Movie 'Father and Son' nominated for Remi award

"Father and Son" is the first Vietnamese feature film to be nominated for the prestigious "Remi Award" at the 50th Houston International Film Festival in Texas, USA.

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Director Luong Dinh Dung said that his film “Father and Son” has officially been nominated for the prestigious “Remi Award” at the 50th Houston International Film Festival in Texas, USA. This is also the first Vietnamese feature film to be nominated for this prestigious award at the Houston Film Festival.

The Houston Film Festival will take place from April 21 to April 30, 2017. Here, the film “Father and Son” by director Luong Dinh Dung will be officially screened to compete for the prestigious “Remi Award”.

The film is a beautiful story about fatherly love. Photo: Internet.

The 50th Houston International Film Festival is the oldest independent film festival in the world. This year's festival has 4,500 films participating in categories from 74 countries. This is a prestigious film festival and has awarded film awards to many big names in world cinema: Spielberg, George Lucas, Ang Lee, the Coen brothers, Randal Kleiser, Ridley Scott, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, Oliver...

The names of the above directors are associated with blockbusters of world cinema such as: Star Wars, Life of Pi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Jurassic Park, No Place to Stay...

Before this news, director Luong Dinh Dung said he felt very happy and pleased when his film continuously received good news in the past few days.

Director Luong Dinh Dung. Photo: Internet.

"This is a prestigious and long-standing film festival, so the fact that "Father and Son" was nominated for one of the important awards of the festival is good news and an honor. Whether or not it wins the award, I feel very happy. It is an encouragement and motivation for filmmakers like me as well as the production team" - director Luong Dinh Dung shared.

According to director Luong Dinh Dung, the film currently does not have a specific release date in Vietnam. However, he hopes the film will be introduced to audiences soon. Everything is still waiting for the distributor to announce.

Previously, “Father and Son” was selected by the 15th Boston International Film Festival to compete for the official prestigious award at the Festival in April 2017 in Massachusetts, USA.

In addition, the film “Father and Son” also won the “Best Feature Film” award at the Canadian Film Festival and the “Best Cinematography” award at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival – Spain.

“Father and Son” is a 90-minute feature film. The film is a beautiful story about fatherly love told by director Luong Dinh Dung in his own unique way.

The film is adapted from the 1995 work of the same name by director Luong Dinh Dung. The story is about a boy who always dreams of touching the clouds in the sky, and a father who spends his whole life fishing on the riverbank.

The boy's name was Ca, and he grew up as innocent as the shrimps and fish. Every day, he imagined about the magical land in the sparkling stories of a blind old man.

He dreamed of one day growing up and going to that magical place. But Ca didn't have enough time, he couldn't wait for himself to grow up, nor could he wait for his father to catch enough millions of fish to cure his illness. And the father carried his son on his back, walking forever so that his son could see life before he couldn't...

According to VOV