Chapter 230: Digging the Foot of the Wall
Soon after several judges and the president of the jury walked the red carpet, the awards ceremony of the festival began.
Although the film festival also has performance programs, it is still relatively concise overall, directly opening the host and official staff, and then starting to present the awards.
Awards are presented from lowest to highest.
First of all, the Best Short Film Award, which was awarded to the stick country film "Safety", this award Chen Yongren doesn't attach much importance to, if some experimental short films produced by the company are brought in, it is never a problem to win this Best Short Film Award.
The award ceremony continued, and more than half an hour after the award ceremony began, an important technical award was finally awarded.
This award is mainly to encourage and recognize directors or cinematographers who are innovative in photography technology, and is awarded to the Singaporean film "Mom and Dad Are Not Home", which is also the first film in Singapore to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
The next special jury award was taken away by "Drunken Country Folk" co-directed by the United States and French directors, and after the special jury award was taken away, the next step was the best actress award.
"The winner of the 66th Cannes Best Actress Award was Bejenice Beccius for "The Past"
As the award presenters read out the list, the French actor also became the queen of this year's Cannes.
After the award of the Best Actress Award, it was time for the Best Actor Award, and among the shortlisted actors, Chen Daoming's voice was the highest, after all, with the blessing of the Oscar winner.
However, the world is always unpredictable, and in the end, it was unpopular and was won by the American actor Dunn.
Chen Yongren also comforted Chen Daoming for the first time, but Chen Daoming was very open and won the Oscar for Best Actor, so he is even more open to the award now.
Although the Cannes Film Festival is not like the Venice Film Festival, the top award is not awarded to those who have won other awards.
But strictly speaking, it will not be like the Modu International Film Festival, where awards are divided into several films, and some even win two or three awards.
Like last year's Cannes, "Gravity" won the Best Actress Award and the Best Director Award, and also won the Palme d'Or, the highest award, which is quite unexpected, so there are no absolutes in everything, this is Cannes.
For example, Zhang Yimou's "Alive" won the Jury Prize that year, and Uncle Ge won the Best Actor Award.
After Chen Yongren thought of this, he also had some expectations in his heart, maybe "The Shawshank Redemption" could win a Palme d'Or.
Then Chen Yongren didn't think much about it anymore, and listened to the host and award presenters announce the rest of the awards.
"The winner of the 66th Cannes Best Screenplay Award is..."Heaven is Destined" Jia Zhangke. ”
This made Chen Yongren feel a little surprised, he didn't expect that a director from Huaxia won the award, but after all, it was Huaxia, and it was a joy to win the award, so Chen Yongren also sent congratulatory applause.
Subsequently, the award for Best Director was presented.
The presenters stood on the stage and said in a soothing tone, "Now, let's see who is the best director tonight!" Rolling his gaze, he swept over several candidates.
The atmosphere in the venue became tense and solemn again.
"The winner of the Best Director Award at the 66th Cannes Film Festival is, Chen Yongren, "The Shawshank Redemption"!"
"Youqing 'Chen Yongren' came to the stage to accept the award. The presenter called out Chen's Chinese name in his odd tone.
Chen Yongren was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and walked to the stage, where he heard the jury's comments on the movie on the big screen.
At this moment, everyone at the Cannes awards ceremony, everyone waiting in front of the TV or computer, is all looking at him, watching him on the podium one by one, like a king who has been awarded a crown, is carrying out his own coronation ceremony, it is so grand.
"I'm very happy to win this award again, thank you to the Cannes Film Festival Jury for recognizing me, for this film, thank you..."
After the award for Best Director, the next Grand Jury Prize was won by "Adele's Life".
I don't know if it's because this year's jury chairman is the famous director Steven Spielberg, so far, there has been no double yolk eggs, which is a bit of a Cannes style.
Speaking of the double yolk eggs of the Cannes Film Festival, it has been held for more than 60 sessions so far, and the double yolk eggs have never stopped, just like last year's Best Actress Award, which is to open a double yolk egg.
