Hanoi to join international timed filmmaking competition
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Hanoi will be included for the first time in the world's largest timed filmmaking competition, “48 Hour Film Project.”
Osaka, Mexico City, Sao Paulo and New Delhi are also the first-time locations of the competition, bringing the number of cities competing to nearly 90.
The competition, which will be launched in Hanoi from September 9 to 11 and in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14 to 16, requires competing filmmakers to make an entire 4- to 7-minute film from writing and casting to shooting and editing in only 48 hours.
The completed films will be screened at the nationwide cinema network MegaStar.
“Last year’s competition gathered more than 40 films from HCM City and, with the inclusion of Hanoi this year, we hope that the number will reach 100," said Ross Stewart, the project producer in Vietnam.
Local prizes will be awarded for best film, best director, best cinematography and best acting. The best film will be screened at the international 48HFP Filmapalooza Festival.
The film that wins the worldwide Grand Prize trophy will receive US$3,000 and filmmaking equipment. It will also be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
First launched in 2001 in Washington, DC by filmmakers Mark Ruppert and Liz Langston, the project has attracted more than 130,000 participants with nearly 9,000 short films.
Last year, 45,000 filmmakers in 84 cities made 3,500 films.
The Best Film of the HCM City’s competition was “A Good Day to Die” produced by Young Media.
