Chapter 361: Two Grand Prizes

Zhang Ziyi kept a smile on stage and said his acceptance speech, and Zhou Bai also applauded in the audience, he has come to Berlin twice, and each time it caused a big sensation, so both filmmakers and media reporters know him.

"Hero" is a movie starring Zhou Bai, and it is of course a pity that it did not win a better award, but on the matter, the Alfred Bauer Award does not disgrace it, after all, "Hero" is a commercial film, and it is not so good that it crushes other films, so it is reasonable to say that this award is reasonable.

Zhang Ziyi sat very close to Zhou Bai, Zhou Bai hugged her when she stepped down in applause, Zhou Bai was a classmate with her, and the relationship was very good, and letting her go on stage was also discussed by the two of them, this is also some benefits for actors, at least they can brush their faces, right?

After the Alfred Bauer Award was awarded, the first Silver Bear trophy tonight, Best Film Music, was won by "Mrs. Brutty", and "Goodbye Lenin", which was originally very optimistic about film critics, only won the Blue Angel Award, which was an upset.

Zhou Bai happens to have seen both movies, the quality of "Mrs. Brutty" is not bad, although in terms of quality, "Goodbye Lenin" is better, but in terms of film music, it can only be regarded as a different style, and there is no obvious gap, "Mrs. Brutty" can only be said to be more in line with the taste of the film festival judges.

The soundtrack for "Goodbye Lenin" was produced by Jan Tilson, who composed and performed the piano.

He is an artist who can always integrate laughter and pain into music, and the soundtrack of the French movie "Angel Amelie" two years ago was also written by him, which left a deep impression on every audience at that time, if Zhou Bai was to choose, he would prefer to choose "Goodbye Lenin", precisely because Zhou Bai likes this musician very much.

After the first Silver Bear Award was awarded, in fact, the entire awards party has been going on for more than an hour, so the foreign film festival awards party is actually more grinding than the domestic award party, at least we don't have so many weird and messy small awards to be awarded, although the domestic authority is not as good as theirs.

When the German actor Martina Godet took the stage, Zhou Bai almost held his breath, because if the information in his mind was not wrong, "The Blind Well" won this award - the highest artistic contribution award.

"In the 30 years since the Berlinale established this award in 1973, this important award has not been awarded 14 times, almost half of the times, because the festival attaches no less importance to it than other important awards, let's take a look at the winners this time......" Martina Godette, although she looks a little big-shouldered, because she is tall and tough-looking, but she speaks with a sense of elegance.

After opening the envelope, she took a look and said, "Adapted Script!"

The applause rang out, Zhou Bai exhaled heavily, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, history has really changed, and the original winner of the highest artistic contribution award has become "Adapted Screenplay" written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jones, "Blind Well" has the possibility of going further, and there is also the possibility of returning empty-handed, whether it is a blessing or a curse is unpredictable.

Er Dongsheng was also a little disappointed, in the previous media predictions, the call for "Painless Love" was very high, but in the end, this award was still won by "Adapted Script", and he didn't get this award, then he was basically doomed to go home empty-handed this time, but he was lucky again, after all, if "Painless Love" won this award, then the situation of Zhou Bai and Gong Li competing for acting awards would be much more ugly.

After the award for the highest contribution to the arts, there were several smaller awards, which were also part of the consolation prize, and the Silver Bear was also renewed, and the best director went to "His Brother", and Patrice Sherro, the chairman of the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival, won a Silver Bear Award, which is well deserved.

When it came to the jury's Berlin Silver Bear Award, Li Yang sat up straight all of a sudden, he didn't win the Best Artistic Contribution Award, then this trophy is what he wants the most, and the Golden Bear Award is almost impossible to give "Blind Well", because everyone knows that only the excellent anti-war film "Between the Worlds" can win this highest award this year, and other films have little hope.

Berlin's theme this year is called Towards Tolerance, from the opening to the closing of the film festival, almost all of them are related to anti-war, and "Between the World" can be said to be 360 degrees without dead ends in line with the theme and spirit of the film festival, at this point, no other film this year can compete with it, the standard of the same theme is not as high as it, and the level is similar to that of this film and it is not an anti-war theme, its advantages are too great.

In 2000, "My Father and Mother" won the Golden Bear Award, it is difficult to say whether there is a bonus to the friendship between De Hade and Zhang Yimou, and it was not without some controversy at the time, after three years, "Blind Well" and "Painless Love" are extremely excellent works in terms of quality, but in an anti-war year, the highest award was almost booked, and it can only be said that the time is also fate.

"The Berlinale has been paying attention to Asian cinema for more than 20 years, and the outstanding filmmakers of Asia have indeed brought excellent works to the world's audiences, shocking the whole West, and this year we are very honored to see filmmakers from the East bring us very good films, let's take a look at the ...... that won the Jury Berlin Silver Bear Award."

After the award presenter said a long time, he also said the above paragraph, which also made the hearts of all the Chinese present lift, and the expression on his face couldn't help but show a trace of excitement.

"Blind Well!"

Snapping, thunderous applause, Li Yang's tense face couldn't help but show a smile, he was in a trance, his hands that had turned white were loosened by holding the armrest, but he couldn't stand up for the first time.

"We won the award!" Zhou Bai hugged Li Yang and shouted loudly, and the other people around him congratulated him like crazy, and at the same time, Li Yang reacted, hugging everyone with a slight tremble.

"Congratulations, you deserve it!" Er Dongsheng also hugged Li Yang, and said sincerely in his ear, he was also very happy, this is the first award in China tonight, and the weight of this award is second only to the Golden Bear.

Finally stabilized his emotions, Li Yang came to the stage, took the Silver Bear Award from the guests, and finished his speech in a trembling voice, his excited appearance also made the audience laugh with understanding, this award is indeed too heavy.

After Li Yang stepped down, the trophy was passed in everyone's hands, and even Gong Li couldn't help touching it, and laughed at Li Yang a few words, causing everyone to laugh, and after winning the award, everyone seemed to see a good omen.

However, after Zhou Bai and Gong Li glanced at each other covertly, they both saw a trace of nervousness in each other's eyes, and it was the penultimate award tonight - the Best Actress Award, and the penultimate award was the Best Actor Award, these two awards are not nervous, after all, they are closely related, what is the purpose of flying thousands of kilometers, if you don't want to be crowned, where is your ambition as an excellent actor?

The guest who presented the award shook his burden on the stage, which was very humorous, causing the audience to laugh, Gong Li kept smiling on the surface, but in fact, the palm of Fan Xiaopang's hand was full of sweat.

β€œGong Li!” After opening the envelope, the guests read out the names of the winners, and then everyone went crazy again, and after Gong Li sealed it, the Berlin actress officially fell into her hands.

Best Actress at the 49th Venice International Film Festival and Best Actress at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival, Gong Li's achievements since then can be described as the first domestic actress!