"When Happiness Knocks on the Door" was selected for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival, and this news has become the hottest topic in the Hong Kong film industry after the Spring Festival, with the best film, best director, and best actor all shortlisted, which is an unprecedented event in the Hong Kong film industry.

Some magazines and newspapers have already put this film in a supreme position, calling it a work that "leads Hong Kong films to the world", whether it is good or malicious, this kind of irresponsible and only blowing up the report will not have a good impact.

Nowadays, people in the circle will talk about this topic when they sit together, and some identities and statuses will also discuss which of the three shortlisted projects has a better chance of winning the award. When reporters interview each star, they will also ask what they think of the film; There are even some insiders who like to play two hands, betting between a small range of friends.

Mo Fei and Phoenix Culture have once again been pushed to the forefront of media public opinion, although there is almost a lot of applause in this matter, but it is inevitable that someone will come out to disagree and pour cold water for various reasons, in short, the entire entertainment industry in Hong Kong has attracted attention to this incident.

Fortunately, the preparations for "Pirates of Malacca" are relatively secretive, and there are only a few insiders.

Just in the props preparation period, more than 100 million funds were used, and the investment exceeded the original "Cannonball Speed", and the preparation took more than a year to complete, so you can imagine what kind of film this is, and it is not impossible to overshadow the limelight of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

March 15th is the departure of the crew of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", Mo Fei's friends all came to the airport to see them off, and even Golden Harvest and Princess Jin took pictures to come on behalf of them, which shows how much attention the Hong Kong film industry attaches to this matter.

Mo Fei was thinking in his heart that if this film festival "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" did not win, would he become a sinner of Hong Kong films. You must know that now this film has been praised high, and once it falls down at that time, it will be really miserable and painful.

When Mo Fei entered the waiting hall, Zhou Yanfa pretended to be jealous and complained: "Amo, we met first and are very good friends, you didn't open a drama for me to win the award, but forget it this time, you must consider me next time, I am only shortlisted for the Hong Kong local award as a foil." ”

He knew that Zhou Yunfa was joking, but his desire to win the award was real, and who had an ideal actor who didn't have such a mind.

If history doesn't deviate, it seems that he will be able to win an actor this year. It's just that Hong Kong's actor really can't compare with the A-class awards, the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, but the relationship with Zhou Runfa is indeed quite good, and there is really a suitable film for Zhou Runfa to act.

And Zhou Yanfa's acting skills and image conditions are very good, he agreed with a smile, and said: "Of course I have a good opportunity to take care of my own people, in fact, I have been thinking about the right script, as long as the time is ripe, I promise to open you a film that will win the award." ”

Zhou Yunfa still has an outside film contract, and in order to quickly integrate into the film industry, he signed a short film contract in one go, but now it is impossible to get out. It's not that he has a film company, and he also has a lot of artists to cultivate, so normally, even if he has a good script, he will first focus on his company's talents.

Zhou Runfa was originally joking, but he didn't expect Mo Fei to be very serious, but Mo Fei was going to Berlin, and Zhou Yanfa, as a friend, didn't want him to think too much, so he joked with a smile: "Then let's just say it, if you pay less attention to the girls, my hope will be greater." Well, without further ado, I wish you a triumphant return from this trip to Berlin. ”

As soon as the topic of Huaxin is mentioned, he is extremely depressed, he thinks that although he is more amorous, he is not a negative man, and he is not really playing with women like a playboy, at most he is just a little fraternal, the understanding ability of people in this world is really not good, it's too bad, and the difference between Huaxin and amorous is very good.

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The Berlinale was also called the West Berlin Film Festival at this time, and it was an award organized by the Federal Republic of Germany under the guidance of American officials in Germany.

But since the Soviet film won the award in '58 and East Berlin's filmmakers have gradually become involved, this talk has gradually faded. As a barrier between East and West in Europe and the world, the Berlin Wall is so far-reaching, and the festival plays an important role in bringing the cultures together.

In many, almost all of the world's A-category film festivals, the filming of the awards is called a feast of cake, and the awards are awarded in a balanced manner with the attitude of hello, hello, everyone.

As one of the three major film festivals in the world, the Berlin Film Festival must also take care of the emotions of all the contestants participating in the film festival, there are many films that are quite good, if only one film wins most of the awards, it is an obstacle for the film festival itself, not to mention that there are not many awards for this kind of international A-class film festival.

