The third Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), ‘Cinema – Integration and Sustainable Development’, is scheduled to be held in Hanoi from November 23-27, said the Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Cinema on September 15.
The highlight of this year’s event will be ‘The World's Cinema Today’ featuring a number of new films from different countries.
The festival will also include competitions, screenings, a Vietnamese film programme, a HANIFF campus, a film project market, exhibitions and seminars.
The organising board has so far received over 320 films from 32 countries and territories for the contest.
The event aims to honour outstanding films of high artistic value and encourage new talents of Vietnamese cinema.
Vietnam’s feature film Thien Menh Anh Hung (Blood Letter), directed by Victor Vu won the jury special prize at the second Hanoi International Film Festival in 2012.
