If He Xin was invited to the three major European festivals in the past few times, He Xin went to participate in the awards, then this time his role is a tool man who sells films. To put it mildly, he is currently the most well-known new-generation actor in China overseas, and there is no one.

has participated in so many overseas film festivals, and he can more or less get some unspoken rules and award routines of the three major European film festivals, the highest temple of the so-called art film.

The three major European festivals have filmmakers all over the world, and every year there are as many as 1,000 or even thousands of films recommended by the filmmakers to sign up for the competition. But often only one in ten or a few tenths are shortlisted.

It is impossible for the organizer and a few people to watch all these films carefully, so the shortlisting largely depends on the energy of the filmmakers, or the popularity of the directors and actors themselves.

It's just that those well-known Hollywood commercial film directors and big stars are excepted.

For example, Steven Spielberg and James Cameron have never been favored by the three major international film festivals in Europe, and Daniel Day Lewis, Javier Bardem and the likes of Liangtang and Little Plum will always be two different things in the eyes of the judges of the three major European festivals.

Therefore, the so-called European Third Festival, don't look high, in fact, it is a society of acquaintances in the art film industry.

is like Section Chief Jia, Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, including Wanwan's Hou Yuanqian and Cai Mingming, their works often have no problem getting a shortlist.

Of course, before you enter this circle, you first have to prove your strength, such as Wang Xiaoshuai and Lou Ye both became famous at the avant-garde Rotterdam Film Festival, and then entered the field of vision of those old men in the European Third Festival.

At the same time, luck is also an indispensable bonus, just like Chief Jia's "Xiao Wu" sent a video to the Berlin Organizing Committee, which happened to be seen by the chairman's wife of the Youth Forum unit and recommended it to her husband.

Just imagine, what would have happened if the chairman's wife hadn't discovered the videotape of "Xiao Wu" at that time? Maybe there might not be such a person as Chief Jia in the film industry.

At the same time, the reason why Chinese films are favored by the three major festivals in Europe is because of their profound heritage.

That's right, it's the essence!

From the day of cinema until World War II, the center of world cinema has been in Europe, and there are two important film centers in the world. One is Hollywood in North America, and the other is Shanghai in Asia.

Hollywood should be said to be a branch of European cinema.

And because of cultural differences, Chinese movies can be described as unique. From the twenties and thirties and even all the way to the fifties, Shanghai cinema swept the whole of Greater China, including Southeast Asia.

At that time, there was no such thing as Hong Kong movies at all.

It was not until a large number of Shanghai film companies, including filmmakers, moved to Hong Kong for well-known reasons, that there was the theory of Oriental Hollywood in later generations.

Hollywood movies gradually began to sweep the world after World War II and the rapid rise of the United States.

It is precisely because of this background that even if Chinese films have been interrupted on the world stage for nearly 30 years, at the beginning of reform and opening up, China's three or four generations of directors, such as Xie Jin, Wu Tianming, Xie Fei and others, still enjoyed a good reputation in the world, and then there were successive national teachers, Kai Ge, Li An, Hou Yuanqian and so on on on the international stage.

From the nineties to the beginning of the new century, the so-called sixth generation of domestic directors also began to emerge internationally.

Ning Hao is strictly speaking, he is also a member of the huge group of sixth-generation directors, and the year before last, he relied on the recommendation of Marco Muller, who is now the chairman of the Venice Film Festival in the Asia-Pacific region of the Venice Film Festival, and won the special attention award of the Venice Film Festival against the current unit, which can be regarded as stepping into the circle of the international stage.

After the film "Green Meadow" came out, Yu Dong watched it for the first time, and it was very shocking to describe it in the words of the boss!

As a graduate of Nortel in the early 90s, Boss Yu was largely influenced by the works of the sixth generation of directors who rose at that time.

In fact, don't fancy the drama, but it is only limited to the field of performance. It is still Nortel's gang that really controls the right to speak in China, starting from the fourth generation of directors, to the fifth and sixth generations, including Xiang Sanye and Yu Dong, who are all from Nortel.

He Xin had been filming in other places before, and it wasn't until he came back this time that he watched the finished film of "Green Meadow" once. The first impression is that you get what you pay for, whether in terms of picture quality, sound effects, and music, it is not the same as the previous post-processed "Incense".

When He Xin went to the set to visit the class and made a cameo, although the prairie at that time was very beautiful, he was more impressed by the various hardships on the prairie, such as mosquitoes covering the sky, which was not an exaggeration, it was real.

But this time, when he saw the endless prairie and the blue sky in the long shots on the screen, it was really as Yu Dong described at the beginning, it was particularly shocking!

If "Incense" is a film with a strong Jia Kechang style, then this "Green Meadow" shows the display of color and beautiful nature in the works of the national teacher and Kai Ge.

What are the award routines of the so-called three major European film festivals?

Art films are nothing more than avant-garde and social realism, focusing on the director's creative style, showing the wildness and roughness of the most primitive life, as well as the awe and worship of life and nature, and expressing the passionate pursuit of free love and fresh and unrestrained life.

