Da Nang Asian Film Festival is an annual event that will be held in the beautiful coastal city of Da Nang, the city of creativity, rich growth potential and friendly genuine people.
Da Nang Asian Film Festival (DANAFF), scheduled to be held from May 9-13, 2023, is organized by the Vietnam Film Development Association (VFDA) in coordination with Da Nang City People’s Committee as well as other relevant foreign agencies.
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| At the press conference to introduce Da Nang Asian Film Festival 2023. |
The Da Nang Asian Film Festival will select and honor outstanding cinematographic works rich in humanistic values, with new discoveries and unique artistic expression; encourage the new Vietnamese and Asian cinema talents; introduce to the public the new, high-value works in content and art of Asian, Vietnamese films and selected films of world cinema.
Da Nang Asian Film Festival is an annual event that will be held in the beautiful coastal city of Da Nang, the city of creativity, rich growth potential and friendly genuine people.
The Festival is expected to take place in 5 days with many outstanding events: Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony; the screenings of In-competition films; “Today’s Vietnamese Cinema” program; other countries’ films introduction; seminars; the “Talent Incubator” workshop and famous landscape sight-seeing.
The “Talent Incubator” workshop includes the “Basic Acting” class instructed by Lydia Park (from Korea) and the “Advanced Acting” class instructed by Tsuyoshi Sugiyama (from Japan). Director Phan Dang Di, an independent filmmaker who has won many awards at the International Film Festivals, and the founder of Autumn Meeting will lead this workshop.
The organizing committee will conduct the castings to select students to participate in the workshop in March 2023 in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. Specific information about these casting calls will be announced in the near future.
Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema/NETPAC is one of the foreign partners participating in the organization of the Da Nang Asian Film Festival.
