Happy finally experienced the contempt of the United States for Chinese-language films, not even contempt, it is simply ignoring this existence. In the past few days, he has been following the film market at the Sundance Film Festival, and so far, the best selling film is "Prison Shot", which has a rating of only 7.2.

However, it was bought out by Fox's distribution company for $3.5 million plus 20% of the net profit box office, and the distribution rights in North America and Europe. And his work is more than a little bit better than it, not to mention the sharing qualifications, and even the buyout fee is less than half of others. It can be seen that American filmmakers discriminate against Chinese-language films.

Think back to the fact that I used to fantasize about writing a lot of scripts to sell money and break into Hollywood.

“…… Childish. ”

Unless he plans to take root in Hollywood in the future and find a reliable agent, people won't read your script at all. A screenwriter without an agent, no matter how well you write, Hollywood won't look at it, this is the rule. Any script needs an agent to sell it, no matter how fanciful it is, as long as there is a good agent, a bad script can still be filmed.

If there is an exception, it is that you or your work is already famous, such as "The Crazy Smoking Gun", which has won awards at prestigious schools and has been reported by the media, or has been written as a novel and published and then adapted.

Busy times always pass very quickly, and before you know it, it's the closing day of the Sundance Film Festival.

On January 28, all the filmmakers who received the invitation tickets gathered at the main venue of the film school. Here today, the 14th edition of the Sundance Film Festival will announce the awards.

The award with the most gold content is undoubtedly the Feature Film Award, followed by the Producer Award, the Photography Award, and the Drama Award. The Screenwriting Award is broadly similar to the Screenwriting Award. The award can barely be regarded as the best director award, but there are differences. In addition to the reputation and quality of the film, it also pays more attention to the cost of production. Although the films exhibited here have repeatedly broken the lower cost limit and can be made for a few thousand dollars, the cost of the happy "Grand Central Station" is only between 80,000 US dollars, which is still a small amount.

Sundance didn't have a red carpet, but he still had a few celebrity faces, and he saw Kevin Spacey, Julian Moore...... are all his favorite acting schools, Oscar celebrities.

It's no surprise that Sundance was once known for discovering new filmmakers, but now it's a growing star. A few days ago, Spielberg also quietly appeared, and watched a few movies and did a few events, and he was building momentum for the Oscars. The final battle of the awards season every year must be the Oscars, but unfortunately no one has been able to do the "big ship" this year.

Not only big directors, but also some well-known literary and artistic directors have also announced their participation in the new film, and stars from all walks of life, large and small, have flocked to it.

Unlike the three major film festivals in Europe, Sundance is not only an exhibition and shopping mall for film industry professionals, but also a mecca for ordinary movie fans. While last year's Cannes Film Festival attracted 12,000 attendees, this year's Sundance had nearly four times as many participants, most of whom were not film industry professionals, and nearly 2,000 volunteers alone.

"Wow, Woody Allen~!"

Luo Kedi suddenly shouted in horror, and the others also had the same expression as him, all looking at the place surrounded by reporters.

happily glanced at it, but was attracted by another figure, he saw the female director Wenger who was showing a movie in the square that day, and the other party obviously saw them too, and walked straight over with a smile, "Congratulations, I wish you the grand prize." ”

"Thank you." Happy smiled: "Aren't you going in?" He saw that the other party was wearing a thick down jacket, which was obviously not a formal attire for the award ceremony.

Arsene Wenger smiled and said, "I don't have an invitation ticket. ”

"I can give you one, they gave us quite a few."

"No need." Arsene Wenger still shook his head, "I just came today to take a second look and I'm about to leave...... Then go find a job, and An An will go to work separately. She shrugged, her tone thick with reluctance and melancholy.

Happy straight frowned, "You're going to give up?" ”

"Not so." Arsene Wenger laughed to himself and said: "My savings have been spent, and I still owe the bank. You have to live before you can pursue your dreams, don't you? ”

Happy wanted to say something, but still held back, "I really want to help you, but my place of work is not in Hollywood." ”

Wenger smiled again, she could tell that the other party was sincere, even if it was only one side, "Thank you." I'm going to get a film-related job in Los Angeles. If you are in the U.S. and don't have a guide, you can call me. You have my business card...... If you don't throw it away. ”

"I will." Waving happily, he poured into the synagogue with the crowd.

Their seats were in the front row, which was almost predicting something, and they couldn't help but jump a few times in their hearts. The awards were announced one after another, and sometimes there were people who marveled and cheered, and soon came to the photography awards. Because the photographer was not present, even if "Grand Central Station" was nominated, there was little hope. In the end, as expected, it was won by the American comrade-chronicle-film "2By4". The "Photography Award" was followed by the "Maker Award", and the award presenter, Robert Redford, walked out with a smile on his face, made a few jokes, and said that the audience burst into laughter. opened the envelope, and the happiness in the audience immediately sat up straight.

"The winner of the 14th Sundance Film Festival is the ......" also in accordance with the practice before the announcement of many awards, at this time to arouse people's appetite, announced: "It's "Smoke Signals", produced by Chris Eyre! ”

The heart that was hung up suddenly fell, and his brows furrowed, "Do you want to be an empty joy...... Let's take a look. ”

The subsequent Photography Award and Jury Award also failed one after another in great expectations, and his heartstrings fell even lower. Lost three nominations in a row, stood up three times in vain to salute, like a clown. Even Bai Xiaoya and Luo Kedi couldn't manage their expressions well, and they could see it with a worried face.

Although he didn't want to believe it, he couldn't help but believe it. Although the Sundance Film Festival claims to be an international film festival, it is still a film festival for Americans. The movie is good, but it doesn't necessarily mean that those juries will be able to abandon their preconceptions and vote for him.

Taking a deep breath, he realized that he cared too much about gains and losses. You know, a few months ago, he was sent away by the lowest scale of the Beijing Film Studio, what are you doing here, gilded. Now that some people have offered millions of dollars to buy films, shouldn't they save effort, and if they sign a contract early, it will be over.

“…… I still care too much about gains and losses, and my mentality is unbalanced. I have lived two lives in vain, and I really think that I am the center of the world. Just as he was shaking his head in self-pity, a surprise was suddenly given on the stage.

The handsome and charming uncle Kevin Spacey walked up to the stage amid applause and elegantly opened the envelope: "The winner of the Drama Award at the 14th Sundance Film Festival is ...... Great movie, I also voted for them. He put down the envelope and glanced at the audience, and the heat of the sale was quite pure. With a broken pronunciation, he said the Chinese name and said: "Congratulations to "Central Station", the screenwriter opens ~ heart ~!" ”

"Won?"

"We've won a prize!"

Happy was stunned for a moment, and then felt a fat body next to him hug him, and Luo Kedi stood up excitedly and pushed Xing Xing. Bai Xiaoya and Zhang Zhengwu also grinned, not knowing how to express their mood at the moment. The audience applauded, and they all looked sideways at the most brilliant people in this film festival.

Happy didn't know how he got on stage, and he received it from Kevin Spacey in a trance, and he really wasn't surprised. So much so that he habitually used the Chinese in the first sentence of his mouth: "The ups and downs of life are too exciting......"

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