Accolade: Actress Minh Huong won the best actress award at the International Festival of Military and Patriotic Films in Russia for her role in Dung Dot. — File Photo

HA NOI — Vietnamese actress Minh Huong who starred in the film Dung Dot (Don't Burn) as Doctor Dang Thuy Tram won the best actress award at the 8th International Festival of Military Patriotic Films "Volokolamsk Line" held in Russia.

Head of the organising board Professor Sergey Lazaruk from the Russian National Movies University said that Dung Dot did not dwell on fierce fighting but referred to human relations. The jury showed a special interest in Huong's professional skills in the film.

The event held early this month attracted the participation of a wide range of entries from Russia, Vietnam, Georgia, Spain, the US and Germany.

Directed by Dang Nhat Minh and produced in 2008, Dung Dot is based on a diary written by liberation army doctor Dang Thuy Tram during the most violent period of the war in the central province of Quang Ngai from 1968 to 1970.

Tram fell on the battlefield at the age of 27, but her diary was found by a US soldier who persevered it for 35 years before returning it to Tram's family.

In 2010, Huong received Best Actress for the role at the Viet Nam Cinematography Association's Golden Kite award.

Dung Dot aslo won a number of international awards including the Best Picture at the Fukuoka International Film Festival in 2009. — VNS