The Embassy of Italy in Hanoi is glad to invite you to the Italian night of the 14th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival, which will take place on Sunday, September 22nd at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio (465 Hoang Hoa Tham, Ba Dinh, Hanoi).
The agenda of the evening is as follows:
19:00 – Screening of “Talking to Your Kids about Sex” (2023) by Vietnamese director Do Thi Huyen Trang, at her presence;
19:45 – Screening of “The Circle” (2022) by Italian director Sophie Chiarello, winner of the 2023 David di Donatello award for the Best Documentary.
The movies will be screened in the original language with English/Vietnamese subtitles.
Free entrance. No ticket nor confirmation needed.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Synopsis – “Talking to Your Kids about Sex”
Sex education for children and adolescents is something that needs to be done regularly and continuously throughout the process of growing up and maturing. It helps them understand themselves and equip themselves with the necessary knowledge and skills.
Synopsis – “The Circle”
The twenty children of Block B are all different in personality, background, and origin, but together they form a cohesive group.
“The Circle” is a documentary about the growth of children from first to fifth grade: in the school classroom, through the practice of “circle time”, a moment in which they sit in a circle on the floor, the children, the teachers and the person in charge of the camera regularly speak up and exchange ideas throughout the 5 years of elementary school. This becomes a special space for listening, where children share thoughts and feelings and discuss their own vision of the world around them.
The circle thus represents a portrait of childhood in today’s Italy, which for the children is already yesterday’s.
