Veteran filmmaker Dang Nhat Minh's Don't Burn, adapted from the book Dang Thuy Tram’s Diary, won six awards at Vietnam's 8th Golden Kite Awards, held at the Friendship Palace in Hanoi on Sunday, March 14.
Don't Burn won awards for Best Feature, Best Actress (newcomer Minh Huong), Best Director, Best Production Design, Best Sound Effects, and the Audience Award.
Don't Burn starts out in the spring of 2005, when an older woman living in Hanoi receives a diary. The diary chronicles the painful link between Vietnam and the United States as told by a young doctor (Huong) working at a National Liberation Front hospital from 1968 until her death two years later. Several months ago, Don't Burn won the Golden Lotus Award at the country's National Film Festival. It was also Vietnam's submission for the 2010 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.
The Golden Kite's Best Actor winner was Trinh Hoi for his film debut, 14 Days, the story of a Vietnamese expatriate who spends his two-week vacation in his home country, which is vastly different from what he remembered.
Bui Thac Chuyen's Adrift, winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, received the Golden Kite for Best Cinematography (Ly Thai Dung).
Source: nhandam.com
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This lady is an example for the world to understand and remember frever. War is hell and Last Night I Dreamed of Peace shall live forever in our hearts and minds !! We love this lady who served her country so well.