Hiep Audience Choice Award for best feature film: Touch (directed by Minh Duc Nguyen) Audience Choice Award for best short film: Fading Light (Theo Hướng Đèn Mà Đi), directed by Thien Do; and Things You Don’t Joke About, directed by Viet Nguyen Spotlight Award : Mother Fish (directed by Khoa Đỗ) ViFF 2013 ViFF 2013 ran from April 4–7 & 11-14, 2013 at Edwards University Town Center 6 (Irvine), UC Irvine, UCLA, and Bowers Museum (Santa Ana), with record number of films and audience members. Inspiration Award: Tran Anh Hung for his contribution to Vietnamese and world cinema Spotlight Awards: Stateless, directed by Duc Nguyen and A Tree Workers Case, directed by Daniela Agostini. Grand-Jury Trống Đồng Award for Best Feature: War Witch, directed by Kim Nguyen Best Vietnamese Actor: Thai Hoa (In the Name of Love) Best Vietnamese Actress: Ngo Thanh Van (House in the Alley) Best Cinematographer: Nguyen K’ Linh (Blood Letter) Grand-Jury Trống Đồng Award for Best Short Film: Picture. Perfect, directed by Winston Titus Tao Audience Choice Award for Best Feature: Mr. Cao Goes to Washington, directed by S. Leo Chiang Audience Choice Award for Best Short: Stateless, directed by Duc Nguyen. Viet Film Fest 2014 Viet Film Fest (formerly the Vietnamese international Film Festival-ViFF) is now an annual event. The festival moved closer to the heart of the Vietnamese community with a majority of the screenings centralized at the UltraLuxe Cinemas at Anaheim Gardenwalk. From April 10–13, 2014 Viet Film Fest (formerly the Vietnamese international Film Festival-ViFF) received unprecedented support from the community, with a turnout of about 4,000 attendees over four days. Viet Film Fest 2014 showcased 29 films, including 8 features and 21 short films, from countries all over the world such as Vietnam, Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan, the United States, and (for the first time) Korea. The award recipients this year are: Grand-Jury Trống Đồng Award: Funny Money (Tiền Chùa) directed by Thien Do Spotlight Award: Number Ten Blues/Goodbye Saigon directed by Norio Osada Best Actress: Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc for her performance in Thúy Best Actor: Khương Ngọc for his performance in Funny Money (Tiền Chùa) Best Short Film: Burn to Send (Đốt Về Trời) directed by AnDinh Ha Audience Choice for Best Feature Film: Công Binh: The Last Fighters of Viet Nam directed by Lam Le Audience Choice for Best Short Film: Hanoi Fly Boy directed by Viet