Thứ Bảy, 29 tháng 8, 2015

German film festival offers versatility


The German Film Festival promises to thrill audiences with a versatile programme in four large cities in the country.








German film festival offers versatility 


A scene from the film For No Eyes Only, one ofeight films that will be screened at the German Film Festival. — Photocourtesy of the Goethe Institute


A selection of the newest and mostpopular films from Germany will be shown in Ha Noi, Da Nang, Hue and HCMCity. In its sixth year, the festival will showcase the remarkabledynamism and creativity of the German film industry, with the genres ofthe films ranging from thriller to drama and comedy.


There will be more than 30 film screenings in German language, with Vietnamese and English subtitles or voice-overs.


The films have been particularlysuccessful in cinemas around the world as well as at the Berlin FilmFestival and other festivals.


The German films of 2015 capturehistorical as well as current topics as they deal with the power ofdigital media and with traditions and cultural distinctions.


This year’s German Film Festival in VietNam offers the audience For No Eyes Only, which received various awardsat international film festivals.


Due to a hockey accident, computer nerdSam is forced to stay home with a broken leg. Just when he is about todie of boredom, he hits upon a hacking software that enables him accessexternal webcams. The shy teenager becomes a voyeur and discoversintimate secrets of his classmates.


Young director, screenwriter and actor Tali Barde will present the film and interact with the audience in Ha Noi and HCM City.


“I’ve never been to Viet Nam or anyother part of Asia before. That’s why I’m greatly excited and lookingforward to the journey,” he said.


“I’ve heard many positive things aboutthe country, especially from my older brother who has been to Viet Nam.So I think I’m expecting a totally different culture, probably a littlelouder, more colourful and cordial than what I’m used to in Germany.Apart from that, I will just come with an open mind.”


Two of this year’s films tell stories oflittle boys who all of a sudden are on their own. Jack is a story of a10-year-old who runs away with his brother and embarks on a dangerousand disturbing journey across Berlin.


In Run Boy, Run, Oscar-winning directorPepe Danquart tells the true story of an eight-year-old refugee, whoescapes from a Warsaw ghetto and manages to be one step ahead of hispursuers for three years because of his courage and an incredibleinstinct for survival.


Fantasy fans shouldn’t miss VampireSisters as it follows Silvania and Dakaria from Transylvania to a smalltown in Germany, where they have to adjust to the everyday life ofhumans and hide their vampire identity, even more so as it turns outtheir neighbour is a vampire hunter.


The festival will be held from September6 to 13 in Ha Noi, from September 10 to 14 in Hue, from September 12 to18 in HCM City, and from September 11 to 20 in Da Nang.


Free tickets can be collected at the cinemas and the Ha Noi Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, from September 1.


Information about all the films and the schedule can be found on the website www.goethe.de/german-filmfestival-vietnam. 


VNS




German film festival offers versatility

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