The event is jointly organised by Goethe Institute Vietnam and the Center for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) and aims to introduce stories about how people worldwide struggle to adapt to rapid environmental and social changes.
According to Oliver Brandt, director of the Goethe-Institute Hanoi, the festival’s films form a multifaceted picture of sustainable development, thereby illustrating the ability of documentaries to raise awareness and inspire action in order to transform our way of life today as a means of building a better future for future generations.
The festival will feature a total of three Vietnamese documentaries, including “Madame Lien’s Factory”, “Flowing with the currents”, and “The Hungry River”.
International documentary films such as “Blue Carbon: Nature's Hidden Power” from the UK, “When the Floods come” and “Starving for Change” from Pakistan, “The Dolphin Dilemma” from the US, “Tourism in Times of Climate Change” and “The Dust of Modern Life” from Germany, and “Planet Killers: The Forest Destroyer” from France will be screened at the event.
German director Franziska von Stenglin will hold an exchange with film makers in Hanoi on November 2. She will then continue to meet with local audiences the following day to share stories related to her documentary film “The Dust of Modern Life”.