Could it be that he led the team to participate in the Berlin Film Festival this time, and he really didn't have the idea of not swearing to return the award before, of course he was interested in winning the award, and he was very interested, and he also hoped that his company's films could get more affirmation.

But after all, this is the first time to participate in the competition, how dare he have any illusions with no experience, it is already a great affirmation to be nominated, and winning the award is really something that he dare not think about.

After arriving in West Berlin, there is not much to go, the original capital of the German Republic, as early as more than 20 years ago has been completely divided into two, a more than 100 kilometers of anti-fascist wall across the center of the city, become one of the four most famous walls in the world, and the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem, the Great Wall of China, the Dutch sea wall named.

The eastern half of the wall was culturally and politically occupied by the Soviet Union and became the capital of Germany, while the western half was the chassis of the Federal Republic of Germany. Because of the poor standard of living of the people of East Germany and the strong force of missing their loved ones, countless people in East Berlin fled to the west, many of whom were of course technical professionals who were lured to the west.

In order to prevent a large number of professionals from fleeing, Germany had to use a proposed military defensive barrier with barbed wire and a blue flag of Tribulus terrestris, and then completely align a three-meter-high wall. As a result, West Berlin, an enclave of the Federal Republic of Germany, was tightly surrounded by the arms of **Germany, but it was completely cut off from East Berlin. (An enclave is simply a territory surrounded by other countries)

After checking in to the hotel and registering with the organizing committee of the film festival, he and the crew also took a brief stroll around the city, and unconsciously walked to the Berlin Wall.

There is really no interest in this place, a good country is divided into two parts, husbands and wives cannot see each other, children and parents are separated. Politics can turn fathers and sons, husbands and wives against each other, and how much of a wall can play a role.

This phenomenon exists in many parts of the world, the southern and northern countries are the most significant examples, the Berlin Wall will be pushed later, but the problems between the two countries are not so easy to solve, and the worldwide camp problem involves too many points of interest.

Looking at the Berlin Wall in front of me, I suddenly had a feeling that this trip to West Berlin may really be empty-handed, after all, the cultural differences between the East and the West are too great, and Hong Kong films are dominated by commerce, and they are not favored by nature in terms of ideology, so this time it is important to participate.

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"Gentlemen, the awards will be officially presented in two days, and I think the time has come to make a choice about which one to give the best film." While "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" and many other participating films were broadcast in large quantities, the judges of the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival were still arguing about the attribution of the best film.

"I think it should be given to the B film, which is a rare classic and also has a very positive theme. On the other hand, there are too many dark and negative things in A and C films, which are not what art should bring to people. "A big nose in his sixties was the first to express his opinion.

"But Mr. Koloze, although the B film has a positive significance, the subject matter of this film is not very suitable for the current international film art situation, which we have to consider." I thought the judges raised objections.

Another continued: "The general situation of art is not necessarily completely correct, there are many periods in history when art will go down the wrong path. Of course, I'm not sure that today's art is also going down the wrong path, but who can be sure that the development of film art must be the axe of the government and the real aesthetic? ”

The next one is again, as if he is engaged in a debate: "These are actually not very important, I think these three films are all very good representative works of literary films, but have you ever considered a question, B films have already won awards in other aspects, if you add another one, I am afraid it will cause many people to be dissatisfied." ”

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Several judges scrambled to each other, but in the end they couldn't reach a conclusion, and one of the bearded judges sitting at the top knocked on the table and said, "Everyone, let me tell you what I think." There are so many awards at the festival, and we should take into account the majority of the participants, but everyone, we should not let such a good film be missed because of all the old so-called rules. Come to think of it, this is not the era when American officials in Germany called the shots, and the Berlinale should have its own voice. We can give out two Golden Bears, and the other awards can also be two Silver Bears, so that everyone knows that we have made a big concession in order to take care of everyone's emotions, so what else is there to say, I suggest that everyone vote, and if you are in favor, please raise your hand. ”

Eight judges began to vote, and in the end, the winner was 5 to 3, and the B film successfully won the Best Picture award.

Today I still went to the hospital.,Lay down for a day.,For the time being, this one is the first one.,There's no sleepiness at night.,Continue to code words to make up for the previous arrears.,There should be a new chapter to see tomorrow morning.,Thank you for your support! (To be continued.) )