Chapter 132, Berlin lottery
(To correct the mistake, Fa Ge should have won the Golden Horse Award in 85.) οΌ
If when standing in front of the Berlin Wall, Mo Fei vaguely realized that this time he would return empty-handed or a premonition, then what happened next confirmed the possible surname of this premonition.
During the International Surname Awards, there is generally a rule - the heat must die, although there is no scientific evidence, but almost everyone knows that this law is like a spell entwining many art awards, more than ninety percent will not fail, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" encountered such a tragic situation.
Since the opening ceremony of the film festival, this Chinese-language film has been one of the big hits, and among more than 400 films from more than 400 countries and regions participating in the competition, including short films and documentaries, it has been unanimously optimistic, ranking among the top five most promising awards.
In the screenings after the opening ceremony, as well as in various forums, Mo Fei and Xu Anhua were also two of the most asked questions by reporters in the list of nominees, and some reporters even directly asked how the two would celebrate after picking up the bear, including Liu Songren, who was nominated for Best Actor.
Although it is the first time to participate in this kind of international surname award, I was not very optimistic about winning the award for various reasons, but on the day of the official lottery, I still specially changed into a set of Chinese clothes, hoping to bring a little luck to myself surrounded by many foreigners, at least all three awards were lost.
I don't know if I can get the award, but Mo Fei's outfit has earned a lot of points, and there have been Chinese films that have participated in the Berlin Film Festival before, but I haven't seen anyone dressed like this, plus Mo Fei himself is tall, handsome, and has a very good image, so that reporters consume a lot of film on him.
The emcee at the scene also found it very interesting and conducted an interview with Mo Fei: "Mr. Mo Fei, you should understand that the closing ceremony of the film festival is attended in formal clothes, so I guess this should be a Chinese-style formal attire, right?" β
Regardless of whether you win the award or not, it is also good to be able to promote Chinese culture, so she said into the microphone: "Yes, I am wearing a modified set of modern Chinese formal clothes today. β
"Modern Chinese formal wear, this statement is very interesting, but is there any more ancient Chinese formal wear?" The master of ceremonies was also aroused by Mo Fei's interest and asked.
Mo Fei nodded: "Yes, just like you said." China's history is very long, and every time the times change, there will be different styles of culture affecting clothing, which I believe that any country with a rich history in the world has costumes that represent different periods of culture, but China is more ancient. β
"So why did you choose this style, and is there any special significance?"
"In fact, this does not fully represent Chinese culture, the real Chinese folk classical formal dress is called 'Hanfu', and the procedure for wearing it is very complicated. The main reason is that this style is relatively simple and easy to wear, and if there is any point, then I hope it will bring good luck to me and my companions. β
Many years later, there will be a kind of clothing called "Tang costume", which is completely different from the four, but it is actually the most disdainful of this title, so it is also hoped that it can play a precedent role, and the time to make a big oolong will not be able to make a big oolong, and the Han people who make trouble do not like the Manchus, it is simply a shame.
There are still people waiting on the red carpet behind, and the emcee can't delay too long, and after a brief interview, he said: "Then I hope today's outfit can bring good luck to Mr. Mo Fei and your partner!" β
The Berlin Film Festival is only because there are screenings and forums, and the time is longer, but the final closing ceremony and the Golden Horse Awards and the Academy Awards are basically the same.
Xu Anhua remembered Mo Fei's words just now, she had also seen some interviews with Mo Fei before, and knew Mo Fei's purpose for doing this, and said: "Mr. Mo really spares no effort to spread Chinese culture, and he will publicize it whenever he has the opportunity." β
"There are big differences between Eastern and Western cultures, and in today's world, Western culture is dominant, and if you want to close the distance between the two cultures, everyone has to make efforts, and I don't know if it's really useful, in short, you can do a little bit of it."
Speaking of this, Mo Fei didn't have any good way, shrugged his shoulders and said: "But this is just a small fight, not even a small fight." If we can have an award like this, which can get filmmakers from all over the world to participate, attract more attention, and make all the Chinese participants wear Chinese costumes, then it can really play a promotional role. β
It doesn't have much effect to talk too much about this kind of thing, so he changed the topic and asked Liu Songren: "Has Brother Song been playing a lot recently, is there a schedule this summer, and if we work together on another film, I don't believe that we won't be able to win the award." β
After Liu Songren starred in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", his value has skyrocketed, and his fame has increased a lot compared to before, and he is now one of the top actors in Hong Kong. Now Mo Fei proposed to cooperate again, of course he would not refuse, and said: "This summer, there must be a schedule, what is the theme this time, and will you still cooperate with Director Xu?" β
The movie I was going to make was also suddenly remembered just now, and this time the award is likely to be lost, so I was really unwilling and decided to make another film to win the award. The theme of this film is much more artistic than "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", and the story is absolutely exciting, and the possibility of winning the award is very big.
