Honoring 6 short films on HIV/AIDS

After more than 1 month, the workshop series providing knowledge about filmmaking called "Kaleidoscope", with the purpose of providing basic filmmaking knowledge and creating short films conveying meaningful and humane messages about HIV/AIDS, bringing spiritual values ​​to society, especially the community of people living with HIV, has ended with a gala event.

The event was held on the afternoon of September 27 at Beta Cinema Quang Trung, HCMC.

Jury members at the gala event

According to the representative of the organizing committee, with the theme message “HIV - Not just anyone's story”, the project has attracted many young people who are passionate about media, cinema and social work; from students, staff working in the HIV/AIDS community to professional directors, screenwriters and cameramen.

For that reason, the works are diverse in genre and style, from funny to tragic, from making viewers laugh to bringing tears to their eyes.

The jury at the final gala competition are all very prestigious names in the fields of cinema, media and social work, including: People's Artist Kim Xuan, director Ngoc Duyen, journalist/film critic Le Hong Lam and Audiovisual attaché from the French Embassy in Vietnam and Southeast Asia Jeremy Segay.

After the training sessions, the program's 6 seed groups created 6 short films including: Red, Lullaby to Stay, Heart, Our Sisters, Blooming Flowers on the Wall, Continuing the Unfinished Story .

In the end, the first prize of the program went to the movie Sisters . The second prize was awarded to the movie Lullaby to Stay . The two third prizes were awarded to the two movies Red and Heart . Meanwhile, the remaining two movies received the program's companion prize.

Seed group honored to receive First Prize at the event

One thing that is quite special is that the entire process of making films from plot, script, character development, filming, and post-production is all done by the groups themselves through the knowledge learned from the training series and feedback from the instructors.

At the event, in addition to screening 6 short films, the groups also had the opportunity to present their ideas as well as discuss and directly ask questions with the judges. The judges not only encouraged and motivated the efforts of the seed groups in their first attempt at filmmaking; but also gave frank feedback, pointing out the shortcomings of each film.

After the event, the winning products will be used as communication materials for community activities and premiered at the "Live Fully" event 2024.

At the same time, it will be used by the Department and the HIV/AIDS Prevention Association to further spread community values ​​to the HIV community.

HAI DUY

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/vinh-danh-6-phim-ngan-chu-de-hivaids-post761075.html