VietNamNet Bridge – Famous movie director Bui Thac Chuyen and actress Hong Anh will be members of the judging panel of the second YxineFF online competition for short films, which will take place from September 2, to December 31.

 

Student wins online short film festival

 

The competition was kicked off on May 29, by three parties in Hanoi, Da Nang and HCM City – the three largest cities in Vietnam.

 

Hollywood director Phillip Noyce attended the party in HCM City, while actor Hoang Hai, People’s Artist, Pham Viet Thanh and his wife, People’s Artist, actress Le Khanh participated in the party in Da Nang.

 

The topic of YxineFF 2011 is “Faith”. Short films will compete in three categories: Competition, Panorama and In Focus, like the first competition last year.

 

Director Bui Thac Chuyen, actress Hong Anh, cameraman Nguyen Nam, film producer Jenni Trang Le, writer and blogger Nguyen Truong Quy are members of the jury.

 

In the Competition category, young directors can submit short films up to 15 minutes with the topic “Faith”. Films for the Panorama category must be less than 30 minutes long and to be produced within the last three years. The In Focus will introduce some selected short films. The competition is open for all kinds of films (feature, documentary, cartoon). The deadline for film submission is August 28.

 

The list of selected films and the screening schedule will be announced on September 2. From opening day (September 2) until the closing day December 16, YxineFF will screen online from 2-4 new films per week on website yxineff.com. The award ceremony will take place in HCM City on December 31.

 

Awards will include Golden Heart for the film selected by the jury and Pink Heart for the film voted by the audiences, worth VND20 million ($1000) each, Young Heart for films with new ideas and Green Heart for the best documentary about sustainable development.

 

Green Heart is a new award, granted by EcoAid. There will have a separate jury for this award, which includes Manfred Krautter, EcoAid director, documentary film maker Nguyen Trinh Thi and environmentalist Dang Huong Giang.

 

“We are living in a time when the crisis of faith is a big problem of each individual. Because of the lack of faith, there are a lot of injustice in the society, imbalance in ecological system, which affects the development and existence of the human and the nature. That is why we choose “Faith” as the theme of YxineFF 2011, and encourage film makers to show their thinking about sustainable development,” said Marcus Manh Cuong Vu, chief organizer of YxineFF 2011.

 

Launched last year, Yxine Film Fest has created a playground for independent short film makers and opportunity for them to introduce their products to the audience.

 

With the topic “Love”, Vu Hoang Quy (who lives in San Jose, California, USA) won the Golden Heart Award for “Thinking of You” and Vu Ngoc Phuong won the Pink Heart Award for “L.o.v.e”.

 

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