Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (2nd left) and Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Quảng (2nd right) present the Film Achievement Award to veteran director Đặng Nhật Minh (centre). Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF

The 2024 Đà Nẵng Asian Film Festival (DANAFF II) takes place from July 2 to July 6, offering numerous first-rate films, and a packed event schedule full of in-depth discussions with international experts and filmmakers from all over the world.

DANAFF II, the second edition of the annual film festival in Việt Nam, is presided over by the Đà Nẵng People's Committee [the municipal government] and co-organised by the Đà Nẵng Department of Culture and Sports and the Việt Nam Film Promotion Association.

The festival aims to establish Đà Nẵng as a centre of film culture and draw moviegoers to the coastal city, support emerging talent in Asian cinema and provide the public with new high-calibre cinematographic works of Việt Nam and Asia at large.

Let's have a look at the film festival. VNS

Ngô Phương Lan, president of the Việt Nam Cinema Promotion Association and chairwoman of DANAFF II speaks at the opening ceremony. Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF

All juries of DANAFF II, including Mariette Rissenbeek, the Executive Director of the Berlin International Film Festival (third from left). Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF

The film crew of 'Culi không bao giờ khóc' (Culi Never Cries) swept down the red carpet at the opening ceremony. Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF

South Korean actress Jeon So-min (centre) is on the red carpet at the opening ceremony. The film '18 Youth' with the participation of Jeon competes in the Asian Film category of DANAFF. Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF

Audiences come to watch the film 'Hà Nội mùa đông năm 46' (Hà Nội Winter 46), opening for Đặng Nhật Minh Focus Cinema screening programme. Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF

Art director Trần Nữ Yên Khê shares with audiences about her film 'La Passion de Dodin Bouffant' (The Taste of Things), which is featured in French Cinema Focus programme. Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF

A young local is excited to receive tickets for the free movie screening programme around the city. Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF

SUPER FANS: Famous Korean actress Jeon So Min meets Vietnamese fans at the screening of her film 18 Youth. Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF

READY TO JUDGE: DANAFF's powerful juries of Asian In-competition Film Category, including art director and actress Trần Nữ Yên Khê, novelist and director Dai Sijie, former executive director of Cinéfondation of the Cannes Film Festival Georges Goldenstern, former executive director of Berlinale Film Festival Mariette Rissenbeek and Vietnamese director Hà Lệ Diễm (from left). Photo courtesy of Anh Vũ/DANAFF