Bui Lan Huong's award causes controversy, what does the Director of the Department of Cinema say?

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Mr. Vi Kien Thanh - Director of the Department of Cinema (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) - spoke out about the controversy surrounding Bui Lan Huong's "Best Supporting Actress" award.

One of the controversies surrounding the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival revolved around the award given to Bui Lan Huong.

Mr. Vi Kien Thanh - Director of the Department of Cinema (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) - told Tien Phong that the controversy related to Bui Lan Huong's Best Supporting Actress award in Em va Trinh was due to the producer submitting the application without confirmation from the film director.

The leader of the Department of Cinema said that the producer does not directly create or direct the film production process, so it is impossible to distinguish between main actors and supporting actors.

Mr. Vi Kien Thanh - Director of the Department of Cinema - spoke out about the controversy surrounding Bui Lan Huong's Best Supporting Actress award.

"The registration of films for the competition and the registration of creative elements to participate in the individual awards are currently submitted by the production unit, without confirmation from the film director. The jury found that Bui Lan Huong deserved the Best Supporting Actress award, so they decided to award the award," said Mr. Thanh.

The Director of the Department of Cinema said that he will learn from this experience for future film festivals. "The registration form must have the signature of the film production unit and the director to confirm the film's components," the Director of the Department of Cinema said.

Director Charlie Nguyen - a member of the jury for the feature film category - said he raised these issues while watching the nominated films. He also suggested that in the next film festivals, the director's signature must be included in the application form to verify the information, to avoid similar cases.

Bui Lan Huong won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Khanh Ly in the movie "Em va Trinh".

At the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival, actress Bui Lan Huong won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Khanh Ly in the film Em va Trinh.

Previously, director Phan Gia Nhat Linh - director of the film Em va Trinh - also confirmed that the male lead character is Trinh Cong Son, played by two actors Avin Lu and Tran Luc, and the female lead character is Michiko, played by Akari Nakatani.

The remaining actors are all supporting roles: Hoang Ha (Dao Anh) and Bui Lan Huong (Khanh Ly).

"Bui Lan Huong's role was so outstanding that everyone paid attention to this character. The bigger problem of the incident was the inconsistency in concepts when registering information between the producer and the organizers," director Phan Gia Nhat Linh shared.

Director Phan Gia Nhat Linh - director of the movie "Em va Trinh" - confirmed that Bui Lan Huong's (Khanh Ly) character is a supporting female character.

The awarding of Bui Lan Huong is just one of the few controversies surrounding the results of the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival. The leaders of the Cinema Department commented that this festival attracted the largest number of participating films ever. From 177 participating films, the Selection Council selected 146 films, including 91 competition films and 56 films in the Panorama program. The Golden Lotus for feature film belongs to Glorious Ashes.

During the 5 days of the Film Festival, more than 10,000 audiences came to watch movies at the Cinestar cinema system in Da Lat city and Duc Trong district ( Lam Dong province). Mr. Vi Kien Thanh said that many participating feature films have artistic quality, are creative in cinematic language, and have unique storytelling.

"16 feature films entered the competition, many of which have good ideological content, engaging artistic expression, aiming at humanistic values through the character system, exploiting beauty, kindness and especially delving into the beauty of the Vietnamese soul and Vietnamese people..." , Mr. Vi Kien Thanh emphasized.

(Source: tienphong.vn)

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