Chapter 744: Closing Ceremony
Time flickered, and it was time to leave.
Team leader Nie Yuan was @ all the crew members who attended the closing ceremony, and asked everyone to gather in the lobby downstairs and set off for the closing ceremony together.
After Zhang Zi'an took a bath for Feimars, he was tidying up his things, packing all the things that should be taken away and stuffing them into his suitcase, except for the clothes he wore tonight.
Large and small Berlin bear dolls and other souvenirs have been sent to China by forwarding companies, and it costs a lot of money just to buy souvenirs.
Pemmas was also ready to wear another bow tie with a Berlin bear on it, also bought from a souvenir shop.
When I got downstairs, there were still a few people who didn't arrive, so Zhang Zi'an took Pemmas to sit on the sofa.
Lin Feng and his personal assistant were biting their ears in a low voice, although Zhang Zi'an couldn't hear what they were talking about, but Feimasi's hearing was more sensitive, and he heard the assistant encouraging Lin Feng that if he was lucky enough to win the award, he would have the courage to show himself on stage, and not be afraid of making mistakes, because the live broadcast signal of the film festival would be delayed by a few seconds to avoid live broadcast accidents.
Feng Xuan wore a black dress, which was very formal, and so was Lin Feng, they were both well prepared for tonight, because in a sense, tonight was more important than the opening ceremony.
After a while, Nie Yuan saw that everyone had arrived, got into the rented convoy, and set off with the crowd.
The 10-day Berlinale is drawing to a close, and the city is cooling off from the carnival atmosphere.
Still, this time next year, there will still be film lovers from all over the world coming together.
In the twilight, the convoy left the hotel and headed for the Berlin Film Palace at Potsdamer Platz.
Most of the crew members are bowing their heads in the car and swiping their mobile phones, or whispering about the current sales of overseas distribution rights of films, Nie Yuan keeps calling, getting close to the theater bosses, and striving for a higher scheduling rate for "War Dog", because a higher scheduling rate means more income, which is related to the final cost and profitability accounting of the film.
Zhang Zi'an sat silently, staring out the window at the Berlin night.
In the distance, the tall Victory Pillar can be seen shrouded in lights, bright like a torch in the dark sky. The golden statue of Victory holds a spear in one hand and a garland in the other, and her wings are outstretched, ready to fly.
Due to the fact that the buildings in the city of Berlin are generally not high, the 67-meter-high memorial column can be seen in most parts of the city, and Zhang Zi'an and his family also visited it once.
Soon, the convoy stopped at the entrance of the Berlin Film Palace, and the closing ceremony still had to walk the red carpet once.
The last time Zhang Zi'an and Pegasus got out of the car, the photographers and reporters took a slow time to focus their cameras on them, and more out of gimmicks and curiosity, after all, it was the first dog to walk the red carpet in the history of the Berlin Film Festival.
But this time is different.
The ten-day festival has made Pemmas from obscurity to well-known, and even Germans who have never seen a film know that such a dog participated in the festival.
The movie itself has gained a good reputation, and people tend to be more tolerant of animal-starring movies, not to mention that Pegasus is already acting well.
From the moment the convoy of the "War Dogs" crew arrived on the red carpet, fans immediately burst into cheers, and even many fans came specifically for Pegas, many of them teenagers, and the strong momentum dwarfed other big-name stars, and they really enjoyed the home treatment, and also made the uninformed people deeply understand how much Germans love dogs.
Lin Feng and Feng Xuan, who were sitting in the car in front, had already gotten out of the car one after another, they didn't linger too much on the red carpet, they didn't try to steal the limelight with Feimas in vain, even Lin Feng was the same.
The employees who maintained order at the scene judged the situation and gestured to Zhang Zi'an's car, signaling them to drive to the beginning of the red carpet.
"Sir, you can get out of the car. ”
After the car stopped, the driver looked back and said.
As soon as Pegasus got out of the car, the atmosphere reached a climax, and the long-awaited reporters and photographers immediately pointed all their cameras at them, and the flash was as bright as day.
Pegasus politely squatted on the red carpet, raised one of his front paws and waved at the fans, and posed very cooperatively for the photographer to take pictures, and immediately burst into a loud exclamation.
"Pegas!"
"Pegas!"
"Pegas!"
