‘Bi don’t afraid’ wins top prize at US film festival
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“Bi, don’t be afraid” directed by Phan Dang Di has won top honors at the Vietnam International Film Festival that concluded in California, the US, this week.
At the University of California Monday, it beat three other acclaimed films, “Floating Lives,” “Saigon Yo,” and “Antoine” to take the Bronze Drum for best feature film.
Horror film “Behind the Death” directed by Ta Nguyen Hiep won the Bronze Drum for best short.
Do Hai Yen and Dustin Nguyen won the best actress and actor awards for their roles as the protagonists Suong and Vo in Floating Lives.
In the audiences’ awards category, Things you don’t joke directed by Viet Nguyen and The fading light by Thien Do won the best short film and Touch by Minh Duc Nguyen won for feature film.
The biennial festival, which started in 2003, is held by two US non-profit organizations, the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association and the Vietnamese Language & Culture.
This year’s event attracted more than 60 entries which were also shown at several universities.
