Inspiring artists through the 2024 Literary Scriptwriting Camp

On September 18, at Da Lat Writers' House (Da Lat city, Lam Dong province), the Department of Performing Arts (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) chaired and coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lam Dong province and the Center for Supporting Literary and Artistic Creation to organize the summary of the Literary Script Writing Camp 2024.

The 2024 Literary Scriptwriting Camp will take place over a week, with the participation of 26 screenwriters, stage, film and television directors; writers; theorists and critics from 17 units nationwide.

Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lam Dong province Nguyen Tien Hai spoke at the closing ceremony of the creative camp.

This is a professional activity, an exchange of experiences, and inspiration in the field of literary script writing. Through professional exchange activities, the campers further realize the importance of innovation and improving the quality of works to create good plays that are attractive and appealing to the audience.

During the time participating in the writing camp, the authors composed and completed 24 stage scripts and works of literary and artistic criticism, demonstrating their passion for creativity and constantly searching for new things to create quality works that breathe life.

At the closing ceremony, Head of the Literature Department (Department of Performing Arts), Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee Tran Van Tuan congratulated the success of the writing camp, and acknowledged the serious participation of the campers and the results of the submitted works.

Mr. Tran Van Tuan hopes that through this creative camp, the authors will have many good impressions of the land and people of Da Lat and this will be the material for the authors to continue creating quality works in the future.

Head of Literature Department (Department of Performing Arts), Deputy Head of Organizing Committee Tran Van Tuan spoke at the closing ceremony.

Sharing her passionate thoughts about the profession, screenwriter, writer, and director Nguyen Thu Phuong (Ho Chi Minh City) affirmed: Literary scripts must come from life. Scriptwriters, if they want to pursue a professional career, must learn and cultivate a lot. The writing camp is a "leverage", the important thing is the passion and effort of the authors themselves.

Writer and journalist Lai Van Long (HCMC) had many emotions when he first participated in a writing camp in his hometown, in the "house" he had dreamed of for so long. According to him, the writing camp is where campers complete their works, search for ideas, outline new works and exchange and discuss expertise.

As the youngest member of the writing camp, author Truc Phung (born in 1991, from Gia Lai) said that she joined the writing camp to listen and learn. The professional talk by People's Artist Giang Manh Ha and the sharing of screenwriters and writers gave her many perspectives on writing literary scripts.

Delegates share at the closing ceremony

Affirming the success of the writing camp, Associate Professor Nguyen Thanh Tu suggested increasing the camp's duration to 10 days, so that campers have more time to read each other's works, exchange and grasp more.

Meanwhile, author Truc Phung suggested that the creative camp should have more professional activities so that campers can listen to sharing from artists with a lot of experience and knowledge in this field; suggested that the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lam Dong province create conditions for campers to visit traditional craft villages to learn about the lives of local people.

Writer Lai Van Long said that up to now, Da Lat in particular, Lam Dong in general, has been like a giant film set. He expressed his hope that Lam Dong province will have policies to attract artists to come here to create literary and artistic works, continuing to spread the beauty of the land and people of Lam Dong.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the creative camp, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lam Dong Nguyen Tien Hai said that he felt the joyful and excited atmosphere when the campers reunited at the creative camp in Da Lat, completed their works and exchanged expertise. The camp included people who have been in the profession for many years and also new faces, young faces who are embarking on a professional path.

Scripts from the writing camp

"After this creative session, I hope the Department of Performing Arts will organize more creative camps for artists to exchange and learn, especially to have more inspiration to create works" - Mr. Nguyen Tien Hai said.

The creative camp is an activity of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to concretize the policies of the Party and State on the development of literature and art in the new period; the conclusion of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Cultural Conference on November 24, 2021; concretize Decision No. 1909/QD-TTg dated November 12, 2021 of the Prime Minister on approving the Cultural Development Strategy to 2030; at the same time, attract and maximize the strength of the team of artists to create quality literary and artistic works of great scale, stature and ideology../.

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