Best Actress Award (Vietnamese: Giải nữ diễn viên chính xuất sắc) is one of the awards presented at the Vietnam Film Festival to recognize an actress with the performance which has been determined the best by the juries of feature film and direct-to-video categories.
The category was awarded for the first time in the 2nd Vietnam Film Festival (1973). Trà Giang, Minh Châu, Hồng Ánh and Lê Khanh are all holding the record in this category with two awards. Thu Hà was also awarded two but one of them is for the role in a direct-to-video feature film.
The achievement in a direct-to-video feature film, which was first awarded in the 9th Vietnam Film Festival (1990), is no longer awarded since the 20th Vietnam Film Festival (2017). It is because this category has been removed.
Festival | Category | Winner | Film | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st (1970) | not awarded | [1] | ||
2nd (1973) | Feature film | Tuệ Minh | Truyện vợ chồng anh Lực | [2] |
3rd (1975) | Feature film | Như Quỳnh | Đến hẹn lại lên | [3] |
4th (1977) | Feature film | Thanh Tú | Sao tháng Tám | [4] |
Trà Giang | Ngày lễ Thánh | |||
5th (1980) | Feature film | Phương Thanh | Tội lỗi cuối cùng | [5] |
Thùy Liên | Mùa gió chướng, Vùng đất Củ Chi | |||
6th (1983) | Feature film | Diệu Thuần | Ngày ấy bên sông Lam, Trở về Sam Sao | [6] |
Hương Xuân | Về nơi gió cát | |||
Mộng Tuyền | Tình yêu của em | |||
7th (1985) | Feature film | Lê Vân | Bao giờ cho đến tháng Mười | [7] |
Thụy Vân | Xa và gần | |||
Thanh Quý | Tình yêu và khoảng cách | |||
8th (1988) | Feature film | Trà Giang (2) | Huyền thoại về người mẹ, Thủ lĩnh áo nâu | [8] |
Minh Châu | Cô gái trên sông | |||
9th (1990) | Feature film | Minh Châu (2) | Người đàn bà nghịch cát | [9] |
Hoàng Cúc | Tướng về hưu | |||
Direct-to-video | Thu Hà | Lá ngọc cành vàng | ||
10th (1993) | Feature film | Thu Hà (2) | Canh bạc | [10] |
Lê Khanh | Chuyện tình bên dòng sông | |||
Direct-to-video | Mỹ Duyên | Tình nhỏ làm sao quên, Băng qua bóng tối | ||
11th (1996) | Feature film | Chiều Xuân | Người yêu đi lấy chồng | [11] |
Lê Vi | Cây bạch đàn vô danh | |||
Direct-to-video | Ngọc Hiệp | Giữa dòng | ||
12th (1999) | Feature film | not awarded | [12] | |
Direct-to-video | ||||
13th (2001) | Feature film | Hồng Ánh | Đời cát, Thung lũng hoang vắng | [13] |
Direct-to-video | Diễm Lộc | Nắng chiều | ||
14th (2005) | Feature film | Hồng Ánh (2) | Người đàn bà mộng du | [14] |
Direct-to-video | Thanh Thúy | Mùa sen | ||
15th (2007) | Feature film | Đỗ Thị Hải Yến | Chuyện của Pao | [15] |
Ngô Thanh Vân | Dòng máu anh hùng | |||
Direct-to-video | not awarded | |||
16th (2009) | Feature film | Đỗ Nguyễn Lan Hà | Trái tim bé bỏng | [16] |
Direct-to-video | Hoàng Lan | 13 bến nước | ||
17th (2011) | Feature film | Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc | Cánh đồng bất tận | [17] |
Nguyễn Mỹ Hạnh | Vũ điệu đam mê | |||
Direct-to-video | not awarded | |||
18th (2013) | Feature film | Vân Trang | Scandal: Bí mật thảm đỏ | [18] |
Tăng Bảo Quyên | Những người viết huyền thoại | |||
Direct-to-video | Takei Emi | Người cộng sự | ||
19th (2015) | Feature film | Thúy Hằng | Những đứa con của làng , Cuộc đời của Yến | [19] |
Direct-to-video | Nguyễn Thu Thủy | Đất lành | ||
20th (2017) | Feature film | Kaity Nguyễn | Em chưa 18 | [20] |
21st (2019) | Feature film | Hoàng Yến Chibi | Tháng năm rực rỡ | [21] |
22nd (2021) | Feature film | Lê Khanh (2) | Gái già lắm chiêu V: Những cuộc đời vương giả | [22] |
23rd (2023) | Feature film | Mai Cát Vi | Mẹ ơi, Bướm đây! | [23] |
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There are also a number of times in the festival's history that a lead actress was awarded the 'Prospective Acting' award because she didn't score enough to win the 'Best Actress' award.
