The 24th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is taking place from July 11 to 27, 2025. With the theme "Cinema as Disruption" - honoring bold works, breaking stereotypes and provoking prejudices. This year's film festival brings together over 100 films, with more than 75 premieres on the largest scale ever.
Notably, the Vietnamese film Skin of Youth - Noisy Youth will compete in the most important category Uncaged Award along with 7 other Asian films.
Image from the movie "Skin of youth - Noise of youth".
Since its inception in 2017, the Uncaged Award has become a symbol of daring, innovation and belief in new cinematic voices from across Asia.
For nearly a decade, this award has become a solid foundation for many young filmmakers to affirm their names on the world cinema map, including names such as director Cho Jae-min (Korea), director Mariko Tetsuya (Japan), and director Cao Jinling (China).
The film Skin of Youth - Noisy Youth directed by Vietnamese-American director Ash Mayfair, is scheduled to start filming in 2023. The film also marks a large-scale international co-production with the participation of producers from 4 countries including An Nam Productions (Vietnam), Akanga Film Asia (Singapore), Bitters End (Japan) and Mayfair Pictures (USA).
Set in modern Saigon, the film depicts a splendid yet fierce city where young people struggle to survive, fight for their dreams and aspirations to live true to themselves. This is not only a love story but also a journey between light and darkness, between survival instinct and the desire to be loved. The film is considered "a fierce yet humane work about rebellious youth and love within fragile boundaries".
In the film, Vo Dien Gia Huy plays the role of Nam - the main male character throughout the story. This is considered the most challenging and daring role in the young actor's career.
Actor Vo Dien Gia Huy.
On the evening of July 22, actor Vo Dien Gia Huy flew to New York, USA to attend this film festival. Accordingly, within the framework of the film festival, the actor from Vietnam will participate in an exchange with the press and audience at the introduction of the film Skin of Youth - Noisy Youth in which he plays the main role, at the same time marking the film's release in the North American market.
Vo Dien Gia Huy was born in 1996 in Tay Ninh , graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Theater and Cinema. He impressed with many film projects such as Dear Mom, I'm Going (2019), Soul Eater (2024), Detective Kien (2025)...
In the near future, Vo Dien Gia Huy will continue to meet the big screen audience in the movie Death Battle in the Sky on the occasion of September 2nd. This is a project that is receiving great attention from the cinema-loving public because the script exploits a real-life plane hijacking in Vietnam in the early years after the country's reunification.
The New York International Asian Film Festival was first organized in 2002 by the New York Asian Film Foundation Inc. The festival has become the premier event in North America for Asian cinema.
The festival not only introduces new films but also paves the way for international releases, serving as a gateway for distributors to find new content in the U.S. market. It is also an important event that gives movie lovers the opportunity to access diverse Asian works.
Ngoc Thanh - Vtcnews.vn
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