Tro tan ruc ro (Glorious Ashes) is the first Vietnamese film nominated in the Competition category of the 2022 Tokyo International Film Festival.(Photo: tuoitre.vn)

Directed by Bui Thac Chuyen and adapted from short stories by renowned Vietnamese writer Nguyen Ngoc Tu, the film earlier won the Busan Award at the Asian Project Market programme of the 2017 Busan International Film Festival in the Republic of Korea.
It revolves around the relationships between three women and their partners in a coastal town in the southern province of Ca Mau.

First held in 1985, TIFF was held every two years until 1991 and then became annual. It is regarded as the largest film festival in Asia.