The Golden Lotus is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Vietnam Film Festival. The award is separated in different categories: feature film; direct-to-video; documentary film; science film and animated film. The Golden Lotus is awarded for one or several films which are chosen by the jury of each category as the best production of the festival. It is also possible that the prize is not awarded if the jury decides that no film at the festival deserves the Golden Lotus.
The Vietnam Film Festival, founded in 1970, is a domestic film festival of Vietnam. It is considered as the major event of Vietnamese cinema with awards for numerous categories ranging from feature film to documentary film, animated film. The festival is held for each two or three years in different host cities all over Vietnam.
Best Actor Award is one of the awards presented at the Vietnam Film Festival to recognize an actor for the performance which has been determined the best by the juries in the feature film and direct-to-video categories.
The 16th Vietnam Film Festival was held from December 8 to December 12, 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with the slogan "For a reformed and integrated Vietnam cinema".
The 14th Vietnam Film Festival was held from November 4 to November 11, 2004 in Buôn Ma Thuột City, Đắk Lắk Province, Vietnam, with the slogan: "For an advanced Vietnam cinema imbued with national identity".
The 13th Vietnam Film Festival was held from December 6 to December 9, 2001 in Vinh City, Nghệ An Province, Vietnam, with the slogan: "For an advanced Vietnam cinema imbued with national identity".
The 12th Vietnam Film Festival was held from March 25 to March 28, 1999, in Huế, Vietnam, with the slogan: "For an advanced Vietnam cinema imbued with national identity".
The 11th Vietnam Film Festival was held from November 28 to November 30, 1996, in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the slogan: "For an advanced Vietnam cinema imbued with national identity".
The 10th Vietnam Film Festival was held from November 9 to November 14, 1993, in Haiphong, Vietnam, with the slogan: "For an advanced Vietnam cinema, imbued with national identity".
The 9th Vietnam Film Festival was held from November 28 to December 2, 1990, in Nha Trang, Vietnam, with the slogan: "For artistic creativity and perfecting socialist Vietnamese people, for the development of national cinema".
The 8th Vietnam Film Festival was held from March 15 to March 22, 1988, in Danang, Vietnam, with the slogan "For the creation of art and perfection of the new socialist people. For the development of the national cinema".
The 7th Vietnam Film Festival was held from October 14 to October 20, 1985, in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the slogan: "For the Socialist Fatherland, for the people's happiness, for the development of the national cinema".
The 6th Vietnam Film Festival was held from April 22 to April 29, 1983 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with the slogan: "For the Socialist Fatherland, for the people's happiness, for the development of the national cinema".
The 5th Vietnam Film Festival was held from May 12 to May 19, 1980, in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the slogan: "For the Socialist Fatherland and the people's happiness. For the development of the national cinema".
The 2nd Vietnam Film Festival was held from February 28 to March 15, 1973, in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the slogan "For the Fatherland and Socialism".
Best Director Award is one of the awards presented at the Vietnam Film Festival to recognize a filmmaker with the achievement in directing which has been determined the best by the juries of feature film, direct-to-video, documentary film and animated film categories.
The 3rd Vietnam Film Festival was held from March 15 to March 25, 1975 in Haiphong, Vietnam, with the slogan: "For the Fatherland and Socialism. For the development of national cinema.".
The 1st Vietnam Film Festival was held from August 17 to August 28, 1970, in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the slogan "For the Fatherland - For the Socialism".
The 22nd Vietnam Film Festival was held from November 18 to November 20, 2021, in Huế City, Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Vietnam, with the slogan "Building a Vietnamese film industry rich in national identity, modern and humane". It was originally scheduled to be held in September 2021 but had to be moved to November due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Best Screenplay Award is one of the awards presented at the Vietnam Film Festival to recognize a screenwriter with the achievement in writing screenplay which has been determined the best by the juries of feature film, direct-to-video, documentary film and animated film categories.