German Film Festival to kick off in big cities

A film festival will be held in five big cities in Vietnam from September 6-16, screening new German movies including the award-winning 24 Weeks.

Friday, September 01, 2017 15:03

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A scene from 24 Weeks which will open the 8th German Film Festival in Hanoi; Da Nang and HCM City (Photo: European Film Awards)

Hanoi (VNA) - A film festival will be held in five bigcities in Vietnam from September 6-16, screening new German movies includingthe award-winning 24 Weeks.

This is the 8th German Film Festival to be held annually by the Hanoi-basedGoethe Institute in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang and HCM City. 24Weeks will open the film festival in Hanoi, Da Nang and HCM Citywith a presentation by director Anna Berrached.

The drama 24 Weeks is a story of a couple whohave a nine-year-old daughter and are expecting their second child. When theylearn that their child will not be born healthy, they are at first optimisticthat they can respond to the challenge.

But the closer it gets to the due date, the more the wife beginsto worry about the future of her unborn child as well as that of her family andher career. After many discussions and arguments she realises that she willhave to take the decision on her own.

24 Weeks is the second movie bydirector Berrached which premiered at the Berlinale International Film andreceived 16 awards including three awards for best directors and the SilverAward German Film Prize 2017.

Born in 1982 in East Germany, Berrached studied directing at theFilm Academy Baden Wurttemberg. She made her first feature film TwoMothers which has released in five countries as a DVD and has earnedthe First Steps No Fear Award and the Dialogues en Perspective of the sectionPerspective German Cinema at the Berlinale International Film.

There will be a question and answer session with directorBerrached after each screening in Hanoi, Da Nang and HCM City.

Audiences can see Berrached as a leading actress in the 2017drama Millenials and will have the chance to meet and talk toher after each 70-minute screening in Hanoi and HCM City on September 8 and 10.

Other movies include dramas Berlin Syndrome; Wild;Tiger Girl and Under Sandet; comedies The LotzmannFamily at the Barricades and Tschick; documentary Happy whichwere made in 2017 and 2016.

Nicolette Krebitz’s Wild won many awards at theGermany Film Awards 2017, including best feature film, best supporting actorand best cinematography. The director is also an actress and musician. American Variety highlightedKrebitz as one of the ten "Women Filmmakers To Watch".

Please visit website www.goethe.de/ins/vn/en/kul/sup/dfv.html forfurther information.-VNA

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