Three Vietnamese films will be presented at the British Film Institute's annual London Film Festival, on Oct 7-18, Vietnam News Agency (VNA)reported.
The films are short film Mui Huong Nuoc Mam (The Scent of Fish Sauce) by Trinh Dinh Le Minh; motion-picture Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere) by Nguyen Hoang Diep; and documentary Live From New York by overseas Vietnamese documentarian Bao Nguyen.
The short film The Scent of Fish Sauce is about fish sauce, lust, connection, possession and love. Mai, a Vietnamese nurse, is hired to attend to an injured American man. After turning him on to the secret pleasures of Vietnamese cooking, Mai's dreams of romance take a strange turn.
The film is Minh's thesis for his filmmaking degree from the University of Texas in Austin.
"Not everyone enjoys fish sauce, the most important condiment and a symbol of Vietnamese cuisine," Minh said. As a foreigner living in the US, Minh senses a gap between what he can share and what people understand.
Inspired by his cooking experiences, Minh wrote The Scent of Fish Sauce. Employing fish sauce as a symbol of cultural clash and desire, the film depicts how two separate, distinctive cultures can harmonise without compromising the essential aspects of each.
"It is difficult to present a film at a major film festival like the London Film Festival because some 2,000-3,000 short films from around the world are usually sent to these festivals," filmmaker Minh said. "It is also important for me to eventually make a feature film, said Minh, an emerging Vietnamese filmmaker.
Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere, meanwhile, is the first feature created by Diep. The movie is a lyrical, enigmatic portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of her life. She is confronted by the struggle to make a decision involving her body as she grapples with the confusing nature of love and lust.
The film has won international awards including the 2014 Venice International Film Critic's Week.
The documentary Live From New York! was inspired by filmmaker Bao Nguyen's love of the comedy show Saturday Night Live, which ran for 40 years in the US. Filmmaker Bao Nguyen lives in New York.
The 59th London Film Festival will feature some 238 films from 57 countries and territories.
Bernama
Mon Sep 07 2015
Bao Nguyen at the Filmmaker Trivia during the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival at Gild Hall on April 22, 2015 in New York City. - Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca
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