Vietnam’s Da Nang People’s Committee has announced the organising committee for the third Da Nang Asian Film Festival, known as DANAFF III.
The festival will bring together filmmakers and film fans from across Asia and beyond.
Local artists will also attend the event. The programme will feature established names and emerging filmmakers.
DANAFF III will also showcase a wide range of international and Vietnamese films.
Organising committee
The organising committee brings together representatives from local and national agencies.
Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Anh Thi will lead the committee.
Ngo Phuong Lan will serve as co-head and festival director. She is the Deputy Head of the Central Council for Literature and Arts Theory and Criticism.
The chairwoman of the Vietnam Association for the Promotion and Development of Cinema will also serve as a co-head.
Other members include Ha Vy, Deputy Director of Da Nang’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Ly Phuong Dung will also join the committee. She serves as Director-General of the Cinema Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST). She also serves as Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Film Development Association.
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Dai Dong, Acting Deputy Director of the Da Nang Police Department, is another committee member.
Dang Cong Nhut, Deputy Chief of the Da Nang People’s Committee, will also take part.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Phuong Hoa and Truong Thi Hong Hanh will serve as deputy heads.
Nguyen Phuong Hoa is Director-General of the MoCST’s Department of International Cooperation.
Truong Thi Hong Hanh leads Da Nang’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Film screenings
The third edition of DANAFF is set for June 29 to July 5.
Around 200 screenings will take place during the event, which is being co-organised by the Vietnam Film Development Association and the Da Nang People’s Committee, according to the organisers.
“Expanding from five official days in the past editions to seven this year, the festival will showcase over 100 selected films, up from 46 in DANAFF I and 63 in DANAFF II,” said Festival Director Lan.
“The number of screenings has also doubled to approximately 200, compared to 100 last year.”
Black Dog, the winner of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and 13 other films, including Mua Tren Canh Buom (Don’t Cry, Butterfly) – which was directed by up-and-coming Vietnamese filmmaker Duong Dieu Linh – are among the noteworthy films that will be screened during DANAFF III.
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