ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 26/9
Cham people celebrate Kate festival in Binh Thuan
The traditional Kate festival of the Cham people in the southern province of Binh Thuan is attracting thousands of local people and tourists.
A procession of the Po Sah Inu Goddess’ costume was held in early morning Sept. 25 (the 30th day of the 6th month on the Cham people’s calendar) in Phan Thiet city, followed by folk dances and games, and demonstration of brocade weaving and pottery.
The Cham people celebrate Kate festival in the first 10 days of the 7th month of the Cham Calendar to express their respect to their Gods.
This year’s Kate festival is to introduce and promote the traditional culture and arts of the Cham people.
VN participates in foreign cultures week in France
The 10th Foreign Cultural Week officially opened in Paris on Sept. 23, beginning with an exhibition themed “ Cultural Heritage Route ” of Vietnam.
This is the first time the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France (VCCF) has jointed the event as both organiser and participant.
Attending the event were representatives from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the Vietnam-France Friendship Association, the Vietnamese Embassy in French and overseas Vietnamese in the country.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Le Hong Chuong, Director of VCCF highlighted the significance of the event. He said through the event, the centre wanted to promote the special features of Vietnam ’s culture to the French people as well as foreign friends.
Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Chi Dung spoke highly VCCF’s contributions to the event, saying that this is the best opportunity for spectators to enjoy a multicolour and multinational cultural event.
VCCF is the newest member of the Forum of the Foreign Cultural Institutes in Paris (FICEP), which gathers foreign institutes or cultural centres in Paris to introduce culture to the world.
In the framework of the event, a range of activities including music performance, Vietnamese films screening, and courses on Vietnamese language, traditional musical instrument and martial art will be also held.
The event will run until October 1.
Independent filmmakers pass torch to students
“First, get a good team” is the advice of Phan Dang Di, the director of award-wining “Bi, Don’t be afraid” to students about independent film making.
“A perfect team is the basic element of making a successful independent film”, Di told Ho Chi Minh City students at a meeting held on Friday at Hoa Sen University.
Di, and two other members of his “perfect team” that made “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid,” scriptwriter and director Nguyen Hoang Diep and cameraman Pham Quang Minh, told local youths that it was not impossible to make an independent film.
According to the rising filmmakers whose “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid” has won two of the International Critics Week’s prizes at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in 2010, and Best First Feature and Best Cinematography at the 21st Stockholm International Film Festival this year, besides teamwork, passion is also important.
Di said foreign investors in particular would prefer filmmakers who really believe in the success of their projects.
At the meeting, the trio also talked about their upcoming project, a movie titled “Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Wings in the Air)” about a 17-year-old girl whose boyfriend leaves her when she is pregnant with his child.
In 2010, Phan Dang Di was nominated for Best Writer at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong for the movie “Choi Voi” directed by Bui Thac Chuyen.
Nguyen Hoang Diep started her filmmaking career in 2004 with the movie “Mua Thu 5” which won the third prize at the 2005 National Short Film Festival. She’s recently directed the TV series “Chit and Pi” and “The 10A8 Class’ Quartet”.
Pham Quang Minh won Best Cameraman at the National TV Awards in 2006.
Southeast Asian youth ship to take place next month
The 38 th Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Programme (SSEAYP) will take place from October 25 to December 16, According to the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.
The programme is scheduled to start in Japan and go through five Southeast Asian countries including the Philippines , Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia and Vietnam .
The event is part of friendly activities to strengthen mutual understanding between young people from Japan and Southeast Asian countries and to provide a chance for participates to get to know about various cultures in the region, expand their view and improve knowledge in many fields.
Vietnam will select 28 delegates to participate in this year’s programme.
Red River among most charming sites on earth
The Red River (Song Hong) located in northern Vietnam was listed as one of the eighteen most beautiful sites on earth by Russian magazine Ria Novosti last week, together with American Grand Crayon, Indonesian Komodo national park, and Russian Baikal Lake.
