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Vietnamese film wins Toronto International Film Festival for best feature
  • By Ha Tung Long | dtinews.vn | April 27, 2016 04:11 PM
Vietnamese film Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass" has just won the best film at the Kids International Film Festival, part of the Toronto International Film Festival.


A scene in the Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass

TIFF Kids International Film Festival 2016 attracted 157 films from 39 countries. Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass was the only entry from Vietnam.

Based on the novel by best-selling author Nguyen Nhat Anh, the film is set in the mid-1980s in a small village, telling the story of two young brothers who share everything, but compete for the affection of the same girl.

Commissioned by the government and produced by the HCM City-based Galaxy Studio last year, the VND20 billion (US$899,000) work earned around VND80 billion (3.59 million) in ticket sales. It will be distributed abroad by Fortissimo Films Hong Kong.

The film earlier won the Golden Lotus Award for best feature film at the 2015 Vietnam Film Festival. The movie also won the best film award at the Silk Road International Film Festival in China.

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