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The Banana Vendor’s Love
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Give Me a Ticket to My Childhood
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Hugging Honda
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When We Were Twenty
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Hard Times for Coal Miners
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New York, October 25th, 2012.
IVCE is pleased to announce the screening of "Short Films from
Vietnam".
1. “When We Were Twenty” is a documentary about three girls facing
heart-wrenching life choices at the age of 20. One gets married and has a
child, one follows her dream of becoming a model, and the other goes to study
abroad. [English subtitles, 15 minutes]
Nguyễn Anh Thư directed “When We Were Twenty” (Khi ta 20) in 2010 and “The
Earth” (Ðất) in 2011. Thu, who graduated with a BA in Business Law from the
Hanoi Foreign Trade University in 2011, is a member of the Center for the
Advancement of Movie Talents of the Vietnam Cinema Association, Hanoi.
2. “Hard Times for Coal Miners” is a documentary about the life of the
coal miners who work in the northern-most harbor region of Vietnam. The
miners come from many areas of the country, and crowd into dust-filled
ghettos, living and trying to stay clean among strip-mined mountains of coal.
The documentary focuses on intimate stories of the coal miners. [English
subtitles, 10 minutes]
Lê Mỹ Cường directed “Hard Times for Coal Miners” (Nhọc nhằn than) in 2010
and “The Leprosy Oasis of the Winds” (Ốc đảo gió) in 2012. His “Hard Times
for Coal Miners” received the Award of Merit for a documentary at the Kite
Film Festival of the Viet Nam Cinematography Association in 2011. Cuong
graduated with a BA in International Business from the Hanoi Foreign Trade
University in 2011, and is currently in his senior year at the Hanoi Academy
of Theatre and Cinema. He is a member of Center for the Advancement of Movie
Talents of the Vietnam Cinema Association, Hanoi.
3. “Give Me a Ticket to My Childhood” tells the story of a family of
two children. The parents, like any parents, love their children but are
constantly facing problems: school work, finding a balance between loving and
spoiling the children, and sibling rivalry. The documentary reveals a different
side to these common family problems. [English subtitles, 15 minutes]
Nguyễn Thị Minh Phương, currently a senior student at Trần Phú High School,
Ha Noi, directed “Give Me a Ticket to My Childhood” (Cho tôi một vé về tuổi
thơ) in 2012. She is a member of the Center for the Advancement of Movie
Talents of the Vietnam Cinema Association, Hanoi.
4. “The Banana Vendor’s Love” is a bright story of love among the
poor, set in the disorderly, crowded, noisy streets of Saigon. It is a story
of a young man from the city of Trà Vinh who came to Ho Chi Minh City and
found a job as a banana street vendor, crisscrossing the crowded streets as
he sells his wares. One day, at an intersection on his regular route, he
meets a disabled girl selling lotto tickets. [English subtitles, 15 minutes]
Huỳnh Thanh Sỹ, a student at the Cinema and Theater Academy of Ho Chi Minh
City, produced the short film “Flickering” (Le lói), which received a Golden
Kite Encouragement Award in 2007. He then produced “The Banana Vendor’s Love”
(Tình anh bán chuối) in 2011.
5. “Hugging Honda” is the true story of Võ Thị Nguyệt, who for more
than 20 years drove a hugging Honda (a one-seat motorbike taxi), based at the
East City bus station of Ho Chi Minh City. With the job she fed her two grandchildren,
taking care of them and raising them single-handedly. She has been a “Fairy
Mother Âu Cơ” for countless students. Every year, she drives the students for
free to the city to take the college entrance exams. Hardship does not daunt
this resilient woman. [English subtitles, 25 minutes]
Nguyễn Thị Thắm’s films include “Hello Child! Hello Baby!” (Chào con! Chào
baby!), “Grandpa and Grandchild” (Hai ông cháu), and “Hugging Honda” (Xe ôm),
which in 2011 received the Judges Encouragement Prize of the Vietnam Motion
Picture Union. Tham graduated from the film directorship program at the
University of Film and Theater of Ho Chi Minh City, and now uses what she
learned from the projects of the Varan Documentary Courses to direct
documentaries based on ordinary lives.
To order Vietnamese DVD Movies:
http://www.ivce.org/book.php?bookid=MS00000003
A discussion with young filmmakers will follow each screening.
7.00pm, Thursday November 1st, 2012.
Room A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory. 209 South 33rd Street.
University of Pennsylvania
Admission: free
Contact: Cynthia Mai, cy...@seas.upenn.edu
7.00pm, Friday November 2nd, 2012.
Letelier Theater. 3251 Prospect Street, NW Upper Courtyard.
Washington D.C
Admission: $10 for general public, $5 for students.
Contact: IVCE, (860)478-0518, nhip...@ivce.org
7.00pm, Saturday November 3rd, 2012.
Room 200. Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street & 5th Ave, New York
City.
New York University
Admission: $15 for general public, $10 for students.
Contact: IVCE, (860)478-0518, nhip...@ivce.org
7.00pm, Wednesay November 7th, 2012.
Mathey-Rocky Theater
Princeton University
Admission: free
Contact: Tram-Anh Nguyen, a...@princeton.edu
7.00pm, Thursday November 8th, 2012.
Cleveland L1
Mount Holyoke College
Admission: free
Contact: Thu Pham, pha...@mtholyoke.edu
7.00pm, Saturday November 10th, 2012.
Room 6-120. 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge.
MIT
Admission: $5 for general public, FREE for MIT students.
Contact: Quyen Huynh, nhu...@MIT.EDU
1.30pm, Sunday November 11th, 2012.
Room 105, Olin Arts Center.
Bates College
Admission: free
contact: Trian Nguyen, tng...@bates.edu
7.00pm, Tuesday November 13th, 2012.
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.
Yale University
Admission: free
contact: Kristine Mooseker, kristine...@yale.edu
7.00pm, Friday, November 16th, 2012.
Room 117 Global Scholars Hall.
University of Oregon
contact: Kathie Carpenter, kat...@uoregon.edu
note: no discussion with filmmakers
4:30 pm, Monday December 3rd, 2012.
IEAS Conference Room, 6th floor. 2223 Fulton St.
University of California - Berkeley
contact: CSEAS, cs...@berkeley.edu
note: no discussion with filmmakers
more
locations...
Special thanks:
. Center for the Advancement of Movie
Talents, Hanoi, Vietnam.
. Blue Productions, Ho Chi Minh,
Vietnam.
IVCE greatly appreciates the collaboration of various Southeast Asia Studies
Centers and Vietnamese Student Associations throughout the United States.
IVCE has been coordinating valuable Vietnamese cultural programming,
including traditional & contemporary music, poetry & literature,
film, folk & contemporary painting exhibitions, as well as history
seminars for the past several years.
IVCE would also like to recognize the foundations, organizations, and
individuals who have made generous contributions to IVCE's cultural and
educational programs. Their gifts have enabled IVCE staff to plan and execute
many programs aimed at raising awareness about Vietnamese culture and
expanding the educational opportunities of Vietnamese students. We sincerely
hope that the example set by these donors will inspire all of you out there
to give financially to IVCE, so that we can continue the work of promoting
Vietnamese culture and education in the U.S. and abroad. http://www.ivce.org/support.php
Sincerely,
IVCE
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