“Our planet is enormous. If you decide to travel around it, you will go about 40,000 kilometers. And if you decide to visit every country, you will go even farther. For those who don’t have the time to travel, here is a series of photos,” wrote the magazine in the introduction.
Ria Novosti describes Red River as the cultural and historical centre of Vietnam on their site.
The Red River, which gets its name from its reddish-brown heavily silt-laden water, flows from southwest China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin.
At 120 kilometers long and 140 kilometers wide, the river is one of the major highways of the coastal strip and thus acts as an important transportation link between China and Vietnam.
Today, Red River is not only an important hub of transportation but also a touristic site in Vietnam.
Vietnam strengthens TV cooperation with Russia, Belarus
Vietnamese Television (VTV) and the Russia Today television channel (RT) on Sept. 22 signed an agreement on exchange of TV programmes, experts, professional skills and other relevant fields.
The agreement was reached during the visit to Russia by a delegation VTV led by its Director General Tran Binh Minh.
Also on Sept. 22, the Vietnamese delegation made fact-finding tours of business facilities of Vietnamese people in Moscow and met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia to explore their demands for information.
The delegation on Sept. 23 held a working session with the Russian State Television (RTR) to discuss prospects for cooperation between the two sides.
The delegation is scheduled to leave Russia for Belarus on Sept. 24 and work with the National State TV and Radio Company of Belarus in Minsk .
Both will compare notes on cooperation in TV programme production, personnel training, exchange of news, reports and documentary films, and share experience in areas of mutual concerns.
Hanoi exhibits Dong Son culture
An exhibition on Dong Son culture belonging to the prehistoric Bronze Age at the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam will take place from September 26 until October 3 at Viet Art center, 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi.
The exhibition will introduce to visitors Dong Son culture, its origins, development eras and people. Focuses will be on Dong Son applied art. Besides, various lost Dong Son arts such as knitting, wood and Dong Son musical instruments will be introduced.
The traditional Kate festival of the Cham people in the southern province of Binh Thuan is attracting thousands of local people and tourists.
A procession of the Po Sah Inu Goddess’ costume was held in early morning Sept. 25 (the 30th day of the 6th month on the Cham people’s calendar) in Phan Thiet city, followed by folk dances and games, and demonstration of brocade weaving and pottery.
The Cham people celebrate Kate festival in the first 10 days of the 7th month of the Cham Calendar to express their respect to their Gods.
This year’s Kate festival is to introduce and promote the traditional culture and arts of the Cham people.
VN participates in foreign cultures week in France
The 10th Foreign Cultural Week officially opened in Paris on Sept. 23, beginning with an exhibition themed “ Cultural Heritage Route ” of Vietnam.
This is the first time the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France (VCCF) has jointed the event as both organiser and participant.
Attending the event were representatives from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the Vietnam-France Friendship Association, the Vietnamese Embassy in French and overseas Vietnamese in the country.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Le Hong Chuong, Director of VCCF highlighted the significance of the event. He said through the event, the centre wanted to promote the special features of Vietnam ’s culture to the French people as well as foreign friends.
Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Chi Dung spoke highly VCCF’s contributions to the event, saying that this is the best opportunity for spectators to enjoy a multicolour and multinational cultural event.
VCCF is the newest member of the Forum of the Foreign Cultural Institutes in Paris (FICEP), which gathers foreign institutes or cultural centres in Paris to introduce culture to the world.
In the framework of the event, a range of activities including music performance, Vietnamese films screening, and courses on Vietnamese language, traditional musical instrument and martial art will be also held.
The event will run until October 1.
Independent filmmakers pass torch to students
“First, get a good team” is the advice of Phan Dang Di, the director of award-wining “Bi, Don’t be afraid” to students about independent film making.
“A perfect team is the basic element of making a successful independent film”, Di told Ho Chi Minh City students at a meeting held on Friday at Hoa Sen University.
