The Forest

A father, a daughter, a stranger. A string of interconnected actions, by which each person pursuing their own hidden goals, leads them to meet in an ancient forest.

  • Nguyen Viet Anh
    Director
    Flowers, Game over
  • Nguyen Viet Anh
    Writer
  • Ngo Mai Phuong
    Producer
    Game over
  • Viet Linh
    Key Cast
    "H'êwa"
  • Sy Hung
    Key Cast
    "Father"
  • Trung Ho
    Key Cast
    "The man "
  • Nguyen Tuan Anh
    Cinematographer
  • Nguyen Viet Anh
    Editor
  • Tuan Do
    Editor
  • Ta Quang Huy
    Sound Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Rừng
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 24, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Viet Nam
  • Country of Filming:
    Viet Nam
  • Language:
    Vietnamese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Nguyen Viet Anh

Nguyen Viet Anh was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. He is a Vietnamese filmmaker with a background in mass communication and multimedia and worked as director, writer & editor for some short films, commercial videos. He also started writing and directing his own-graduation short film named Game Over in 2018. This film was selected on the top 30 films of the Film Youth Festival in Vietnam. In 2020, the short film titled Forest was selected and participated in film festivals in the Philippines, Thailand, Northern Ireland, France.

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Director Statement

The reason to start directing is because he loves telling the stories and questions the relationship between people and people, between people and nature. To him, cinema is the best language for messaging and connection.