HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnamese film “Cu Li khong bao gio khoc” (Cu Li never cries) by director Pham Ngoc Lan gained one of the best first function prize at the Berlinale Film Festival on February 24.
The film tells the story of a lady who returns to Vietnam from Germany with the ashes of her estranged husband.
Born and raised in Hanoi, after finding out city planning at Hanoi Architectural University, Lan taught himself filmmaking. His brief movies have already been introduced twice at the Berlinale, Another City in 2016 and Blessed Land in 2019. Cu Li Khong Bao Gio Khoc is his debut function film.
Since 2006, when it launched the GWFF Best First Feature Award, the Berlinale has been much more dedicated to supporting the subsequent technology of filmmakers.
The award is endowed with 50,000 euros, donated by the GWFF (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten), a society devoted to safeguarding film and tv rights.
In 2024, 16 directorial function film debuts from the sections Competition, Encounters, Panorama, Forum and Generation, have been nominated. – Vietnam News/ANN
