In this movie, from the very beginning, Zhang Bufan actually never thought that he would be able to return to his original cost from China.

This is especially the case when I was preparing to shoot short films at the earliest, although the domestic network environment has been getting better and better over the years, and there have been many online dramas and micro-movies that have recouped their costs and even made a lot of money by playing on the Internet, but those are still mainly micro-films that play on the sidelines and take the cyan and violent route.

Especially now that the various rules of the online platform are becoming more and more sound and mature, it has become a luxury to rely on various gimmicks and gambling agreements to return to the cost like "Stone" back then.

So from that time on, Zhang Bufan's eyes went abroad, after all, his first time in the real sense of "making a lot of money" came from abroad, which was the short film "Stone".

For Chinese people, the best way to sell films abroad is, of course, the three major European film festivals.

Of the three major film festivals in Europe, Zhang Bufan has only participated in one of them - the Berlin Film Festival, where he won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, and later "Stone" was also sold here.

The reason why "Stone" chose the Berlin Film Festival in the first place was due to time, and secondly, Zhang Bufan felt that his name would be better than the other two over there, and on the whole, the film should be able to sell better over there.

When I came back later, I chatted with friends in the industry and learned that the three major film festivals in Europe have the least strong commercial atmosphere in Berlin, that is, if it were changed to the other two places, maybe "Stone" would sell more.

Of course, this is an afterthought.

So this time, Zhang Bufan left a mind in advance, and discussed with Tian Zhuangzhuang early whether he could speed up the filming progress and try to end the filming before March, well, this is at the end of last year, so that he can be in time to register for the Cannes Film Festival in May.

It's a pity that at that time, Tian Zhuangzhuang had clearly told Zhang Bufan, don't even think about it, not to mention that he can shoot more pieces, just those people's schedules can't be arranged, sometimes, it's a good thing to have big stars in the movie, but sometimes it's also a burden.

As a result, only two of the three major European ones remained.

Among the two, the Berlin Film Festival is completely fine, after all, it will not be held until February next year, and it is one year away, and the movies will come out.

As for Venice, it's a little rushed, the Venice Film Festival is held at the end of August and the beginning of September, and several more important units basically have world premiere requirements, which means that if you want to participate in the Venice Film Festival, then the production of the film must be completed almost before June.

Look, it's production, not just shooting.

So before this, Zhang Bufan was still a little worried, worried that he would not have time to sign up like Cannes, in that case, only Berlin would be left to choose.

However, with the filming now, all worries are gone, and according to the current shooting schedule, the shooting can be completed by mid-May at the latest, and then Tian Zhuangta is a little busier, which is enough to complete the post-production of the film in time.

As a result, the choices in front of Zhang Bufan became two.

Don't look at Zhang Bufan's visit to Berlin once to sell films, in fact, he is still not familiar with the process rules of these foreign film festivals, and he is even far worse than Tianzhuang.

Our Tian Da director is a person who has made banned films, and everyone knows that in China, directors who shoot banned films are often favored by foreign capital, like Jiang Wen and Lou Ye.

Tian Zhizhi is no exception, he wrote and directed "The Wolf Disaster", mainly with foreign funds, and also won the Hawaii Film Festival Independent Film Award.

Well, just as the Golden Horse is Zhang Bufan's blessed land, Hawaii is a field-like blessed land.

Through these relationships, Tian Zhuangzhuang didn't need to know the situation of the three major European ones, and naturally someone would help him handle it.

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The two e-mails that Tian Xiangzhuang showed Zhang Bufan were some internal information related to Venice and the Berlin Film Festival, mainly Venice, after all, the previous Berlin Film Festival had just ended, and the next one was still far away.

Zhang Bufan looked carefully, and Tian Xiangzhuang said on the side, "Actually, there is no problem, after all, in terms of our filming progress, it is completely in line with the normal registration process of these two film festivals, but if it is for the sake of winning awards, it is a bit particular." ”

Zhang Bufan quietly glanced at Tian Xiangxing, and said no, I was out of consideration for money.

Well, of course, it's impossible to say, he continued to make a careful observation, and Tian continued, "Let's talk about Berlin first, this year's Berlin Film Festival has just ended, you should know the specific situation, right?"

Zhang Bufan nodded.

He doesn't know what happened to the Berlin Film Festival in the previous two years, but this year's can't know why, because this year is "the year of victory for Chinese films"!

At the Berlin Film Festival that ended in mid-February, "Fireworks in the Day" directed by Diao Yi won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film, and that's not all, the film's actor Liao Zhu's descendants Fan also won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor for his wonderful performance in this film.

You know, counting this "Fireworks in the Day", in the more than 60-year history of the Berlin Film Festival, only two films have won Best Film and Best Actor at the same time.

Coupled with the best cinematography won by director Lou Ye's "Tuina", it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a film festival where Chinese films dominate Berlin.

At that time, when the news came back to China, it immediately became the hottest news at that time, almost to the extent that the streets knew about it, and the descendants of the Liao Zhu family, Fan, also jumped from a good actor to a good star actor.

Tian said: "This is a good thing, in the next few Berlin Film Festivals, their eyes will inevitably fall more on our Chinese films, but this is not necessarily a good thing, because "Fireworks in the Day" has sorted out a benchmark, and the next participating films may be more or less compared with it, so I am not sure whether it will have a good or bad impact on us." ”

"Then let's leave it alone, let's talk about Venice?" Zhang Bufan said with a smile.

The Venice Film Festival is in front and Berlin is behind, but Tian Zhuangzhuang has to pick up Berlin first and say that in addition to the "Fireworks in the Day", it must be because he has some news related to Venice in his hand, and it is also news that has a lot to do with the movie.

Cut, this old man, he thought he was pinching Zhang Bufan to death, but in fact, Zhang Bufan was the same!

Sure enough, Tian Xiangzi didn't sell it anymore, and said: "I do have a message here, it's not very certain, but it's very likely." At this year's Venice Film Festival, there should be at least one Chinese filmmaker invited to be a judge. ”

Hmm? Zhang Bufan was in good spirits, what is not very exact, if it is really not accurate, this old man will not say it, since he said it, it is nine out of ten!

"Who?" Zhang Bufan didn't ask him if he was really sure, and asked directly who it was.

"Didn't I say that I was not exact. Tian Xiangxiang glared at him, but continued to speak, "There is only one person I know now, Chen Chong!"