Chapter 216: Awards and Returns
The festival rules are that all short films are screened for seven days, and then the shortlist is selected, and the jury selects the winning films from among the shortlisted films.
In the first week, Yang Yang mainly wandered around the screening halls. Most of the directors of short films are not very well-known newcomer directors, and the quality of the films is lower for international film festivals, but since they can be sent to participate in the selection, each film will have something more or less eye-catching.
Yang Yang and Olivia form a "movie-watching duo" who watch a large number of short films from around the world and then discuss with each other the highlights and shortcomings of each film.
After all, Ovilla used to be a movie queen, and his vision and cognitive perspective were very professional, which benefited Yang Yang a lot, and Yang Yang's many novel ideas also amazed Olivia.
Time flies, and the friendship between the two is also rapidly deepening in the process.
Liao Chengwen also really wants to join them, but unfortunately his English level is too scummy, and he can't even understand the movie, let alone discuss.
A week later, the shortlist for the film was announced. Yang Yang's "Secret Room" was undoubtedly selected, while "Youth" was unfortunately rejected.
There will be three days of jury selection after being shortlisted, and the theme of the Nottingham Film Festival is more inclined to appreciate and evaluate films with artistic value, new tendencies, and popular with the audience.
However, "Secret Room" still won a "Best Picture Award", which is full of gold. After "Secret Room" won the award, Yu Shuping felt that his face was bright, and he walked with a spring breeze on his face.
The organizer held a small award ceremony for the award-winning films, and Yang Yang dressed up on stage to accept the award, and it happened to be Goodrich who presented him with the award.
The middle-aged uncle Goodrich, who had bald hair and was quite attractive, smiled and patted Yang Yang's shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.
“Nice ork!lad!”
Well done, lad!
Whether it is Goodrich's sincere words or polite words, this is an affirmation for Yang Yang. The reporters present also did not hesitate to take pictures of the camera film and "clicked" at the two of them.
The next day, a handsome and tall Asian figure appeared in the corner of the British Times.
"The new director of China has been praised by Goodrich, and he has done a good job!"
Most people see this news and glance at it and rush to it, but some people may remember this young face carefully.
The winning film will be screened at a special screening, so Yang Yang stayed in England for three more days.
On the fourth day, the Nottingham International Short Film Festival finally announced the official closing, two weeks after Yang Yang came to the UK, Christmas is approaching, Yang Yang will fly back to Peking at noon.
"Yang, I'll miss you, remember to email me. Olivia gave Yang Yang a big hug, and in a few days, she had regarded Yang Yang as her good friend and insisted on coming to pick him up.
Yang Yang patted Olivia's back lightly and said with a smile, "I'll miss you too, Olivia." ”
Yu Shuping looked at Yang Yang and Olivia's goodbye with a smile on the side, and now Yang Yang has long become a proud protégé in his mind, how pleasing to the eye.
"And you, Liao, and Yu. "Because of Yang Yang, Olivia is also familiar with Liao Chengwen and Yu Shuping.
"Beautiful Miss Olivia, have a chance to see you again. "Yu Shuping is like the most traditional old English gentleman, with a good demeanor.
"Have a nice trip. ”
Sitting on the plane back, Yu Shuping teased Yang Yang: "This time you came to Nottingham to be worth the trip, not only won the award, but also gained the heart of a beautiful girl." ”
Yang Yang smiled and shook his head: "Old Yu, don't make fun of me, Olivia and I are just good friends." ”
The relationship between him and Olivia is not so much a liking as a mutual appreciation. Olivia appreciates his talent, and he appreciates Olivia's tenacity and beauty.
The spiritual resonance is far greater than the affection between a man and a woman.
Besides, on the other side of the ocean, there is a lovely girl waiting for him to go back.
Yang Yang thought of Su Mo, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile a little.
After ten long hours, I felt a little confused after getting off the plane, which was the sequelae of the biological clock being disrupted again.
It was already ten o'clock in the evening when he returned to Beiping, and Yu Shuping instructed Yang Yang to start the preparation of "Those Years", and then left with Liao Chengwen.
Yang Yang hadn't told Su Mo about his return, he took a taxi back to his nest in Beiping.
Pick the key, open the lock, push the door in, and there is a faint light in the bedroom.
Yang Yang was surprised for a while, but quickly patted his head, thinking something. It must be Su Mo here.
Yang Yang left the key to Su Mo before leaving, and Su Mo would come over every two or three days to clean up, she must have slept here.
Yang Yang entered the door lightly, left his luggage in the living room, and then quietly entered the second bedroom.
The master bedroom is the room where she sleeps, and with Su Mo's temperament and the current stage of the relationship between the two, she will never sleep in her own bed.
The door of the room was slightly closed, not closed tightly, and Yang Yang gently pushed the door in.
I saw Su Mo wearing a beige cartoon pajamas, a hat with small ears on her head, and the whole person was buried deep in the soft futon, revealing only a sleeping little face.
There was a pad in front of her, and a TV series was still playing on it, Yang Yang glanced at it, it seemed to be the plot of "Fairy Sword".
This guy must have fallen asleep while watching TV in bed.
Yang Yang turned off the pad a little helplessly, put it aside, and then looked back at Su Mo asleep.
Su Mo is like a sleeping kitten, with long and thick eyelashes, a small nose that is upturned and transparent under the light, and a face that looks red and pink because of the heating, as quiet and beautiful as a baby.
Yang Yang just looked at it gently, staring at Su Mo's eyebrows, he felt that Su Mo was the same as three years ago, nothing had changed.
He can still clearly remember the girl who was carrying a schoolbag, wearing a school uniform, and turned around in the sunset and frowned slightly at himself and shouted "Yang Yang, go faster".
Three years have passed in a blink of an eye, but fortunately, I didn't lose Su Mo.
Now Su Mo is lying quietly in front of him, asleep, and his identity is already his girlfriend, Yang Yang has a feeling of sudden dream.
Yang Yang had the urge to kiss Su Mo in his heart, he slowly leaned over and stared at Su Mo's little face, getting closer and closer, seeing that he was about to kiss.
Suddenly, the pair of beautiful eyelashes trembled slightly, Su Mo slowly opened his eyes, and Yang Yang was stunned.
The eyes are facing each other.