Today (October 18), the documentary "Vietnam Women's Football, the First Story" was officially released nationwide. The 78-minute film tells the story of 30 years of development of Vietnam's women's football through the lens of director Nguyen Thi Tham, from its debut at the 1997 SEA Games to its proud entrance to the 2023 Women's World Cup.
According to director Nguyen Thi Tham, the film is the most authentic account of the journey of dreams coming true, barriers broken, brave and persistent steps from generations of athletes, creating a new standard for Vietnamese sports.
"This is the story of the Vietnamese women's football team, as a colorful independent character, with an inspiring path, breaking the usual feminist stereotypes on the male-female comparison axis. There is no slogan "Women can do anything men can do".
They play football with all the qualities of a woman, uncompromising in every arena. The purest passion is the passion without reference and surpassing oneself," director Nguyen Thi Tham shared.
With the support of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), for the first time, the story in the locker room is shared authentically. The film helps the audience feel the story of the first times.
The first time of burning pride when the Vietnamese national anthem resounded at the World Cup arena, when the golden girls appeared on the global playground. There were feet weaving dreams, even though they stopped, they still wrote history.
For the first time, the journey of the women's team was recorded, clearly, truthfully, and emotionally. Every silent sacrifice, every tear, every bit of sweat was respectfully captured, preserved, and built into footage.
For the first time, voices that have rarely been heard, faces that rarely get the spotlight, Huynh Nhu, Bich Thuy, Chuong Thi Kieu, Luu Ngoc Mai... will personally tell their stories, of their miserable childhoods, of their difficult reality, and of their vast but hopeful future.
The film "Vietnam Women's Football, the first story told" is released by BHD and will be shown nationwide from October 18 at 52 theaters nationwide.
