Chapter Twenty-Seven: China's Financiers!

Shen Lin walked into the press hall of the movie palace between Gong Li and Zhao Liying. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Compared with North America and China, Shen Lin is not very popular among professional media and journalists in Europe.

He knows this very well, not to mention Ang Lee, Brother Chen Kai or Zhang Yimou, even Jia Zhangke was treated better than Shen Lin in Cannes!

No matter how commercialized Cannes is, people are also flaunting art film festivals, and Cannes is still in France!

This is exactly the case, and the reporter's questions are aimed at Gong Li and Zhao Liying.

The former is because of the fame he has made in Cannes for so many years, and the latter is because he starred in "Super Body" and has a great reputation!

It's a bit funny, Shen Lin clearly won the Oscar for Best Picture, and "Super Body" is also a work directed by him, and those reporters actually chose to turn a blind eye to him!

Ay!

French cinema, known as avant-garde and artistic!

However, Shen Lin didn't care about these at all, and still smiled and watched Gong Li being interviewed.

"Actually, when I first received the script of "Carol", I was not very willing to act, although I knew that the original novel of this movie was very famous, but the director was Shen Lin, and I was a little worried that he might not make such a movie so beautiful. ”

"Of course, it turns out that I think too much, Shen Lin's directing style is really diverse, he shot this movie completely according to his own understanding, and the movie is very good!"

Shen Lin's smile enlarged, and Gong Li immediately received the signal: "Although I knew Shen Lin before, knew that he had filmed "Interstellar", filmed "Super Body", and knew that he finished filming "Dallas Buyers Club" in 24 days, I have never believed it, how long do you guess the filming of this "Carol" took me?"

Gong Li has been in the film industry for decades, of course he knows how to praise a movie, "less than 30 days! And it was filmed and cut at the same time, and the day after the filming was completed, we enjoyed the finished movie together, I was very moved, really, I can't see that this is a gay movie, a very romantic and beautiful love story!"

As soon as Gong Li's words were finished, a bunch of reporters immediately asked Shen Lin.

Probably asked him how to ensure quality in such a fast time or something.

"It took half a year to prepare, and the actors' performances went well, I can't think of a reason why it took so long to shoot, of course, you can understand that this is a director's confidence!"

"But art takes time to sharpen!"

"OK! Let's watch the movie!"

Shen Lin didn't bother to argue with this group of people.

In the past half century, French films have been declining, and what is really famous abroad is French comedy or French action films, such as "Shut Up", "Hurricane Rescue", "Interstellar Agent" and the like, as for those avant-garde literary films, such as "Eat Raw" and "Love", they are completely RB Ivy dressed in the coat of feature films, no, RB Ivy can't do it to the extent of "Eat Raw"!

I really don't understand where the arrogance of these people comes from!

"I have always admired Sister Gong Li, and it is my honor to work with her!"

It was Xiao Zhao's turn, and Shen Lin was a little surprised to see that Xiao Zhao actually spoke fluent English!

"Actually, I don't need to act in this movie at all, I just need to follow Sister Gong Li's eyes, sometimes I wonder if I am a lace edge, but fortunately, my husband is the director, and I will not be disgusted when I see him. ”

I'll go, Li Ying can be so nonsense now?

Wait, she can't tell the truth, right?

Suddenly felt that Huang Xiaoming might be green...

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The Festival de Cannes has always been simple and complex at the same time.

It is simple to say that it is a similar program every year, and it is scheduled to open in mid-May every year, lasting about 12 days, usually opening on Wednesday and closing on the following Sunday;

It's complicated because behind Cannes, like Hollywood and the Oscars, is full of all sorts of factors, and PR applies everywhere!

Of course, on the surface, the Cannes Film Festival is still glamorous and lively.

As one of the most watched events in the fan circle, the Cannes Film Festival has developed into the world's largest, most well-known and most influential international film festival.

On the one hand, the shortlisted films of the Cannes Film Festival every year maintain a consistent standard of film selection, with artistic value as the only criterion for judging films;

On the other hand, the Festival de Cannes offers an opportunity for many budding directors to shine.

Quentin ("Pulp Fiction"), Jia Zhangke ("Let It Go"), Park Joo-wook ("Oldboy") and other world-renowned directors all started their international fame in Cannes.

Of course, the reason why Cannes is becoming more and more sought after by big directors and stars is not only because of its artistry, but also because of its influence and the huge film market formed by it, attracting the attention of filmmakers from all over the world.

"Truth be told, the most important film festival in the world has always been the Cannes Film Festival, and it is far ahead. Suffice it to say, a Cannes film festival is more important than all the film festivals in the world combined!"

This pretending to be a strong sentence was not made by me, but by Pierre Risian, who is known as the 'citizen of world cinema'.

The producer sells the film, and the distributor buys the film.

These will eventually form a market in Cannes with a trading volume of around $1 billion. This figure is also the highest among all kinds of film festivals and film exhibitions in the world. It is even said that 70% of the world's film transactions take place in Cannes.

According to public data, in 2014, a total of 11,900 people from 118 countries participated in the Cannes Film Market, and 985 films were screened for a total of 1,426 screenings.

As a result, the Festival de Cannes can generate between 2.8 million and 4 million euros in revenue from the registration fee alone.

At the same time, more than 4,000 films were traded on the Marché du Film with sales of up to $1 billion!

Making money is the main reason why these big directors are on the show!

In recent years, Cannes has attracted more and more attention from Chinese financiers.

The bigwigs in the circle who hold capital from all walks of life are also a beautiful landscape active in Cannes. Among them, some bought film copyrights, some cooperated to set up film funds, and some participated in screenings and sold films, and the liveliness of the transaction was not inferior to that of Cannes films.

The first to bear the brunt is Bona, Yu Dong personally led the team to participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival!

On the spot, it announced that it would spend $80 million to announce that it would invest in the famous Hollywood director Roland Emmerich's World War II epic film "Midway", which will own all the global rights of the film except for the United States, including the distribution rights in China, which can be called a major breakthrough in the cooperation model of Chinese capital involved in Hollywood blockbusters.

Weiying Times also acquired the Chinese rights of 9 films from the well-known French film distributor Wild Bunch!

The trip to Cannes in the micro-shadow era was vigorous and resolute, and it became a hot topic in the circle for a while.

In terms of fund partnerships, Tang Media Partners (TPG), which we have invested in, announced the establishment of a film foundation, with an initial round of funding between $50 million and $100 million.

What a rich man!

With the blessing of so many donors, it is difficult for the Cannes Film Festival not to be noticed by domestic fans!