“Ai Co cong chua” to leave behind 4,000 film scripts in Hollywood

Published: 09/07/2009 05:00

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LookAtVietnam – Director Quan Lelan, who in 2007 became the first Vietnamese American to win first prize in Hollywood’s annual screenplay contest for the script of Loi nguyen cua Quy Phi- A curse of a Royal second-rank wife,

Director Quan Lelan.
PAGE is a prestigious screenplay award in Hollywood chosen by producers, film studios and agencies to find talent.

Winning this award is the same as a gateway straight to the film studios and film producers hunting for talented screenwriters and excellent scripts. In 2008, the golden prize script named “Control Alt Delete” and the silver prize “Fireworks” were both purchased.

However, the most exciting part of this award belongs to other things. First, the first prize’s value is an amazing US$25,000. Second, the winner benefits from a number of consultant and supporting services such as being marketed to all film studios and producers in Hollywood and be provided a list of contact numbers of film makers and film studios in Hollywood and free books and newspapers majoring in movies in Hollywood and gifts from stores selling specialized tools for movie makers.

But, the most important part of this award is the notice and expectation of Hollywood. That’s the reason why thousands of screenwriters take part with the great hope to win at last.

This year, there are 4,394 screenplays to compete in the award and the script ‘The Princess Concubine’ of Quan Lelan is one of 553 screenplays to attend the fourth round. It means that Quan Lelan leaves behind nearly 4,000 screenwriters. This is really an outstanding achievement for a Vietnamese in Hollywood.

The Princess Concubine tells a story about a girl who wants to change dispensation. When facing the doom of her kingdom, this girl is ready to sacrifice her love and life and use all her stratagems and beauty to reverse the big war.

Quan Lelan is known in Vietnam as the first Vietnamese to win first prize for a screenwriter in Hollywood. In 2001, the screenplay Hill 66 of Quan Lelan attended the fourth round of the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, a prestigious award organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

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