Said: "It's a film that depicts love and family ethics, Brother Song, your character is a middle-aged man who is a little psychopathic, and I haven't finished writing the script yet, so I can't start filming until the summer." Director Xu wants to make another film, the director of this film I am going to use a newly signed director of the company, who is also a female director, graduated from the film department of New York University this year, you should have heard of her name, it is Zhang Wanyao of the original Jiayi. β
Xu Anhua also came out of Jiayi, and when she heard Zhang Wanyao's name, she turned her head to look at Mo Fei with wide eyes, and said: "Has Wanyao also signed a contract with Phoenix Culture, this is a very good director Miaozi, when I was in Jiayi, I found that she was very talented in this area, she happened to graduate this year, Mr. Mo, when did you sign her?" β
"Oh, she came to me in the company after the Spring Festival and invested in her graduation work, and his classmate Luo Qirui wrote the screenplay for him, and I read the script well, so I invested in them, and I also think she has great potential." Could it be that Zhang Wanyao and Luo Qiruila's investment was briefly talked about.
Xu Anhua couldn't help nodding when she heard this, and said to Liu Songren: "Songren, this Zhang Wanyao is a director with great ideas, and you are an old actor with a lot of experience, the two of you will definitely be able to make a good film when you work together." β
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The three of them chatted for a while, and the award ceremony began, the Berlin Film Festival, a type A international film festival, does not have many awards in the main competition unit, generally only the best film, director, actor and actress and jury award, occasionally plus an outstanding achievement award or the like, and the time really used to award awards to the main competition unit is not long.
Although the hope of winning the award for "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is already very low, the three of them still hope that a miracle will happen, and they hope that the probability of winning an award for an occasional hit film can appear.
First of all, the special jury prize was awarded to "The Woman and the Stranger", and when the director of the film came to the stage to accept the award, he didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy. It's definitely a good thing to win an award, but if you get a special jury prize, you're definitely missing out on the best film shortlisted.
Mo Fei in the audience also didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy, and if he didn't win the special prize of the jury, it proved that he still had a chance to win the Golden Bear, but "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is too hot, and the possibility of winning the award is really low.
This year's Berlin Film Festival is very strange, it was supposed to be followed by the Silver Bear award for Best Director, but this year the Best Actress Award was first awarded, and the award was won by Joe Kennedy, the heroine of "Wicked World", who was not very optimistic before the game.
The heroine didn't expect to win the award at all, when the guests announced her name, she didn't react for a long time that she had won the award, and only then did she stand up and walk to the stage like a dream under the reminder of her companions, and accidentally stepped on the long skirt on the ground and almost tripped over herself.
The competition for Best Actor is quite fierce, and the four shortlisted actors are all very promising, of course, Liu Songren, who was widely favored before the game, is the youngest of the legendary surnames.
The guest opened the envelope containing the name of the award-winning actor, and immediately made a very surprised and exaggerated expression after taking a look, which also made the hearts of several competitors in the audience beat wildly, which was obviously unexpected.
"Best Actor Winner, Fernando FernΓ‘n Gomez for "Stitch." After the award presenter read out the name of the Best Actor winner, he glanced over to the seats in the audience, then smiled mysteriously, and continued: "And "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" Liu Songren." β
Liu Songren's reaction was not much better than that of Joe Kennedy just now, an award-winning actor had already been reported before, and the probability of the two winning the award was much smaller than winning the award after the big hit, and even the other contestants did not expect that this year would be such a situation.
Seeing Liu Songren looking back and forth in disbelief, Mo Fei hurriedly reminded him that the other contestants in the same row also congratulated him, which made Liu Songren relieved himself, and after thanking him, he was ready to go to the stage to accept the award.
Mo Fei's heart is finally steady, no matter what, he still won an award, although it is not the Golden Bear Award that represents the highest honor, or two people won the award, but it is also good.
"Mr. Mo, Director Xu, thank you both, in fact, this trophy should be shared by us, this honor belongs to every member of the crew, without everyone's help and cooperation, I wouldn't have won this award."
After delivering his acceptance speech, Liu Songren stepped on the soles of his feet and "floated" back to his seat like a cloud, and thanked Mo Fei and Xu Anhua again who had already expressed their gratitude on stage, if Mo Fei had not chosen him as the leading actor, and if there was no Xu Anhua's full direction, it would have been impossible for him to win this trophy.
(I was sleepy after the code last night.,I forgot to post it.,Now it's just right for some students to kill time after work.γ (To be continued.) )