"Glorious Ashes" won the Golden Lotus Award, "Southern Forest Land" was empty-handed

On the evening of November 25, the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival took place in Da Lat city.

In the feature film category, 16 works were selected to compete, including: Southern Forest Land, Glorious Ashes; You and Trinh; Mrs. Nu's House; 578; 9; The Girl from the Past; The Chong Picking Con; Peach, Pho and Piano; The Last Wife; Poet Hong Ha, Fanti; Jasmine; Anonymous; Oh Mother, Here Comes the Butterfly; Muoi: The Curse Returns.

In the end, Glorious Ashes won 5 important awards including: Golden Lotus for Feature Film; Best Supporting Actor for Feature Film (Le Cong Hoang); Best Director for Feature Film (Bui Thac Chuyen); Best Cinematography for Feature Film (Nguyen K'Linh) and Best Music for Feature Film (Ton That An).

Director Bui Thac Chuyen (holding flowers) receives the Golden Lotus award for feature film (Photo: Mai Vinh).

Previously, the film won the highest award at the Three Continents Film Festival in France, the 2023 Golden Kite Award. Director Bui Thac Chuyen was the only person to speak on stage about 1 minute after receiving the Golden Lotus Award.

He shared: "I still find it hard to believe because I made this film after 10 years of not making a film. It's really difficult to make a film.

After 2 years of Covid-19, the Vietnamese film production industry is facing even more difficulties. Therefore, in order for the Vietnamese film production industry to develop strongly, we hope to receive understanding and support from everyone."

The film crews of "Em va Trinh"; "Dao, pho va piano"; "Mother, Butterfly here" received the Silver Lotus award in the Feature Film category (Photo: Mai Vinh).

The 23rd Film Festival had 3 films winning the Silver Lotus Award: Em va Trinh; Me Oi, Buom Day va Dao, Pho and Piano .

Con Nhót Mơ Chong won the Jury Award for Feature Film. Meanwhile, Siêu Lúa Giêu Lậy won the Audience Award for Most Favorite Film.

The Jury Award for Feature Film went to "Con Nhót Môt Chong". Thu Trang (in white dress) - the main actress and also the film's producer - went on stage to receive the award. "Siêu Lừa Gãng Siêu Muối" won the award for Most Favorite Film voted by Da Lat audiences (Photo: Mai Vinh).

Em va Trinh was awarded the Majestic Highlands Award for the work with beautiful scenes set in Lam Dong .

In the acting categories, Thai Hoa continued to win the Best Actor award for his role in Con Nhót Môt Chong, but he was absent, so actor Tien Luat accepted the award on his behalf. Previously, he also won this award at the Golden Kite Awards in September.

Actresses Dinh Y Nhung and Mai Cat Vy in Me oi, Buom day both received the Best Actress award. In the Best Supporting Actress category, Bui Lan Huong, with her portrayal of the famous singer Khanh Ly in Em va Trinh, beat out two strong competitors, Hanh Thuy (Tro tan glorious) and Kim Oanh (Nguoi vo cuoi cuoi) to win the award.

However, Bui Lan Huong did not attend the closing ceremony so her boyfriend, director Nguyen Quang Dung, accepted on her behalf.

The award for Best Debut Director (feature film) was given to Andy Nguyen for the film "Fanti" (Photo: Mai Vinh).

Speaking at the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival, Mr. Vi Kien Thanh, Director of the Department of Cinema, Head of the Organizing Committee of the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival, said that this year's Film Festival brought creative artistic inspiration, excitement and impression to film artists and audiences because this is a festival with the largest number of participating films ever.

According to Mr. Thanh, from 177 films participating in the Film Festival, the Selection Council has selected 146 films, including 91 competition films and 56 films in the panorama program.

Feature films are the genre that always receives public attention at film festivals.

Mr. Vi Kien Thanh, Director of the Department of Cinema, shared at the Closing and Award Ceremony of the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival (Photo: Mai Vinh).

