VietNamNet Bridge – As a special guest of the 7th German Film Festival in Vietnam from September 8 to 25, director Norbert Lechner will present his film “Fortune Favors the Brave” in Hanoi and HCMC, together with popular Vietnamese actors who worked on this film in Germany.

German director Norbert Lechner – Photo: Courtesy of Goethe-Institut

Film screenings and audiences’ discussions will take place on September 9 at the National Cinema Center at 87 Lang Ha Street in Hanoi and on September 9 at CineStar Cinema at 271 Nguyen Trai Street in District 1, HCMC.

The director, screenwriter and film producer has a focus on children’s and youth films. In “Fortune Favors the Brave” the child actors with Vietnamese roots, Lynn Dortschack and Linda Phuong Anh Dang, perform alongside Vietnam’s popular actors Chieu Xuan, Manh Cuong and Dinh Y Nhung.

After the screenings, Lechner will conduct a workshop for local budding moviemakers at Hoa Sen University at 8 Nguyen Van Trang Street in District 1, HCMC on September 12 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. During the event, participants will have a chance to learn about the making process of his latest work “Fortune Favors the Brave,” from the script writing to idea developing with his crew and actors’ casting and sketching for the movie. Deadline for registrations is September 5 to the email of Ms. Thu Hanh from Goethe Institut in HCMC at hanh.nguyenthu@saigon.goethe.org or call 08 3832 6716, ext. 14.

Norbert Lechner, born in 1961 in Munich, founded the film production company “Kevin Lee” in 1990 while he was still studying German, philosophy and art history and realized his first feature-length movie with the relationship drama “Wounded Faces” (1991). His children’s films “Toni Goldwascher” (2007) and “Tom und Hacke” (2012) have won several awards.

To get free tickets and win some prizes in a film quiz, interested people should visit www.goethe.de/german-filmfestival-vietnam.

The 7th German Film Festival will have screenings of eight newest and most successful German movies from September 8 to 25 in Hanoi, Haiphong, Danang, Hue and HCMC. Audiences are expected to enjoy films of varied genres, including drama, thriller, comedy and children, which were made by renowned directors to deal with the great issues of human coexistence, love and pain, courage and fear, happiness and loss.

Schedule:

In Hanoi: from September 8 to 16 at the National Cinema Centre at 87 Lang Ha Street, Ba Dinh District.

In Haiphong: from September 13 to 18 and from September 23 to 25 at Lotte Cinema, level 5, Vincom Center at 1 Le Thanh Tong Street.

In Hue: from September 15 to 18 and from September 23 to 25 at Dong Ba Cinema, 187 Tran Hung Dao Street.

In Danang: from September 16 to 18 and from September 23 to 25 at Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu Street, Hai Chau District.

In HCMC: from September 9 to 17 at Cinestar Cinema, 271 Nguyen Trai Street, District 1.

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