Adrift Articles
DON'T BURN Tops Vietnam's 2010 Golden Kite Awards

Veteran filmmaker Dang Nhat Minh's Don't Burn, adapted from the book Dang Thuy Tram’s Diary, won six awards at Vietnam's 8th Golden Kite Awards, held at the Friendship Palace in Hanoi on Sunday, March 14. Don't Burn won awards for Best Feature, Best Actress (newcomer Minh Huong), Best Director, Best Production Design, Best Sound Effects, and the Audience Award. Don't Burn starts out in the [...]
Cannes 2009: ADRIFT, DRAG ME TO HELL, IN THE BEGINNING

At Firstshowing.net, Alex Billington on À Deriva / Adrift (above, with Laura Neiva), screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar: "I think I stumbled across a big Cannes sleeper hit. From the beaches of Brazil comes Adrift, known as À Deriva in Portuguese, the third film from Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia. I'm going to say right up front — following in the footsteps of City [...]