This time in Japan is quite smooth, with Alain's song, "Zi Bu Yu" is the icing on the cake, He Mu successfully submitted "Zi Bu Yu" to the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival Review Committee, it will take a while to know whether it is shortlisted after the review, there are many Chinese films submitted for review, He Mu knows that there is "Guanyin Mountain" filmed by Zhu Bingbing and Li Yu again, He Mu met the director Li Yu, who is also a Chinese filmmaker, He Mu not only greeted him warmly, but also agreed that if he was shortlisted, everyone must support each other, Although I haven't seen this "Guanyin Mountain", Li Yubing's previous "Apple" was really good, but it was a pity that it was banned, and Bingbing, who has always been regarded as a vase, has a pretty good performance in that movie.

He Mu held a fan meeting in Tokyo, contacted his fans, and claimed that maybe he would soon have a director's work released in Japan, Momoko Momozuki and the others praised He Mu for his talent, and asked him if he had a starring role, what stories he told, and so on. He Mu didn't mention the East Film Festival, because it was still unknown, but "Zi Bu Yu" will definitely be released in Japan, with the popularity and popularity of the original work, even if it is a pity that it was not shortlisted for the East Film Festival, there is still some room for operation, but the result will definitely not be as expected.

After the Tokyo incident, He Mu did not return to China, but directly transferred to Toronto, Canada, the famous Toronto International Film Festival has opened, and the "Cold Heart" produced by Rubik's Cube Pictures and distributed by Touchstone and "Zi Bu Silent" produced by Shuimu Forest will be promoted at the film festival and screened worldwide for the first time. The main actors of both movies are He Mu.

The Toronto Film Festival and Montreal are the two most prestigious international film festivals in Canada, of which Montreal is an A-category international film festival based on award competitions, and its nature is the same as that of Cannes, Berlin, East Film Festival, and Shanghai Film Festival. And Toronto is not a class A film festival, after more than 30 years of development and change finally formed its own unique style, although there are also several competition units, there is a symbol of high honor of the people's choice award, but that is not the most important point of the film festival, Toronto is characterized by a large number of film screenings, she mainly serves the market. It has the reputation of "the largest film market in North America".

It is reported that thousands of films come to Toronto every year to compete or sell, and more than 1,000 internationally registered media report on them. Hundreds of film companies will have their eyes on it, and it can be said that the influence is transcendent, especially in the United States.

In recent years, the Toronto International Film Festival has become a film event that has attracted international attention, and has become a preview of the Oscars many times. Many films use it as a place for world premieres or North American premieres. Let the audience have a sneak peek, although "Zi Bu Yu" attaches more importance to the Japanese market and participated in the East Film Festival, but it does not conflict with Toronto, "Zi Bu Yu" is only screened in Toronto for promotion and world premiere, aiming to attract the attention and attention of film dealers around the world, it would be great if a few rights could be sold. Didn't you come to Toronto just to sell?

Not only did He Mu use his "Zi Bu Si" to promote and sell it, but now domestic filmmakers are more and more fond of mixing it with international film festivals. Chinese films and filmmakers can only have the opportunity to be recognized and loved by the people of the world if they actively participate in the international film market, of course, if there are indeed good works.

On September 9th, the 35th Toronto International Film Festival officially opened, He Mu came on the first day, the touchstone doorway is many, "Cold Heart" was shortlisted for the high-profile international film critics unit, as an entry, you can get two public screenings or at least one media screening arranged by the organizers, which is very beneficial to improving the international popularity of the film, which is what "Zi Bu Si" can't ask for, who makes the family an American film, fortunately, He Mu was also shortlisted for a "new director discovery unit" (screening), But there's nothing to be proud of, the Toronto Film Festival has a total of 17 film sections, which is just a very humble one.

In Toronto, He Mu saw a lot of domestic counterparts, as the mainland market is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more attention is paid to other countries' film counterparts, Chinese filmmakers are obviously more active than before, don't care if they have friendship or not, as long as they meet Lu Lu, he invited them to attend the high-profile world premiere of "Cold Heart" at the Toronto Film Festival, although "Cold Heart" is a foreign language film, but it is adapted from a Chinese film, and the director also has Chinese blood, The most important thing is that one of the leading actors of this movie is He Mu, a young man who has become famous in the Chinese film industry, so it naturally attracts the attention of Chinese filmmakers.

Although the capacity of Toronto filmmakers is large, it is not casual to participate, which reflects the financial resources and connections of the production company, Shuimu Forest took great pains to come up with a "Zi Bu Si", and Huayi Brothers sent three films this year, one is Feng Xiaogang's "Tangshan Earthquake" which created a new box office record for Chinese films in the mainland, the film was shortlisted for the "Contemporary World Film Unit" (screening), five of the 50 shortlisted works are Chinese films, and Huayi's other work Xu Laowei's " Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire" is also one-fifth, which shows Huayi Brothers' desire and confidence in the global box office of their films, and the Chinese films shortlisted in this unit also include Xu Anhua's "Idle Fried Rice", Huang Zhenzhen's "Break Up and Say I Love You" and Taiwan director Zhong Menghong's "The Fourth Picture".