Di, and two other members of his “perfect team” that made “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid,” scriptwriter and director Nguyen Hoang Diep and cameraman Pham Quang Minh, told local youths that it was not impossible to make an independent film.
According to the rising filmmakers whose “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid” has won two of the International Critics Week’s prizes at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in 2010, and Best First Feature and Best Cinematography at the 21st Stockholm International Film Festival this year, besides teamwork, passion is also important.
Di said foreign investors in particular would prefer filmmakers who really believe in the success of their projects.
At the meeting, the trio also talked about their upcoming project, a movie titled “Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Wings in the Air)” about a 17-year-old girl whose boyfriend leaves her when she is pregnant with his child.
In 2010, Phan Dang Di was nominated for Best Writer at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong for the movie “Choi Voi” directed by Bui Thac Chuyen.
Nguyen Hoang Diep started her filmmaking career in 2004 with the movie “Mua Thu 5” which won the third prize at the 2005 National Short Film Festival. She’s recently directed the TV series “Chit and Pi” and “The 10A8 Class’ Quartet”.
Pham Quang Minh won Best Cameraman at the National TV Awards in 2006.
Southeast Asian youth ship to take place next month
The 38 th Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Programme (SSEAYP) will take place from October 25 to December 16, According to the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.
The programme is scheduled to start in Japan and go through five Southeast Asian countries including the Philippines , Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia and Vietnam .
The event is part of friendly activities to strengthen mutual understanding between young people from Japan and Southeast Asian countries and to provide a chance for participates to get to know about various cultures in the region, expand their view and improve knowledge in many fields.
Vietnam will select 28 delegates to participate in this year’s programme.
Red River among most charming sites on earth
The Red River (Song Hong) located in northern Vietnam was listed as one of the eighteen most beautiful sites on earth by Russian magazine Ria Novosti last week, together with American Grand Crayon, Indonesian Komodo national park, and Russian Baikal Lake.
“Our planet is enormous. If you decide to travel around it, you will go about 40,000 kilometers. And if you decide to visit every country, you will go even farther. For those who don’t have the time to travel, here is a series of photos,” wrote the magazine in the introduction.
Ria Novosti describes Red River as the cultural and historical centre of Vietnam on their site.
The Red River, which gets its name from its reddish-brown heavily silt-laden water, flows from southwest China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin.
At 120 kilometers long and 140 kilometers wide, the river is one of the major highways of the coastal strip and thus acts as an important transportation link between China and Vietnam.
Today, Red River is not only an important hub of transportation but also a touristic site in Vietnam.
Vietnam strengthens TV cooperation with Russia, Belarus
Vietnamese Television (VTV) and the Russia Today television channel (RT) on Sept. 22 signed an agreement on exchange of TV programmes, experts, professional skills and other relevant fields.
The agreement was reached during the visit to Russia by a delegation VTV led by its Director General Tran Binh Minh.
Also on Sept. 22, the Vietnamese delegation made fact-finding tours of business facilities of Vietnamese people in Moscow and met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia to explore their demands for information.
The delegation on Sept. 23 held a working session with the Russian State Television (RTR) to discuss prospects for cooperation between the two sides.
The delegation is scheduled to leave Russia for Belarus on Sept. 24 and work with the National State TV and Radio Company of Belarus in Minsk .
Both will compare notes on cooperation in TV programme production, personnel training, exchange of news, reports and documentary films, and share experience in areas of mutual concerns.
Hanoi exhibits Dong Son culture
An exhibition on Dong Son culture belonging to the prehistoric Bronze Age at the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam will take place from September 26 until October 3 at Viet Art center, 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi.
The exhibition will introduce to visitors Dong Son culture, its origins, development eras and people. Focuses will be on Dong Son applied art. Besides, various lost Dong Son arts such as knitting, wood and Dong Son musical instruments will be introduced.