In particular, the Grand Jury Award of the Film Festival is a high production area for double yolk eggs.
Sometimes, for balance, there have been multiple films that have won the award at the same time.
Even the double yolk of the Palme d'Or, the highest award, has been seen a few times.
Not to mention the 59th session with the King of Sunglasses as the chairman of the jury, because the Cannes Film Festival actor awards are not divided into protagonists and supporting roles, so there are as many as 11 award-winning actors and actresses that year, which has really become an after-dinner conversation.
I don't know if it was the double yolk egg that caused a lot of boos, so this year, after Spielberg served as the chairman of the jury, he resolutely did not produce double yolk eggs, although there was still a finale award that was not opened, but even the high-yield jury award did not have double yolk eggs, so it is needless to say the Palme d'Or.
None of the awards tonight had a double yolk egg, not even a prolific jury prize, and if the Palme d'Or had a double yolk in the finale, the boos would have been very loud, but Spielberg certainly wouldn't have done that.
It can be said that this Palme d'Or is the final drama of the Cannes awards, and this Palme d'Or is the grand prize that countless people want to win.
The guest of honor was Spielberg, the chairman of the jury, who came to the stage and looked at the guests and said with a smile: "There are a lot of art films and commercial films in this Cannes, and we have all enjoyed these films.
The doors of Cannes are always open to you, and as long as you can make a good film, you can get great glory and glory here!
Cannes belongs to the world, and the world belongs to you! You can use your camera to record all the stories that happen around the world, and this is the stage where you tell your stories.
Okay, I'm not going to talk so much nonsense, lest the big guys think I'm verbose, and now let me announce the last award of this year, which is the winner of the Palme d'Or!"
Under the gradual silence of the audience, Spielberg raised the sealed answer in his hand, glanced at the nominated teams with burning eyes, and then slowly opened the envelope, looked at it carefully, and then stared down and shouted: "The winner of the Palme d'Or at the 66th Cannes Film Festival is ......"
The Palme d'Or winner is ...... "Spielberg obviously didn't know that his appetite was quite high, and that the mood of the scene with music was almost at its peak. I saw him suddenly shout: "The Martian!"
In an instant, even Chen Yongren, who had already won the award, couldn't help beating his heart at this time, and he couldn't believe that he had scored twice in the award and won the award again! At the same time, he was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that "The Shawshank Redemption" did not win the award, but "The Martian" got it.
Chen Yongren bowed very gentlemanly in front of everyone, and then walked onto the stage.
At this time, Spielberg was explaining why the film would win the award.
"As we all know, we in Cannes have always been dominated by art films, and we have a lot of support for art films, and the reason why the Palme d'Or was awarded to "The Martian", a very commercial and box office blockbuster, is very simple, we see not only business but also art, which is a typical combination of commercial and artistic films...!"
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The guests in the audience quietly listened to Spielberg's rather incendiary narration, among them are some old opponents of Longteng Media Group, and now they have to admit that the Chinese film "The Martian" does have some artistic sense...!
"Okay, Chen Yongren is going to say a few words on stage again, you can't just say two or three words on stage like you just won the best director, it's not fun!"
After Spielberg finished speaking, Chen Yongren took the stage again, and then faced the entire audience, as well as in front of the TV or computer, more than a billion viewers around the world, and said: "I really didn't expect to win this year's Palme d'Or again!"
At this moment, I was so excited! Everyone asked me to say a few more words, but I really didn't know what to say.
I have always been very grateful to those who have silently supported me behind the scenes, especially those lovely fans, without you, I would not be where I am today!
In fact, I always tell myself that no matter how your status changes, you will always be a filmmaker!
Yes, I'm a filmmaker, I love movies, I love this kind of creative business that entertains everyone.
One day, when I get old, I will tell myself that your film has recorded everything you have, so that as filmmakers, we are much luckier than the average person, because we have enough memories to remember the past!
Actually, I didn't shoot this film as an art film, so I was surprised to win the Palme d'Or.
