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I (and some of my friends/fans) submitted 4 pieces of my work (3 were posted on FB via my webblogs) to the MoonDance International Film Festival. All four won! I WON IN TWO, AND WAS NAMED CO-FINALIST IN THE REMAINING TWO, IN ALL FOUR categories of submission.
My thanks to those few fans who undertook to submit my work (you know you are), and the jurors of the Festival, especially the founder, Ms. Elizabeth English, who has offered us the chance as counterpart of Robert Redford's Sun Dance. Moon Dance has embraced writers in a film festival that is truly cross-border in objective and in spirit!
FINALIST FOR SHORT STORIES (ADAPTABLE TO FILM):
--Ocean and Exile (short story told in memoir form)
--On the Street of Paris (short story told as poem)
WINNER IN STAGE PLAY (ADAPTABLE TO FILM):
--May All Your Wishes Come True (vietnamese title: Nhung gi da xay ra cho Nhu-Nguyen?)
WINNER FOR FILM TREATMENT:
--The River of Cinnamon (Vietnamese title: Dong Song Cua Que) (ToI dung chu "Do`ng" co muc dich semantics vi day vua la dong song vua la dong nhac vua la dong tu tuong voi y nghia tinh than chu khong phai hoan toan nghia dia ly). This is the film treatment/adaptation of my historical novel Daughters of the River Huong first published in 2005 by Indie Ravensyard, whose owner/founder has since passed on, leaving my novel as the last piece of his legacy. I wrote this treatment in a day, on the last day before the deadline for submission. And it won (bopth as feature film adaptation from a written medium and as potential TV drama series, the equivalent of "ROOTS" for us Vietnamese!
The works will be displayed, i.e., under exposure to producers and directors. I call for Vietnamese and Vietnamese American filmmakers or filmmaker-hopeful's to look at my work!
It is too bad that the Vietnamese American musicians did not participate in this festival, but I encourage them to think of filmscores and talk to me about their works! Visual artists should be thinking about storyboards, photography, sets, and cinematography!
Nothing ever sets restrictions for us except ourselves!
http://moondancefilmfestival.com/moondance-2018-winners-finalists-semi-finalists-announced/
WINNER IN STAGE PLAY (ADAPTABLE TO FILM):
--May All Your Wishes Come True (vietnamese title: Nhung gi da xay ra cho Nhu-Nguyen?)
WINNER FOR FILM TREATMENT:
--The River of Cinnamon (Vietnamese title: Dong Song Cua Que) (ToI dung chu "Do`ng" co muc dich semantics vi day vua la dong song vua la dong nhac vua la dong tu tuong voi y nghia tinh than chu khong phai hoan toan nghia dia ly). This is the film treatment/adaptation of my historical novel Daughters of the River Huong first published in 2005 by Indie Ravensyard, whose owner/founder has since passed on, leaving my novel as the last piece of his legacy. I wrote this treatment in a day, on the last day before the deadline for submission. And it won (bopth as feature film adaptation from a written medium and as potential TV drama series, the equivalent of "ROOTS" for us Vietnamese!
The works will be displayed, i.e., under exposure to producers and directors. I call for Vietnamese and Vietnamese American filmmakers or filmmaker-hopeful's to look at my work!
It is too bad that the Vietnamese American musicians did not participate in this festival, but I encourage them to think of filmscores and talk to me about their works! Visual artists should be thinking about storyboards, photography, sets, and cinematography!
Nothing ever sets restrictions for us except ourselves!
http://moondancefilmfestival.com/moondance-2018-winners-finalists-semi-finalists-announced/
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