I don't know who took the lead, and the fanatical fans at the scene spontaneously shouted, as if they were shouting at the head coach in the stadium to "get out of class......
The loudest sound came from a certain corner, Zhang Zi'an and Feimas followed the prestige, and saw that there was a group of teenagers full of youthful atmosphere, among which there were several familiar faces, which were the group of children they met at the entrance of the Cubix7 theater that day.
Pegasus looked at them, and they were even more excited.
"Pegas, you are our hero!"
"Pegas, we will always support you!"
Pegasus smiled softly, paused again, and deliberately waved his front paws that way.
As teenagers, they have endless possibilities, they are just children at the moment, and they may change the world in the future.
In front of everyone's eyes, the beckoning when he just got out of the car may have been specially trained by Zhang Zi'an, so what happened to this beckoning? Even if Zhang Zi'an, as a dog trainer, gave it a hidden code, how did he control the direction of its beckoning?
Many Germans at the scene have dogs and understand dogs, but they are still puzzled by this scene.
No matter how long the red carpet is, there will be a time to finish it after all.
Zhang Zi'an and Pemmas entered the movie palace under the guidance of the staff.
There were more stars in attendance today than on the day of the opening ceremony, because different films have different premieres in 10 days, and some of the more busy stars don't arrive in Berlin on the first day, but wait until the day of their film premiere and stay until the end of the festival.
The celebrities gathered to talk to each other, and waited for a long time before they took their seats under the repeated urging of the broadcast.
The lights under the stage dimmed, while the stage lights brightened, and the closing ceremony began.
Bright lights focused on one side of the stage, where a row of bear-shaped trophies were placed on a table, all but one of which was gold, and the others were silver, representing the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture and other awards, and the center of attention of the audience.
Zhang Zi'an tilted his head slightly, looked around, and found that most of the foreign stars were dressed more casually and casually, and a few could even be said to be sloppy, but the crew of "War Dog" and another Chinese criminal investigation film were all dressed very formally, probably because the closing ceremony and the awards ceremony would be broadcast live on video websites in China.
The two Chinese crews occasionally meet each other's eyes and burst into sharp sparks, each seeing each other as their biggest rivals.
Perhaps because of national pride, the domestic media generally pay more attention to Chinese awards abroad than at home, and the publicity momentum is completely different. For example, Feng Xuan, if he wins an award at the Berlin Film Festival, he will be called "the award-winning director of the three major European film festivals" by the media when he is mentioned again, if he wins the Oscar...... Gee!
The closing ceremony was still presided over by the hostess of the opening ceremony.
After a short opening remarks, she first introduced the awards in the short film category, a few like a few are sad, the winners are naturally elated, and those who miss the awards can only be sad.
The same goes for other awards.
Seeing that the Bear trophies are getting fewer and fewer, the next awards are becoming more and more important.
When the special guest read out another name in the Best Director Award, Feng Xuan sighed slightly, he was originally very favored by the outside world to win this award, but it turns out that you can't guess the taste of the jury, you can't guess it.
As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Then, the hostess mysteriously invited another special guest.
When the guest appeared from the backstage, the audience was stunned, because the visitor was an elderly woman who was pushed on stage by the staff in a wheelchair.
The celebrities in the audience were very unfamiliar with the old woman, and guessed her name, identity and age with each other.
The hostess loudly introduced the old woman, and it turned out that she was one of the founders of the Berlin Film Festival!
The audience immediately burst into applause and whistles, paying high respect to this venerable old woman, because without her, everyone would not be sitting here and enjoying the carnival of movies for more than half a century.
According to an unwritten convention, the Best Actress is often presented by a male special guest, and the Best Actor is often presented by a female special guest, although there are exceptions.
Although the old woman is old, her eyes are still sharp, and she gave the award speech to the audience in a low but clear voice:
"I rarely watch foreign movies because of the language barrier, and it is very difficult to read subtitles when I get older...... Except, though, for this movie. Actually, I couldn't understand every word in the movie, but I understood everything. In this film, I saw a male protagonist create a truly great character, and he told us a story that was incredibly captivating, and his charm permeated the whole film. ”
Then, she opened the card handed to her by the organizing committee with her dry palm, and read with a smile: "The winner of the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor is - Feimas!"