Culi Khong Bao Gio Khoc (Sloth Monkey Never Cries) and Vi (Taste) will compete in the category of L’Atelier, which targets and gives production and funding opportunities for young, emerging filmmakers. Both films reflect trends of the last decade in the country’s cinema industry. Culi Khong Bao Gio Khoc is the first feature project directed by 31-year-old Pham Ngoc Lan of Ha Noi, one of the city’s young talents in film. The story is about a Vietnamese woman who spends a long trip alone around Europe, taking her the dead body of her husband, who was a security officer at a zoo, back to her homeland The film competed in the Asian Project Market category at the 21st Busan International Film Festival last year. Vi was directed by 27-year-old Le Bao of HCM City.
The work depicts the daily life of a Nigerian football player in HCM City, who is jobless and faces obstacles in making a living.

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