Lan Ngoc, leading actress in “Floating Lives” won the Best Actress while Dinh Toan who played King Le Long Dinh in “Thang Long Aspiration” received the Best Actor titles at the Golden Kite Award 2011 ceremony in HCM City on March 13.

People’s Artists The Anh (right) and Nhu Quynh (right) present the Best Actress

and Best Actor Awards to Lan Ngoc (red) and Dinh Toan. (photo: VNE)

Earlier, Lan Ngoc won the Yellow Apricot Prize for the same role, Nuong, in “Floating Lives”. Vo Thanh Hoa, who played Nuong’s younger brother, was named best supporting actor.

“Long thanh cam gia ca” (The Fate of a Songstress in Thang Long) won three prizes including the Golden Kite Award for the Best Feature Film, Film Editing and Costume Design.

“Floating lives” directed by Nguyen Phan Quang Binh is the second best movie, winning the Silver Kite Award. Meanwhile, Thang Long Aspiration, film director Luu Trong Ninh won Best Director and Vu Dinh Toan was crowned Best Actor.

The Golden Kite Award is Vietnam’s most prestigious annual film festival, presented by the Vietnam Cinema Association. It first started in 2003, with Golden, Silver and Bronze Kite Awards.

Major award winners of Golden Kite Award 2010:

Music award: Nguyen Quoc Trung for Floating Lives

* Animated film:

Golden Kite Award: “Dragon’s Son” by Pham Minh Tri

Best Director: Pham Minh Tri

*Science film:

Golden Kite Award: “Breeding Season in the Sea” by Vu Hoai Nam, producer: Vietnam Television’s Science and Education Department

* Video documentary

Golden Kite Award: “Jungle Crime” by Le Hoai Phuong

Best Director: Le Hoai Phuong

* Video feature film

Golden Kite Award: “Provincial Party Secretary” directed by Tran Quoc Trong and Tran Trong Khoi

Silver Kite Award: The Commando by Nguyen Trung Thuc, Court Story – Branching Road by Nguyen Tuong Phuong and Southern Horse Step by Le Cung Bac

Best director: Le Cung Bac

Film Editing: Van Thao for “Provincial Party Secretary”

Best Actress: Minh Chau for her role in “Provincial Party Secretary”

Best Actor: Huynh Dong in “Southern Horse Step”

The Fate of a Songstress in Thang Long film crew.

* Feature celluloid film

Golden Kite Award: The Fate of a Songstress in Thang Long by Dao Ba Son

Silver Kite Award: Floating Lives by Nguyen Phan Quang Binh, Thang Long Aspiration by Luu Trong Ninh and Steps of Passion by Nguyen Duc Viet

Press-voted Award: Floating Lives

Best director: Luu Trong Ninh with Thang Long Aspiration

Best actor: Dinh Toan in Thang Long Aspiration

Best actress: Lan Ngoc in Floating Lives

Best supporting actress: Cao Thuy Duong in Steps of Passion

Best supporting actor: Vo Thanh Hoa in Floating Lives

Best scriptwriter: Van Le for The Fate of a Songstress in Thang Long

Music award: Nguyen Quoc Trung for Floating Lives

Sound Editor: Nguyen Trung Hieu in War of Brides

Best cameraman: Hoang Dung in Steps of Passion

* Short film

Silver Kite Award: “Duong Kien” by Thieu Ha Quang Nghia and “Mother and Child” by Le Huyen My.

Vietnamese movie stars on the red carpet:

Tang Bao Quyen

Do Hai Yen

Nhat Kim Anh

Ly Nha Ky

Ly Nha Ky and Vo Thanh Tam

Actress Hien Mai and her family.

Phi Thanh Van and Dinh Ngoc Diep

Actor Tran Bao Son (middle).

Kim Thu and Ha Xuyen

Ly Hung and his mother.

Mai Thu Huyen (middle).