Recently, at the Kim Hai Yen Award ceremony of the 2nd Asian Art Film Festival, Xiao Zhan, thanks to his role as the cooling worker of the working class Mac Dac Nhan in the movie "Dak Nhan Can Che", won the "Best Actor" award.
Later, some media outlets reported that this was the first time Xiao Zhan was nominated for the Best Actor title at an international film festival, and also the first time he successfully won an award.
Notably, from March to May 2026, in just 75 days, Xiao Zhan surprised when conquering a total of 3 important awards from different award ceremonies.
In March 2026, Xiao Zhan won the "Excellent Quality Star of the Year" award at the Shanghai TV Drama Quality Awards (Shanghai TV Drama Quality Ceremony) thanks to the movie "The Tale of Tang Hai".
Next, in April 2026, at the 33rd Beijing Student Film Festival, Xiao Zhan, thanks to his role as Mac Dac Nhan in "Dak Nhan Can Che", brought home the "Most Favorite Actor of the Year" award.
After that, Tieu Chien became the Best Actor at the Kim Hai Yen Awards ceremony of the Asian Arts Film Festival on May 21 with "Dak Nhan Can Che".
The work also won big when director Khong Sinh received the Best Director award, and Lan Hieu Long won the Best Screenwriter award.
The film festival jury highly appreciated Tieu Chien's acting. They said that the actor born in 1991 "used calm acting to portray the popular heroic spirit", played the soul of the character, which is "the result that many people expected".
Xiao Zhan winning 3 awards in 75 days is considered a rare case among young actors in the Chinese entertainment industry.
However, controversy suddenly flared up when some viewers doubted the prestige of the Kim Hai Yen award that Xiao Zhan received.
Some media outlets pointed out that the Best Actor and Best Actress categories of the Kim Hai Yen award had a total of 19 nominations (11 male, 8 female), but Xiao Zhan was the only person to appear at the awards night.
Prominent faces in the nomination list such as Huynh Hieu Minh, Thanh Long, Luu Hao Nhien, Chu Nhat Long, Bang Vu Yen, Nghe Ni, Tan Chi Loi, Duong Mich... were not present. Even the winner of Best Actress award, Yuliya, was also absent.
The rate of more than 90% of nominee actors not attending made many netizens mock this as a "local pond award", doubting the attractiveness and reliability of the award.
Previously, the fact that fans of Xiao Zhan and some media outlets reported that Xiao Zhan became the first 9X actor to win the "Film Emperor" award (equivalent to Best Actor in a Motion Picture) of the Beijing Student Film Festival also caused controversy.
Many viewers believe that "Photo Emperor" is a title only used for noble, highly professional awards in the film award system in China.
Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan's award is the category with only 30% of votes from the professional council, and 70% of votes from students.
