Yorkshire, British.

After a lively red carpet, the heat on the surface of the festival has subsided slightly.

The creative teams shortlisted for the main competition and special screenings disappeared in the days that followed, and countless unnamed artists filled the streets of York.

Every café, newsstand, gallery, and even a garbage bin with graffiti painted on it is a battleground for these people with heavy makeup.

"Sorry, this is a café, please leave if you don't consume. Outside a Costa café, a waiter was speaking to a group of people who had been occupying outdoor tables for two hours.

said that it was a shooting team, but in fact, it was a photographer, a lighting, and an unknown woman.

Several members of the team didn't speak English, but they could guess what the waiter meant, so they hurriedly took a few photos and left.

"Brother Pony, hurry up and take a few more photos for me, I'm in a hurry to get a scarf. The woman quickly took a few poses and snapped up, then moved on to the next venue.

As a result, I bumped into my peers in the gallery.

Another woman dressed similarly to her posed there, and when she saw the team coming, she instantly blackened.

"Chen Tingting, you are not good at being an Internet celebrity in Huaxia, what are you doing in Britain?" the woman said mockingly, "And don't think that I can't see that your dress is a high imitation, the original version was only walked on the red carpet the day before yesterday, can you have a face?"

After being exposed, the Internet celebrity Chen Tingting was embarrassed, and after a few words of hard reply to the other party, she ran away with the photographer and the lighter.

"Heh, do you want to mix in the entertainment industry like this?" the woman sneered, then immediately turned her head, changed to another face, and said to the head of the gallery in awkward English, "Sir, please, let's shoot for two more minutes, and then we'll leave immediately!"

She also added a sentence: "I see that you are tired from standing at the door for so long, what do you want to drink? coffee, tea or auspicious cola?"

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The bustle on the surface is eighteen-line, and the real sword light and sword shadow are often hidden in the dark.

More than a dozen kilometers from the city of York, a meeting is taking place to decide the fate of all the works.

According to the regulations, the jury is composed of seven veteran filmmakers from different countries.

They will decide the nominees and winners of the films in the main competition.

What's more, works that participate in special screenings may also be nominated and contested for the award under the unanimous consent of the committee.

Unlike film festivals that focus on commerciality, the York Film Festival condenses the time from the selection of films by the jury to the nomination to the awards.

The official starting point is to "avoid black-box operations to the greatest extent and give film art the purest stage".

For each nomination, each judge will rank all the films and convert them into scores from highest to lowest.

The top five works with a cumulative score of seven people were nominated.

Forty-six-year-old Chinese director Jiang Shan is the only Chinese judge of this film festival.

His film "Memoirs of the Cherry Blossom Singer" won Best Film at the 1999 York Film Festival.

Jiang Shan has also made great achievements in the commercial film market, directing two blockbusters with a box office of over 100 million.

The special screenings of Ms. Zhang Wenzhi's "Passing Years" and Mr. Jean Louchamp's "A Day in a Small Town" were finally upgraded to participate in the main competition. Jiang Shan leaned back in his chair and looked around at the other judges around the round table and said, "One last resolution, if there is any objection, please raise your hand." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and the final number of works shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's film festival is ten.

A few people first quickly negotiated the nominations for several awards such as Best Film Score, Best Short Film, and Outstanding Artistic Achievement.

The judges vote anonymously the day after all nominations close, and the votes are opened an hour before the ceremony.

"In terms of best director, the proposed shortlisted candidates are Huaxia's "Blue and Black" and France's ...... and Britannia's "Love Before Dawn." As the only judge under the age of 30, Louis Wood from Britain said after carefully checking everyone's nomination options.

"None of the five nominated works are from the Americas and Latin America, which is debatable. The judges from Latin America were a little unhappy and asked the interpreter to tell the crowd.

"Ms. Dorothea, I understand your feelings as a judge for the first time, but we need to pay attention to the film itself and the feedback from the audience over the past two days. ”

Unexpectedly, the response to the Latin female judge was a man named Alex, also from across the Pacific Ocean.

After Alex finished speaking, he turned his head and nodded slightly to Jiang Shan.

That's right, he's from the Eagle Country, all the people Alex Gao, of Chinese descent.

Seeing that there was no one to support, the Latin female judges could only give up struggling.

After sorting out the information, Louis continued: "In terms of best film, the proposed shortlisted ones are Britain's "Love Before Dawn", Huaxia's "Passing Years", ......"

