Four short films honoured at the Golden Lotus Bud awards

(Cinet)- Two documentaries and two feature films have won the 2014 the fifth Golden Lotus Bud awards in the capital city on August 03.

The Golden Lotus Bud awards were launched by the Viet Nam Cinema Association’s Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents to encourage young film-makers. The festival is also a practical playing field for film – makers.

They selected six best films from over 100 entries including three documentaries films: Ba noi thich buoi toi, Bao gio ve, Mot ngay binh thuong; three feature films: Hat com va con meo vang khong tuoi, Sac mau diu em and Chiec binh thuy tinh forscreening at the award ceremony.

Winning documentaries ” Mot ngay binh thuong ” (A normal day) by Nguyen Duy Linh, and ” Bao gio ve ” (When to return) by Pham Le Dung were picked out by a judge panel and the audience nationwide, respectively.

Meanwhile, movies ” Sac mau diu em ” (Subtle colour) by Nguyen Trung Kien, and ” Hat cam va con meo vang khong tuoi ” (Orange seeds and ageless yellow cat) by Nguyen Le Hoang Viet were voted as the best.

The awards are meant for students pursuing the project “We are filmmakers” launched by the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents. Dedication awards were also presented to three filmmakers.

The judge panel groups well-known filmmakers and journalists at home and abroad, including Mark Jonathan Harris who won three Oscar prizes for documentaries.

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