Viet Film Fest 2024
Join Viet Film Fest for a three day celebration of Vietnamese cinema!
Love, Actualized
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 82 min.
How do you say “I love you” without actually saying it? “Love, Actualized” explores the many ways the...
But Not for Me
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 62 min.
Broken Being: Prequel contains stylized violence and is not intended for younger audiences. When someone is denied something –...
Viet Film Fest 2024 – Day 1
- Fri, Oct 11
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Fri, Oct 11 @ 10:00 am: Viet Film Fest 2024 - Day 1
Run Time: 700 min.
Viet Film Fest 2024 – Day 1
Centerpiece Screening: New Wave
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 100 min.
The short No More Sad Songs plays before New Wave New Wave tells the story of youthful rebellion, joy, and trauma among...
The Empathizer
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 74 min.
The short White Butterfly plays before The Empathizer In The Empathizer, director Fred Le travels to Vietnam to explore why his mother...
Taking Root: Southeast Asian Stories of Resettlement in Philadelphia
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 74 min.
The short Peace Offering plays beforehand. Oanh-Nhi Nguyen’s Taking Root: Southeast Asian Stories of Resettlement in Philadelphia is a documentary which analyzes...
Cu Li Never Cries
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 101 min.
The short Temporary Living plays before Cu Li Never Cries With Cu Li Never Cries, Phạm Ngọc Lân delivers an impressive feature...
Home Is Where the Art Is
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 68 min.
Passion, pride, perseverance. To create is not easy, but creating is also an act of joy. Whether it...
Hao Are You
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 96 min.
The short Motherland plays before Hao Are You. Hao Are You is an autobiographical documentary about the fractured bonds of a...
Viet Film Fest 2024 – Day 2
- Sat, Oct 12
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Sat, Oct 12 @ 10:00 am: Viet Film Fest 2024 - Day 2
Run Time: 700 min.
Viet Film Fest 2024 – Day 2
Before Sex
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 115 min.
The short Mom, Dad… I Want To Be A Porn Star plays before the feature Before Sex Before Sex (Trước Giờ “Yêu”) oscillates...
Fanti
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 124 min.
The short Newspapers plays before Fanti. Fanti contains violence and is not intended for younger audiences. Andy Nguyễn’s thriller, Fanti, explores the pitfalls of...
Viet Film Fest 2024 – Day 3
- Sun, Oct 13
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Sun, Oct 13 @ 11:00 am: Viet Film Fest 2024 - Day 3
Run Time: 360 min.
Viet Film Fest 2024 – Day 3