Huayi's third film to Toronto is called "Knife and Laugh", which is the second film co-produced by Huayi after "Love in the City" and 20th Century Fox International Productions, with an American background, and the director is a film director newcomer Wu Ershan who crosses over from the advertising industry, and the experience of Li Weiran, the director of "Chama Town", is similar, and I heard that Huayi intends to start the second part of "Painted Skin", and the director is this Wu Ershan director, which shows that he has something extraordinary. The heroine of the film is Zhang Yuqi, He Mu's old acquaintance, she very readily agreed to watch "Cold Heart", after all, she is the heroine of the original version, and she really wants to see Hollywood star Scarlett. How Johnson played her role.

In addition, He Mu was shortlisted for the "New Director Discovery Unit" and the works of two Chinese film directors, one is Wang Meng's "Piano of Steel", the other is "Taipei Sunday" by Taiwan director He Weiting, coincidentally, Wang Meng's "Piano of Steel" also applied for the main competition unit of the East Film Festival, and "Zi Bu Silent" is exactly the same rhythm, Wang Meng's father is Zhao Benshan's screenwriter, and he himself is half of Benshan Media's people, He Mu heard Uncle Benshan mention this person, and he has also seen his directorial debut before, "Ears are Blessed" starring Fan Wei , it is a literary film that is not so boring, I hope both of them can be shortlisted for the East Film Festival this time.

When He Mu was looking forward to being shortlisted for the main competition unit of the East Film Festival, the young Chinese director Jia Zhangke was shortlisted for the high-profile "Master Unit" with his latest work "Legend of the Sea", and he was shortlisted with South Korea's Lee Cangdong, Japan's Takashi Miike and other world-class directors, the film festival gave a brief comment: ""Legend of the Sea" is directed by Jia Zhangke, the youngest film master in the world today, and was commissioned to be held in 2010 at the Shanghai World Expo, this documentary about the sea, Through a series of interviews and depictions of urban landscapes, an ever-evolving chapter in the history of modern China is written. "The youngest film master in the world today, this hat is really weighty, even if he is obsessed with commercial films, He Mu, who looks at "money", is a little red-eyed.

The world premiere of "Cold Heart" featured Will, president of Litmus Stone, Jeff, president of Cube Pictures, and director James Brown. Wen, screenwriter Lei. Werner, the hero and heroine Joseph. Gordon, Scarlett. Johnson was all present, and another actor, He Mu, also invited a large number of Chinese filmmakers' relatives and friends.

The directors he invited include Tsui Hark, Xu Laowei, Xu Anhua, Jia Zhangke, Wang Meng, and the new work "Jingwu Fengyun. Chen Zhen" was shortlisted for the "Special Recommended Movie" unit director Liu Weiqiang, Huang Zhenzhen, He Weiting and Zhong Menghong have not yet arrived in Toronto, Feng Xiaogang and Wu Ershan can't come because of something, I heard that they want to meet a few Hollywood bigwigs to discuss the North American release of "Tangshan Earthquake" and "Knife Laughter".

In terms of actors, Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, and Deng Chao of the "Di Renjie" crew were served in one pot, He Mu is quite familiar with Deng Chao because of his good relationship with Sun Li, as for the other two, they have only met at some events, said a few words, and the friendship is shallow, but they should be more familiar after this time. In addition, Zhang Yuqi, Zhang Jingchu, the heroine of "Tangshan Earthquake", Tang Wei, a Chinese actor who participated in the Korean movie "Late Autumn", and Wang Qianyuan and Qin Hailu, the heroes and heroines of "The Piano of Steel", also came to the premiere with director Wang Meng.

The premiere of the film at the film festival is not as big as the big scene and battle that costs tens of millions of dollars at every turn, it is just an ordinary screening hall, hundreds of seats for watching the movie, the main creator chats, and then watches the movie. If it is a big-name director, the screening hall will definitely be crowded, and fans and media people will make use of every bit of space they can use, just like those "film master units", as well as some Hollywood movies with strong commercial attributes, such as this "Cold Heart".

When Liu Weiqiang came to the outside of the movie theater, he saw his old acquaintances Tsui Hark and Andy Lau, who were staring at a poster and were engrossed, and Liu Weiqiang asked them what they were watching.

Tsui Hark pointed to the poster, "The poster of Cold-Heart." ”

"Do you see any doorways?"

Andy Lau first said, "This poster is very big and the location is also very good, obviously compared with the others, so it can be seen that the distribution company has a lot of publicity, and maybe it will win the award in the future." ”

Liu Weiqiang didn't care, "I can see this." ”

"And ......," Andy Lau pointed to the center of the poster...... (To be continued......)

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