Mumbai, Dec 27 || As 2025 is coming to an end, filmmaker Rahhat Shah Kazmi, whose release “Love in Vietnam” travelled across Asia along with winning honours, has looked back and said that nothing prepares for a “year like this”.
“Nothing prepares you for a year like this,” he said.
The filmmaker added: “You make a film hoping it will connect with people. But when strangers from another country come up to you and say your story moved them, changed them, stayed with them, it humbles you in a way awards never can.”
“We are living in a time where loud often replaces honest,” Kazmi said.
The film earned major accolades in South Korea, including Best Asian Film and Best Director for Kazmi himself. While Chinese distributors embraced it for a wide release. Even in Vietnam, where the film premiered at the Da Nang Asian Film Festival, the audiences were drawn to its cross-cultural storytelling.