Local film projects win foreign financial backing
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Two film projects by high-profile Vietnamese directors Bui Thac Chuyen and Phan Dang Di have just won awards at the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
HAF, which is part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, awarded Chuyen’s “Dream State” its top prize of HK$ 150,000 while Di’s “Big father, Small father and Other Stories” won the HK$ 54,000 Paris Project prize.
Di was also invited to take part in the Paris International Film Festival to be held this July to continue marketing his project to other investors,a ccording to Lao Dong (Labor) Newspaper.
Film director Phan Dang Di
Di plans to shoot his film in Ho Chi Minh City and several Mekong Delta provinces by the end of this year.
HAF, considered the most important film-financing platform in Asia, connects Asian filmmakers who have projects with major film financiers, producers, bankers and distributors around the world.
This year, 28 film projects were selected to take part in the three-day event which gathered 1,000 filmmakers and financiers from 35 countries and regions.
