Blockbuster director Phan Gia Nhật Linh has launched his new project on a famous novel by late talented author Vũ Trọng Phụng, one of the country’s greatest 20th century writers.
The Vietnamese film industry is currently enjoying a boom of development, but the industry faces a serious shortage of versatile actors as many casting candidates are young and inexperienced and lack the skills for film.
Trạng Tí (Child Master), a film about Vietnamese folk stories, will be postponed until February next year due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the producer Studio68 has announced.
First scenes of a film on Vietnamese folk stories by movie star and producer Ngô Thanh Vân were completed last week in Ninh Bình Province.
Making independent films has long been considered a risky investment in the Vietnamese film industry. There are obstacles in the production process as well as distribution, according to directors.