Politics, religion, sexuality, including LGBT, which has become popular in recent years, are all extremely popular themes in literary films. It also includes seeing the world through the eyes of a child.

I have to say that "Green Meadow" has successfully scratched the itch of the three major European festivals, both in terms of subject matter and the beauty presented in the whole movie. may also be because Ning Hao's own influence in the international film industry is not enough, which leads to regret that he cannot be shortlisted for the main competition unit this time. If the director is replaced by Section Chief Jia, Lou Ye, Wang Xiaoshuai and the like, let alone being shortlisted, he may win the award.

After watching the movie, He Xin has more confidence in this trip to Berlin.

After all, the later "Stone" is still waiting for the rice to be cooked.

"Haozi, have the actors of "Stone" been decided?"

In the studio, after several people talked about participating in the film festival for a while, He Xin began to care about the matter of "Stone".

If "Incense" and "Green Meadow" are appetizers, then "Stone" is undoubtedly the main dish. In He Xin's eyes, the first two literary films are just brushing up and making a little money, and "Stone" is a big money!

"Not yet, but the role of Bao Shihong, don't think about it, it's not that you can't play it, it's that this image really doesn't match. I still think it's right for you to play Mike. Ning Hao thought that He Xin was going to entangle the role of Bao Shihong again, so he hurriedly shirked it.

"No, I'm talking about Mr. Feng and Xie Xiaomeng, do you have any candidates?" He Xin waved his hand.

"I've seen a few...... What, do you have someone to recommend?"

He Xin then talked about Yao Anlian and Deng Chao.

Ning Hao didn't know what Yao Anlian was at all, but fortunately, he had watched "Pink Girl" and remembered the image of the big boss named Shi Dawei played by Yao Anlian in it.

He muttered: "The face is the same, and it is quite suitable to play the bad guy, but I still think Jiang Wu is suitable." ”

"Jiang Wu?"

He Xin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Can we afford it?"

Jiang Wu became an instant hit a few years ago with the role of Er Ming in "Bath", and in the past two years, he has also starred in "My Brothers and Sisters", "Brave New World", "Empty Mirror", "Farewell, Vancouver", etc., and has received a good box office and popular TV series, which is the hottest time.

"Well, I talked to him once, and he was quite interested in the role of Mr. Feng, but the price has not been discussed yet, after all, it is still early. Ning Hao said.

Aside from the element of cost, if it is said that Jiang Wu plays Mr. Feng, He Xin really thinks it is quite suitable, and it is more suitable than Yao Anlian. Because he had watched a crime movie on the Internet in his previous life, with his aesthetics at the time, he felt that the film was quite dull. But in it, Jiang Wu played the image of a black and white coal boss who took all the dishes, which made him remember it vividly.

And coincidentally, the coal boss played by Jiang Wu in that film also likes to use that kind of crossbow, and when hunting, he mistakenly killed a child who was herding sheep with a crossbow arrow, which led to the theme of the story in order to cover up the crime.

However, He Xin thought of Jiang Wu's image, and then thought of Guo Tao, who Ning Hao had been in love with for a long time, and found that Ning Hao's aesthetics of actors were very similar to his own image, all of them were the kind of fat-headed and big-eared, fat-headed fish.

"Hey, what do you think I'm doing? You don't think it's appropriate!" Ning Hao said in surprise when he saw this thing looking straight at him.

"No, no, no, it's quite appropriate, besides, you are the director, you have the most say in this kind of thing!" He Xin said busily.

The relationship is good, but he has always paid attention to maintaining Ning Hao's authority as a director.

vetoed Yao Anlian, but Ning Hao was very satisfied with Deng Chao. Because he had also watched Deng Chao's drama "Sauerkraut on Cuihua" before, he remembered it very deeply. What's more, people are still popular, and they are even willing to appear for free.

"By the way, Xiaohu, you have to arrange someone over there in "Wulin Gaiden", you can't keep Cheng busy, she still has to film?"

Taking advantage of today's crowds, He Xin and Xiaodouding tactfully expressed their dissatisfaction.

As a result, Xiao Douding also said with a look of embarrassment: "I want to recruit people, but it's almost the New Year, and I can't find a suitable person for a while......"

Then, she paused and hesitated: "Otherwise, I'll let Chen Xi help for a few days." ”

Chen Xi, the rich second generation who threatened to bring capital into the group, has now become Xiaodouding's new best friend.

may be because He Xin doesn't have a good impression of this rich second generation, and Xiaodouding hurriedly explained: "Boss, Chen Xi is actually very capable, and she has always wanted to learn to be a producer, so let her practice." ”

"Cheng, anyway, this is in the scope of your work, and if there is a problem, you are the only one who asks!"

For He Xin, he just doesn't want his girlfriend to work too hard, and this time Xiaodouding has to go to Berlin with them to participate in the film festival, this walk is half a month's work, one person is better than no one!

“Yes，sir！”