Visit to Hanoi

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Visited the Vietnam Film Institute for research materials on Archiving Asian Cinema. VFI is one of the few FIAF accredited members in Asia. Established in the 70s, it has grown from strength to strength, under the leadership of its director, Dr Hoang Nhu Yen. Been a fruitful trip for me to look at some of the propaganda animations made in the 60s too. 

Dr Yen and I

Film vault building where the films are kept.

I also visited the Hanoi Cinematheque and was more than kindly hosted by Gerald Herman who founded and directed it. It's a lovely place for cinema, with the nice company of the expat community and film lovers. Gerald also invited me to give a talk on Singapore Cinema and we are delighted after the talk to find the Singapore ambassador amongst the audience.

Gerry at a lecture to the university students at the cinematheque.

Entrance of the Cinemathque office. It's an old picture of a production set which I find very charming.

The cafe outside the cinematheque.

Audience at my talk.

Thank you for the generosity.

Stopover in Bangkok: Supper with Apitchapong and his team after the press screening of Syndrome and a Century, an amazing film that topped the 2006 charts for Cinemascope and Film Comment.