Vietnam is a finalist for the 2023 Academy Awards for the first time with a documentary

The result of four years of work, the film tells the story of Di, a 12-year-old girl from the Mong minority ethnic group living in the northern city of Sa Pa, through which she reflects on the clash between her ancestral and forefather traditions. modern values.

The film is about 90 minutes long and has already been shown at film festivals in many countries, including the United States, France, Australia, Mexico, Kosovo, Singapore and Cambodia, and last year won the Best Director award at the festival. Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.

There are high hopes for Children of the Mist at the Academy Awards, as it also won Best International Film at the 2022 Dokaviv Film Festival in Israel, according to digital newspaper VN Express International.

Director Ha Le Diem, only 30 years old, a woman of Tay ethnic group, from the mountainous province of Bac Kan, is a journalism graduate who made her first work, the short film “The Way to School,” when she was still a student.

However, in 2013 the short film deserved the Silver Kite Award, from the Vietnam Film Association, in that category.

The final list of nominees for the 2023 Oscars will be announced next

January 24, 2023 and the award ceremony will take place two months later, on March 12, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, United States.

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