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Nguoi Lang Nghe: Loi Thi Tham (Listeners: The Whispering) won the Best Feature Micro-Budget Under US$250,000 category at the International New York Film Festival 2021. The award ceremony was held remotely on July 12, with prizes given to 10 different categories.
Nguoi Lang Nghe: Loi Thi Tham beat 12 other nominees from around the world.
This adds to its impressive awards haul, as it won three prizes at the Asia Film Art International Film Festival earlier this month, including Best Acress and two Special Mention prizes for the overall film and actor Quang Sự.
Nguoi Lang Nghe: Loi Thi Tham was directed by Khoa Nguyễn, and was set to be released in Vietnam back in March, but it has been delayed due to the pandemic. According to the news source, the small-budget film tells the story of a character named An Nhiên (played by Oanh Kiều), a young writer who is attacked by a ghost after completing her novel called