lamngochbso@gmail.com; info@hbso.org.vn
Booking and delivery: 08 3823 7419; Ms.Ngoc: 0909 49 39 38; Mr.Luân: 0903041959
Piano Recital with Edna Stern
Thu 09 Jan 2014, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the piano recital with Edna Stern. “Combining poetry with splendid sound, Edna Stern has made a pleasant performance without showing off her virtuosity. She takes us through an unreal world with contrasting emotions, which we never wanna leave out.” (Classica- Répertoire)
In spite of being young, Edna Stern has been well-known in the most prestigious Western musical institutions, from Belgium, US to Italy, Switzerland. In Paris, she developed a strong bond with the old and contemporary instruments, like romantic composers, that made her performance so realistic. In collaboration with leading orchestras, by sublimating concertos of Mozart and Bach, the soloist has confirmed her exceptional statue. Since 2009, she has worked as a lecturer at famous Royal College of Music in London.
Program “The enlightened Piano”
F. Order 25th Suite for clavecin: The Monflambert
Mozart Fantasy in D minor K.397
Sonata No. 11 “Turkish March” K 331
Variations in “Ah , I’ll tell Mom” 265 K
Haydn Variations in F minor
Beethoven Sonata op 13 “Pathétique”.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Live Music with Hot Tzigani Project
Fri 03 Jan 2014, 8.30 pm
Decibel
79/2/5 Phan Ke Binh Str, Da Kao Ward, Dist 1, HCMC
Let’s start the year with some awesome live : Hot Tzigani Project is a band of four musicians and singers that plays Gipsy music. 4 Tziganis : Christophe (Bass guitar), Philip, Matthieu (Guitar) and Tristan (Accordion) inspired by Django Reinhardt, French and eastern europe music. Enjoy some good Gypsy guitar music and Jazz Manouche. It’s not gonna be missed.
Live Music Event with Shane Palko
Fri 03 Jan 2014, 8 pm
Hanoi Social Club
6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi
The Hanoi Social Club brings you the first live music event for 2014 and we’ve got a real treat…
Shane Palko – alternative folk musician from Pennsylvania, USA. Touring to support his fifth album: “Emerging”. Shane has gigged extensively around the USA, Canada, Singapore, South East Asia, even Swaziland! His style of restrained, emotive vocals, and evocative lyrics have been compared to Elliott Smith and are at times fun, even political. One gig only. You know where.
Entry: 100k @ the door
Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
A Talk by Peter Zinoman at BookwormFri 03 Jan 2014, 7 pm
Hanoi Cooking Centre
44 Chau Long
Come to a Bookworm book event: A Talk by Peter Zinoman at Bookworm. Peter is the Co-translator and editor of Dumb Luck and internationally recognized expert researcher on the author Vu Trong Phung.
Free entry. Enquire at Bookworm@fpt.vn
Screening of “Radio Stars”
Fri 03 Jan 2014, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Radio Stars” (French, 2012, 100 mins) directed by Romain Levy. It has won 3 prizes at Alpe d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival 2012. “An unprecedented radio trip in history. An original and punchy comedy.”
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Green Palm Gallery – “Emotion Zone” Painting Exhibition
Opening: Fri 03 Jan, 6 pm
Exhibition: 03 – 20 Jan 2014
Hotel de l’Opera Hanoi
29 Trang Tien, Hanoi
From 3rd Jan to 20th Jan 2014, Hanoi will host an oil painting exhibition named “Emotion Zone” at Hotel de l’Opera Hanoi, in cooperation with Green Palm gallery. The exhibition will display nearly 30 artworks created by talent local painters Nguyen Trong Tai and Dang Van Quynh. Dang Van Quynh 1
With Small alley, Quiet alley, Railway, Raining street, Ancient street… Hanoi street alleys at present are sketched by Dang Van Quynh with full of face, vestige of each street. Realistic style with romantic trend, life breath is resounded from alley, through a view in details according to each lamp-post, motor, or a vendor. Using skillfully oil painting, but not making us of technique, he paints healthily, strongly and conclusively large fragments.
Nguyễn Trọng Tài’s paintings are lightly, soft relevant to tones of emotion, a voice of color combination and light rhythm. Each painting expresses a world of specific rhythm. Ballet-dancers mix with feelings, dances in fanciful, dreamlike and romantic space. Ballet-dancers in painting are very loveable. Viewers seem to mix with these tones of emotion. The artist doesn’t paint in details. The space is open, in order to create fancifulness. It is always interesting to view directly his works. Skillful combination between real and virtue creates impressive, soft and unique feelings.
Japanese Traditional Rice Cake Mochi Pounding Ceremony
Wed 01 Jan 2014, 2 pm
Nikko Hanoi Hotel
84 Tran Nhan Tong Str, Hanoi
Japanese people celebrate New Year as Christian calendar with many unique and special activities. Come to celebrate Japanese New Year with “Rice cake Mochi pounding ceremony”.
Mochi pounding is a tradition on the first day of the New Year with desire of luck, health and prosperity. Traditional Mochi is made from soft and sweet rice (called Mochi rice, or Mochiko). The rice is soaked overnight before cooked. Then the cooked rice is crushed in a large wooden mortar by 2 people until becoming sticky mass then formed into round shape.
The organizer will reappear a real traditional Mochi pounding as Japanese style. Besides that you will aslo have the chance to enjoy sake wine after the activity of “Brake the Sake”.
Free entry.
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