Vietnamese documentary wins at Asian film festival in Đà Nẵng

ĐÀ NẴNG — Vietnamese director Hà Lệ Diễm's film Những Đứa Trẻ Trong Sương (Children of the Mist) has won Best Asian Film at the first Đà Nẵng Asian Film Festival. The judging panel selected it as the best among 12 films of the Asian competition award, and eight films of the Vietnamese film competition at the week-long festival. The special jury award of the Asian film competition went to World War III – an Iranian thriller co-written, directed, produced and edited by Houman Seyyedi. The House of No Men also won as the Best Vietnamese film award. The NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Award for Vietnamese film was given to Đất (Memento Mori: Earth).