Because I've always believed that art films can only please a small part of the audience, while commercial films are more popular. I'm not saying here that there is anything bad about art films, on the contrary, this kind of film is the best weapon to cleanse the human soul.
However, my personal focus is on the shooting and development of commercial films. Many people say that it is because I love money too much and love the box office too much.
I don't deny this, I once said, I'm a filmmaker, I'm also a businessman, I built Longteng Media Group, I'm a businessman, I have to feed thousands of people in the company, so I have to consider the sensitive issue of efficiency when making movies.
Now, I have succeeded, I stand on this stage and receive the highest recognition in the field of art in Cannes, which amazes and touches me, because everyone fully recognizes the results of my fusion of business and art!
As filmmakers, we are creating every moment, bringing you the dream of fairy tales, bringing vivid stories, and bringing comfort to your heart.
Cinema is a magical thing that heals wounds, delights people, cleanses the soul, and benefits the masses.
I love movies, and I love you audiences even more, because you are the most original driving force for me to create movies! So I want to say one last word here, which is ----Thank you!" Chen Yongren bowed and thanked him, holding the trophy high.
As Chen Yongren's words landed, everyone applauded, and what everyone wanted to express at this moment was congratulations and encouragement to Chen Yongren, because he let everyone know what a real filmmaker is!!
Finally, in the thunderous applause, Chen Yongren announced a sentence: "I welcome all aspiring filmmakers from all over the world to come to Beijing, our film investment bank project will pave the way for your film career, no matter the capital, manpower, material resources are all prepared for you, come on, Beijing is the place where you put on your wings and fly, Beijing welcomes you, Longteng welcomes you!!"
Bang!
Dig the foot of the wall openly!
And it's digging the corners of film companies all over the world!
Chen Yongren's words are like an oath, announcing that Beijing has opened up to the world's films, has successfully integrated into the world stage, and has taken on the important task of the film mothership!
The applause was even better than just now!
The world is a sensation!
That night, Spielberg, the chairman of the French Cannes jury, gave an evaluation of this year's Cannes: "This is a night for Chinese-language films! Although we always knew that this day would come, we didn't expect it to be so soon!"
No one thought that it could be so fast, even Chen Yongren himself never thought of it, especially tonight Jia Zhangke also won the award, which shows that more and more outstanding Chinese directors have stepped onto the world stage.
"A Brilliant Night of Chinese Films!" Many newspapers have picked up Spielberg's evaluation, and regarded this session as the official diversification and complexity of Chinese films.
It means that Beijing has gone through all these years of development, and after this night, through the display of strength, through not only Chen Yongren's success, has announced to the world: Beijing has become the second film center in the world that can attract filmmakers by attracting overseas talents, and has the strength to challenge Hollywood.
How can Hollywood continue to develop and become the supreme temple in the eyes of filmmakers all over the world? technology, perfect film system, huge and lucrative funds, as well as a strong market and appeal.
In terms of technology and technology, after many years of training and researching all kinds of talents and research, Longteng Media Group will definitely be able to compete with Hollywood. In terms of funding, the film investment bank established by Longteng Media Group is enough to prove everything.
When it comes to the market, the mainland film market is already the largest film market in the world, and when it comes to the perfection of the film system, I dare not say that it is completely mature, but it has definitely taken shape.
And the most important thing is that in Huaxia, prop masters and lighting artists who are not valued can get the glory and attention they deserve. There are other factors such as this, now there are more and more outstanding film talents to develop in China, and people used to have only one choice, and one goal is Hollywood.
But tonight, after Chen Yongren sent an invitation to outstanding film talents from all over the world on stage, all talents had an epiphany, in fact, they had already unconsciously added an option, that is, Huaxia.
Early the next morning, Chen Yongren and his entourage took his private plane and set off for China.
After returning to Beijing, there are already a lot of people gathered outside the airport, and with so many people, the itinerary must be impossible to hide.
At this time, there was already a lot of pressure outside, and there were countless reporters and fans, and it was inevitable to be noisy and celebrated, but Chen Yongren asked Chen Daoming and others to go up to block it, and he took the opportunity to slip away......... 20