Vietnam’s first international film festival opened last night in Hanoi, the capital.

The unprecedented event launched with a live red carpet broadcast by statecaster Vietnam TV throughout the country, followed by the curious screening of Luc Besson’s “Arthur and the Two Worlds War.” Considering the film is neither Vietnamese nor a new release, its procurement to open the festival seems odd. No representatives who worked on the film were in attendance either. Festival organizers had no comment when asked about their strange choice.

The festival followed Hanoi’s millennium, held earlier this month, and marks the most serious attempt to date to jump-start a film industry in a nation of 80 million still feeling the effects of the Vietnam War.

Australian director Phillip Noyce (“The Quiet American”), Venice Film Festival artistic director Marco Mueller and French cinematographer Francois Cantonne (“Indochine”) will sit on the official jury and judge a large portion of the 68 films screening at three sites over five days.