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Vietnamese film to premiere at Cannes Film Fest

‘Hay Thuc Tinh va San Sang’ (Stay Awake, Be Ready) by Pham Thien An will premiere in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight), an independent section held in parallel with the Cannes Film Festival in France in May.
Vietnamese film to premiere at Cannes Film Fest ảnh 1A scene from Hay Thac Tinh và San Sang (Stay Awake, Be Ready) by Phạm Thiên Ân, which will premiere at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight) at Cannes Film Festival in France in May. (Photo from the trailer)

HCM City (VNA) – ‘Hay Thuc Tinh va San Sang’(Stay Awake, Be Ready) by Pham Thien An will premiere in the Quinzaine desRéalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight), an independent section held in parallelwith the Cannes Film Festival in France in May.

The 14-minute film will also compete in thesection’s Illy Awards with nine films from other countries.

The movie features a motorcycle accident infront of a street food stall. The incident unveils a secret story involving threeyoung men.

“Bringing a film to Cannes is a dream of everyfilmmakers and me as well. I’m thrilled about my film screening at Cannes,” Ansaid. “The film is part of a project for my first feature film, and Hay Thuc Tinhva San Sang is the opening.”

His idea won top prize at the 2018 CJ Short FilmMaking Project, one of the top short film contests in Vietnam. The 200 millionVND (8,590 USD) prize gave An a chance to turn his idea into a film.

An was born in the Central Highlands province ofLam Dong in 1989, and graduated in Information Technology from Lotus Universityin HCM City.

He shifted to film because of personal interestand won a number of film awards, including the 48 Hours Film Project in HCMCity in 2014.

In 2015, he moved to the US and continued towork as a freelance filmmaker.

His latest short film, Cam Lang (The Mute), wasscreened as a World Premiere at the Palm Springs International Shortfest in theUS in 2018.

Italso competed at 15 international short film festivals, including Winterthur inSwitzerland, Tampere in Finland, Encounters in the UK, and Aspen in the US.-VNA

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