Movie line-up
        * Feb 15 - ‘Don’t Burn’directed by Dang Nhat Minh (7 pm)
        * Feb 16 - ‘Hanoi Little Girl’directed by Hai Ninh (6 pm)
        * Feb 17 - ‘The Moon in the Bottomof the Well’ directed by Nguyen Vinh Son (6 pm)
        * Feb 18 - ‘Wild Field’ directedby Hong Sen (6 pm)
        * Feb 19 - ‘Story of Pao’directed by Quang Hai (6 pm)

Sri Lankan movie lovers will be in for a treat when the first Vietnam Film Festival takes to the screen in Sri Lanka. The film festival will be held from February 15 to 19 at the National Film Corporation cinema hall.

Addressing the media regarding the event NFC Asoka Serasinghe said that this would be a new experience for local movie buffs. The Vietnam Film Festival is the first foreignfilm festival to be held in the country in 2012. “The festival would help us to strengthen our diplomatic ties with Vietnam. This is one of the main cultural activities organized by the recently established Vietnamese Embassy. It will help Sri Lankans to get a better picture of Vietnam and would contribute towards cultivating relationships between the two countries”, Serasinghe added.

“Vietnam has a great war history.Most of their films are related to the war. Most of the films were nominated for international awards and some of them have even clinched the prizes. Vietnam is one of the developing countries in the Asian region. We need to enhance our friendship with the nation,”he said. Vietnamese Ambassador in Sri Lanka Tom Sing Tan said that this is the first cultural activity undertaken by the embassy.

“We are offering a very good collection of Vietnam movies which will emphasize the bravery of our country. We also hope to organize more activities with the National Film Corporation in the future,” he noted.

Mass Media and Information minister Dr Keheliya Rambukwella will grace the inauguration of the event which will be held on February 15.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/06/fea20.asp

Scenes from the Vietnamese films