"This year's film festival has many good feature films, with improved artistic quality, many innovations in cinematic language, and many unique explorations in how to tell a story.

The film crew from producer, screenwriter, director, actors, cameraman, music , sound and editing are increasingly professional.

16 feature films entered the competition with diverse and rich content and forms of expression. Many films have good ideological content and attractive artistic expression...", said the Director of the Department of Cinema.

Regarding the documentary genre, Mr. Thanh said that the 31 competing films have quite diverse topics, reflecting all aspects of social life, serving political tasks.

"The quality of the films is quite consistent and reveals a new filmmaking style approaching the language of world documentary cinema, showing new prospects for international integration in the field of documentary films, and the emergence of a new creative trend in documentary films. Scientific Films have a number of good, outstanding films," the Director of the Department of Cinema assessed.

23rd Vietnam Film Festival Awards (2023)

Film Awards:

- Feature films:

Golden Lotus: Radiant Ashes

Silver Lotus: You and Trinh; Peach, Pho and Piano; Mom, It's a Butterfly

Jury Award: Con Nhót moot chong

Most Favorite Movie Award (voted by the audience): Super Swindler Meets Super Stupid

The Majestic Plateau Award of Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee for the film set in Lam Dong: You and Trinh

- Documentary:

Golden Lotus: Children in the Mist

Silver Lotus: Two hands, Hanoi's sky is forever blue - The sky of peace

Jury Prize: Road to Peace and Don't Cry at the End of the Road

- Science movies:

Golden Lotus: Research on the application of technology in fire fighting

Silver Lotus: Sinking Trash

Jury Prize: Contaminated Soil and Decoding the Traces of Fire

- Cartoon:

Golden Lotus: My Dream

Silver Lotus: Smile, Do Do's Grandmother

Jury Prize: Paradise Guava Tree and Me Linh General

Outstanding Cinematography (Feature Film): The Girl from the Past

Individual awards:

Best Actress in a Feature Film: Dinh Y Nhung and Mai Cat Vi in the movie "Mom, It's a Butterfly"

Best Actor in a Feature Film: Thai Hoa in the movie Con Nhot Mot Chong

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film: Bui Lan Huong in the movie You and Trinh

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film: Le Cong Hoang in The Glorious Ashes

- Best Director:

Feature film: Bui Thac Chuyen ( Glorious Ashes )

Documentary: Ha Le Diem ( Children in the mist )

Science film: Nguyen Thu ( Polluted land)

Animation: Nguyen Quang Trung ( Smile )

- Outstanding screenwriter:

Movie: Luu Huynh ( Mom, It's a Butterfly )

Documentary: Dang Thi Linh ( Two Hands )

Science Film: Trinh Quang Bach (Black Hole )

Animation: Nguyen Quang Thieu ( The Guava Tree of Paradise )

- Excellent cinematography:

Feature film: Nguyen K'Linh ( Glorious Ashes) and Nguyen Phan Linh Dan ( Girl from the Past)

Documentary: Nguyen Thien Dinh ( Hungry Sea )

Science film: Vu Trong Quang, Nguyen Ngoc Son and Nguyen Bao Khanh in the film Survival

- Excellent artist:

Feature film (excellent design artist): Artist Ghia Ci Fam, film The Last Wife

Animation: Artist: Bui Manh Quang ( Miracle of Da Trach Lagoon ); Performance artist: Dai Hanh Emperor Film Group.

- Excellent music:

Feature film: Ton That An ( Glorious Ashes )

Animation: Luong Ngoc Chau ( Fog)

- Best Debut Director (Feature Film): Andy Nguyen for Fanti

- Excellent sound:

Feature film: Vick Vo Hoang ( You and Trinh )

Documentary: Chu Duc Thang and Dao Thi Hang ( Steel in the deep sea )

Science Film: Duong Ngoc Hoa ( Lithophone - Ancient Treasure)

Animation: Nguyen Duy Long (Dai Hanh Emperor )

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