Ha Noi Cinematheque is hosting a special Viet Nam on Film summer festival featuring the best of the country’s movies and foreign films on Viet Nam.The films cover a broad range of periods and styles, from classic Vietnamese feature films to modern French documentaries, to recent shorts by film students.One of the most classic Vietnamese movies to be shown is 17th Parallel Days & Nights directed by Nguyen Hai Ninh in 1972. Vietnamese actor Tra Giang won a best actress award for her role in the film at the Moscow Film Festival in 1973.When the Tenth Month Comes, voted by CNN as one of the top 18 Asian films, by director Dang Nhat Minh will also be featured at the festival. A haunting portrait of one woman’s struggle with loss and personal sacrifice during the war, the movie is considered by many local and international critics to be the greatest Vietnamese movie ever made.Golden LotusThe film won the Golden Lotus at the 7th Viet Nam Film Festival in 1985; Special Prize at … [Read more...] about Festival spotlights best VN movies