Gattuso Gordon, a judge from Italy, frowned when he heard the first name, but he chose to remain silent after looking at Luis, Jiang Shan, and Alex Gao, who was smiling on the sidelines.

The cast of "Love In" is complex, Jiang Shan and Louis are Chinese and British, so of course they will support it.

And that Alex Gao is Jiang Shan's henchman!

In terms of best actress, there is no suspense this year, and the actresses in five works have performed perfectly, so there is no need to choose at all.

Jocelyn regretted not being selected.

And when it came to Best Actor, a huge debate erupted among the judges.

Louis read four names first, and then said: "The last place has the same score, which is Hawke, the male protagonist of Britain's "Love", and Mario Harvey, the male protagonist of Spain's "Bullfight". ”

Spanish jury Villa Alonso didn't wait for Luis to finish before he stood up and said: "Mario was nominated for Best Actor at the Rome International Film Festival last year, and his acting skills and growth are obvious to all, both in terms of understanding and expression of the characters, which are better than Hawke in China." ”

"Villa, you can't use a person's results from last year as a measure of this year. Alex and Jiang Shan looked at each other and said, "You must know that Mr. Huo of "Love" was still a minor last year, and he had not even been exposed to film shooting, and the final product was surprising. ”

And Louis, who has always been like a staff member, expressed his opinion for the first time.

"Hawke is so young, he breathes fresh blood into the York Film Festival. "I'm 29 years old, and when I won the Meteor Award for Best Newcomer at the age of 26, I could feel the inspiration that this award has given to young British entertainers, and many of them have persevered in pursuing their dreams." ”

Gattuso Gordon interrupted Louis with a soft snort.

"Luis, this is not a recitation class. As you just said, you need to pay attention to the movie itself, as well as the feedback from the audience watching the movie in the past two days. He picked up a table, "In the scoring column for actors' performances, Mr. Harvey's score of 8.6 is much higher than Mr. Huo's score of 7.2, and I don't think it's a difficult question to choose." ”

"I think so too. The Latin female jury member continued, "Mario Harvey is not a pure Spaniard, he has a quarter of Latin American ancestry, and this film has a greater significance for the integration of world cultures." ”

"Tiffany, if that's what you're going to say—" whispered the last female judge from France, who had been silent, "'Love' depicts the love between a Chinese man and a French woman, and the story takes place in Britain, wouldn't it be more reflective of cultural integration?"

The two sides fought to three to three, and the final decision-making power seemed to fall into Jiang Shan's hands.

Jiang Shan, who was leaning on the back of the chair, leaned forward for the first time, picked up the teacup and took a sip before falling into deep thought.

This is not a question of a Chinese person having to help a Chinese person.

"Blue and Black" for Best Director and "Flowing Years" for Best Picture are also works of Huaxia.

If he insists on making Hawke nominated for Best Actor, then at least Tiffany and Villa will be completely biased towards other works.

Coupled with the fact that Alex Gao doesn't necessarily follow his own decisions when voting, is it wise to lose hope for the other two awards in China for the sake of one actor nomination?

And he knows that even if Hawke is shortlisted for Best Actor, he will definitely not be the winner in the end.

Thinking about the fact that he and Louis secretly attended David MacDonald's dinner last night, Jiang Shan was a little embarrassed.

At the dinner, he had seen Hawke, who was young, handsome, and very malleable, which made him love talents.

That's why it's so tangled at the moment.

After thinking about it again and again, and considering his apprentice's "Flowing Years", Jiang Shan finally made a choice.

"I support Mario Harvey. ”

Before everyone came back to their senses in their surprised expressions, Jiang Shan continued: "But I also appreciate Mr. Huo's talent very much, and the song "City of Stars" he sang in the film impressed me deeply. ”

So?

Everyone waited for Jiang Shan to continue.

"There were three themed performances at the ceremony: The Melting Pot of Times, Bright Moments and British Spring. Jiang Shan knocked on the table, "The Crège of the Times is performed by Tiffany you in Latin solo, the Shining Moment is the Shakespeare selection performed by the London Opera Company, and the performer of the last Britannia Spring suddenly withdrew yesterday for personal reasons." ”

"I suggested renaming the Britannia Spring session to Britannia Love and inviting Hawke to sing 'City of Stars' in this session. ”

Jiang Shan made the final decision.

"We need to attract a new generation of audiences, and there's no one better than Hawke. ”