'I See Yellow Flowers on Green Grass' Nominated for Oscar 2017

The representative of Vietnamese cinema will compete in the category of "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 2016 Oscars.

I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass is a film adapted from the novel of the same name by Nguyen Nhat Anh. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Vuong Duy Bien said that the film I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass by director Victor Vu will be submitted to the 89th Oscars.

Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass is a film adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Nguyen Nhat Anh, directed by Victor Vu.

“I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass” was released on October 2, 2015 and became one of the highest-grossing films ever in Vietnam, earning 78 billion VND after 1 month of release. Immediately after its release, the film received a lot of praise from the audience. The film was constantly sold out, forcing distributors to increase the number of screenings in theaters.

Official trailer of I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass. (Source: Youtube)

At the 19th Vietnam Film Festival, I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass won four important awards including Best Feature Film; Best Director; Best Cinematography and Best Competition Film voted by the audience.

Previously, I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass was premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Best Film Award at the 2015 Silk Road International Film Festival in Fuzhou, presented by Jackie Chan; and the Best Film Award at the International Children's Film Festival, part of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

It is known that the 2017 Oscars will be held on February 26, 2017 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live in more than 225 countries and territories around the world.

6,200 members of this organization will participate in voting for the nominations for the 2017 Oscar awards. Before the official awards ceremony, the final vote on the list of films and actors winning the Oscar will take place from February 13 to 21, 2017.

In 2009 and 2013, the two films "Black Forest" and "The Hero" did not meet the requirements for consecutive commercial screenings for 7 days within the prescribed period, so they missed their Oscar nominations.

Vietnam has sent “Pao’s Story” (2007), “Ao Lua Ha Dong” (2008), “Don’t Burn” (2010), “Khat Vong Thang Long” (2012), “Mui Co Chay” (2013) and “Trung So” (2015) to compete for awards at the Oscars. But in all the years that our films participated, we failed right from the qualifying round. No Vietnamese film has made it to the final nomination round of the Oscars’ “Best Foreign Language Film” category.

According to vntinnhanh