The festival aims to support emerging talent in Vietnamese and Asian cinema and to provide the public with new high-calibre cinematographic works from Asian and Vietnamese films, as well as a few international releases.
Among the well-known faces were South Korean film actress, director and screenwriter Moon Sori, Vietnamese actress Như Quỳnh, Vietnamese director Phan Đăng Di, and Vice President Communications, Asia Pacific Motion Picture Association Stephen Jenner.
Trường Học Ma Mút (The Mammoth School), an animated film, has won first prize at the Film Pitching contest jointly organised by the Việt Nam Film Development Association (VFDA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPA).