EUFF 2024
Introduction
Welcome to the 23rd European Film Festival in Vietnam! Returning this year as a special autumnal edition, the festival takes place in Hanoi and HCMC between 14–28 November 2024.
The 18 films of EUFF 2024 present a cast of ordinary characters who find themselves in circumstances that are anything but business-as-usual, and follow them to the outer edges of comfort zones and into innermost psyches, to countryside villages, the feudal court, to a maze-like city, a post-war city, a fairy-tale city, amongst many other settings. Staying true to cinema’s long-standing tradition of holding up a mirror to real life, these films prompt us to reflect, shed light on our own existences, dream up other perspectives, ponder big decisions.
And for every tension and struggle, we also feel beauty and tenderness: in idyllic summer holidays, in distant lights out on the ocean at night, sibling hugs, conversations with friends in the shades of trees… Reminders of the uniquely immersive experience of film-watching and the universal power of cinema as a source of solace, as the present fades into the past, as the world goes on.
EUFF 2024 is brought to you by the EU Delegation to Vietnam, in cooperation with Embassies and cultural institutions representing EU Member States, with special guest the Embassy of Ukraine in Vietnam.
Digital version of the festival brochure can be accessed here.
SCHEDULE – HANOI
14.11 – 20:00 – THE PEASANTS
15.11 – 20:00 – RUNNER
16.11 – 17:00 – THE RECIPE OF HAPPINESS
16.11 – 20:00 – THE BOHEMIAN
17.11 – 17:00 – BIGMAN
17.11 – 20:00 – SEMMELWEIS
18.11 – 20:00 – MERMAIDS DON’T CRY
19.11 – 20:00 – 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
20.11 – 20:00 – THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT ZHIGULI BAND
21.11 – 20:00 – THE GOLDFISH
22.11 – 20:00 – MY FATHER MARIANNE
23.11 – 17:00 – INVALID
23.11 – 20:00 – DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
24.11 – 17:00 – THE MAN WITHOUT GUILT
24.11 – 20:00 – PLAYGROUND
25.11 – 20:00 – THE QUIET GIRL
26.11 – 20:00 – SONS
27.11 – 20:00 – THERE’S STILL TOMORROW
SCHEDULE – HCMC
15.11 – 20:00 – 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
16.11 – 17:00 – THERE’S STILL TOMORROW
16.11 – 20:00 – SONS
17.11 – 17:00 – THE QUIET GIRL
17.11 – 20:00 – MY FATHER MARIANNE
18.11 – 20:00 – PLAYGROUND
19.11 – 20:00 – SEMMELWEIS
20.11 – 20:00 – DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
21.11 – 20:00 – THE RECIPE OF HAPPINESS
22.11 – 20:00 – THE PEASANTS
23.11 – 17:00 – RUNNER
23.11 – 20:00 – MERMAIDS DON’T CRY
24.11 – 17:00 – THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT ZHIGULI BAND
24.11 – 20:00 – THE GOLDFISH
25.11 – 20:00 – INVALID
26.11 – 20:00 – BIGMAN
27.11 – 20:00 – THE BOHEMIAN
28.11 – 20:00 – THE MAN WITHOUT GUILT
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
SCREENING VENUES
Hanoi: National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha, Ba Dinh
HCMC: Cinestar 135 Hai Ba Trung, District 1
OUTLETS FOR FREE TICKETS
Free tickets available from 05 November from the following outlets. Due to high demand, each person can receive a maximum of four tickets of their choices. No pre-registration is required.
Hanoi
EU Delegation to Vietnam – 24th Floor, West Wing, Lotte Centre, 54 Lieu Giai, Ba Dinh
Opening hours: 09am–12:30pm; 01:30pm–05:30pm (Monday–Friday)
Goethe-Institut Hanoi – 56-58-60 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh
Opening hours: 08:30am–12pm; 01pm–06pm (Monday–Friday)
HCMC
Goethe-Institut HCMC – 18, no. 1, Cu xa Thanh Do, District 3
Opening hours: 08am–12pm; 01pm–06pm (Monday–Friday)
Cinestar – 135 Hai Ba Trung, District 1
Opening hours: 08:30am–11:30pm (Monday–Sunday)
WORKSHOPS
08.11.2024 – Daewoo Hotel, Hanoi
FINANCING PATHWAYS FOR INDEPENDENT FILMS
With Thibaut Bracq, co-organised with Project Market initiative of HANIFF 2024, supported by the EuroFilmFest consortium and the Embassy of France to Vietnam
Details
20.11.2024 – Goethe-Institut Hanoi and online
CINEMA AND THE ENVIRONMENT: KEY RELATIONS
With Marta Garcia Larriu (Another Way Film Festival, Spain), supported by the EuroFilmFest consortium and the Goethe-Institut Hanoi
Details
22.11.2024 – Goethe-Institut Hanoi and online
CREATING A SPACE FOR QUEER CINEMA
With Diego Aparicio (Queer Waves Film Festival, Cyprus), supported by the EuroFilmFest consortium and the Goethe-Institut Hanoi
Want to start a new film festival? Perhaps you’re just interested in sharing queer films or wondering if film is the right industry for you after that physics degree? Maybe you just really like watching LGBTQ+ cinema and want to know more about the ecosystem around it. No matter your background, this workshop will explore these topics by telling the story of how Queer Wave came to be.