Cinema of Vietnam
The cinema of Vietnam originates in the 1920s and was largely influenced by wars that have been fought in the country from the 1940s to the 1970s.
| Cinema of Vietnam | |
|---|---|
A movie theater in Ho Chi Minh City | |
| No. of screens | 901 (2019) |
| Produced feature films (2011) | |
| Fictional | 3 |
| Animated | 4 |
| Documentary | 28 |
| Number of admissions (2011) | |
| Total | 13,500,000 |
| Gross box office (2012) | |
| Total | $43 million |
Some proclaimed Vietnamese language-films include Cyclo, The Scent of Green Papaya and Vertical Ray of the Sun, all by Tran Anh Hung, challenged the war-torn depiction of Vietnam at the time. In more recent years, as Vietnam's film industry has modernized and moved beyond government-backed propaganda films, contemporary Vietnamese filmmakers have gained a wider audience with films such as Buffalo Boy, Bar Girls and The White Silk Dress.
More recent notable works include Vietnamese-language drama film, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, by Phạm Thiên Ân, which won the Caméra d'Or in 2023 for best first feature film at the 76th Cannes Film Festival (2023). In the same event, the French film, The Taste of Things by Trần Anh Hùng won Best Director at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.