The Sundance Film Festival will eventually have 100 feature films and 50 short films shortlisted.

The director of those 50 short films is likely to win an investment and contract, and the 100 feature films are the focus of all film companies.

These films will be screened during the festival and will be available for all to see. And at this moment, all directors are waiting for the announcement of the final eleven film award nominations. There, a press conference is taking place.

Sitting in the coffee shop, sipping fresh coffee, Zhang Zhengwu looked at the enthusiastic crowd on the street outside the window, and muttered: "Isn't it the same as the ancient students who went to Beijing to take the exam?" ”

Happy smiled: "Don't say it, it's really a bit imaginative." ”

In fact, Zhang Zhengwu also wanted to go, but he didn't understand English, so he cheapened Luo Kedi and ran out with Bai Xiaoya. Luo Kedi, the dead fat man, is courteous to Bai Xiaoya, and even a fool can see it, but he has a lover, Xiaobai may not be interested.

There is still a lot of grinding to be done.

"Nominated, nominated, nominated."

was figuring out, and outside Luo Kedi was running and shouting, and running in in a hurry, regardless of the fact that this was a café. When he shouted like this, the whole store looked at him.

"Man, your film was nominated for Sundance..."Even the café owner poked his head out from behind the counter, "What nomination?" ”

He was pleasantly surprised to find that his work "Grand Central Station" won five nominations, including the "Feature Film Award", "Producer Award", "Photography Award", "Drama Award" and "Jury Prize", including almost all the awards at the Sundance Film Festival.

There was an uproar in the café, "That's right, how can there be five nominations." ”

"Oh my God, they're going to be famous."

"It's incredible."

"Hey, what's the name of your movie?" This kind of intensive nomination is immediately reminiscent of the Brazilian film in '93, the first non-North American film to participate in the little-known Sundance Film Festival, and won five nominations in one fell swoop: "Feature Film Award", "Producer Award", "Cinematography Award", "Drama Award", "Special Jury Award", and finally won two awards, "Photography Award" and "Special Jury Award". However, the quality of the film itself is worrying, and winning so many awards has the meaning of the operation of the film festival. It's a pity that it can't help but be tested by the audience, and it only got three million box office in North America, and it was mediocre in Brazil.

Today's Sundance Film Festival has become an international hit. It stands to reason that there is no need to deliberately operate for the sake of a non-North American film, but it is hard to guarantee that there is no such meaning.

Jealousy is the original sin, and immediately some media began to question the list, "Is Sundance Film School a bunch of people who have been kicked in the head by donkeys." ”

Most of the people in the café are here for the film festival, and most of them are peers. Seeing that the young man sitting next to him turned out to be the biggest winner of the Sundance Film Festival nomination, it was inevitable to lose his mind, envy, and be jealous.

The owner of this "York Cafe" is also quite bold, waving his hand and saying, "Your coffee is free, welcome to come often in the future." ”

"Haha, thank you very much. I'm going to have to stay a few more days at Sundance and won't be paying again. ”

"Come on."

Luo Kedi was also happy, but he was inevitably envious in his heart, with a faint sense of loss. A group of four people, only he is the "outsider" of this movie. I knew that I was very happy, but I didn't expect that when I actually made a movie, I would quickly become a popular figure like school. He also had to admire that some people were born to stand in front of the spotlight.

No matter how critical and questionable you are now, it is not a moment, and the smart choice is to verify it yourself at today's screening.

The day after the nominations were announced, all Sundance theaters began screening each of the shortlisted films.

It was the turn of the premiere of "Central Station", and Happy and others went to the scene early to explore the bottom and put up a few self-made beautiful posters.

There was no cold scene, because this morning's "Sundance Movie News" carried a large report. "Grand Central Station", which has won the most nominations and is a Chinese-language film, has naturally become the focus of attention. The audience is curious, what kind of movie is this that can win this award?

This is the first premiere of Happy Happy, but unfortunately there is no red carpet, and the audience does not even know him as a director and actor. There are only a few posters posted at the door, which can be regarded as a guide to what movie the audience is playing.

This few scenes poured cold water on everyone's heads, and they felt quite uncomfortable.

"Let's also go and hand out flyers so that more people can see our films." Bai Xiaoya said sourly.

Zhang Zhengwu was also worried, and said: "But we didn't print leaflets? ”

"There are posters, you can print more posters and send out flyers."

happily said: "That's a good idea, Luo Kedi, you can take them with you, I'll stay here and count the audience's viewing experience." ”

Luo Fatzi nodded, clenched his fists and followed. happily exhaled a sigh of depression, carrying a rented camera, and recording this scene. After walking around, I found that it was not unacceptable. Because the treatment of other films is even worse, and there is also the phenomenon of only a few audience members in the screening room. Compared to "Grand Central Station", it is already very good.

He even saw a lot of audience members with press cards walking into the cinema, waiting to report after watching the movie. If the film didn't deserve so many nominations, they would use their pen to send Sundance to hell.

The movie began to play, and on the big screen, the first thing the audience saw was the opening of the "Mountains and Seas" company. Just this few seconds of animation logo, as soon as a group of lively pandas appeared, it made people's eyes shine: "The opening is very exquisite, is it a big company, mainly making cartoons?" ”

The result is bright colors and unflinching rhythms that don't get boring at all. As soon as it appeared, it was a crowded and noisy station, but the plot was unhurriedly carried out in the corner.

People soon know the general plot direction, a road movie that helps a little boy find his father.

This is a joys and sorrows of life, intertwined with the joys and pains of life. The interweaving of shock and forbearance, the road to self-redemption under the melody of compassion.

The vast oriental land is constantly rotating under the camera, and the noisy city and withered countryside rush by in front of you, "Grand Central Station" seems to be an old dream with vague clouds and shadows. Persistently looking for his father, he clings to a beautiful dream: his father is a tall and burly man, and finding him means finding happiness. Calluses from the tribulations of life are like a sharp knife that punctures bubbles: in the adult world, dreams do not matter, and hope must be unbearable despair.

The biggest advantage of this movie is that it does not immediately show the compassionate side of human nature, making the heroine a bad person. She's real. With all sorts of shortcomings, at the strictest of times, even the little boy was sold to human traffickers.

But the two people are searching together, like the two poles of life: innocence and old age, joy and sorrow, led by a seemingly endless road to an unknown end.

"Papapapa~~"

After the movie was played, there was applause in the small movie screening hall. Some people also wiped their tears and applauded vigorously. This scene made Happy and the others stunned, and their hearts were full of glory.

After spontaneous applause, the crowd left the venue with a smile. The next group of audience members were still waiting outside, and when they saw someone coming out, they casually asked, "Man, how is the movie, I just heard applause." ”

"It's the best movie I've seen this year." The lady who was pulled didn't mind at all and smiled, "You won't be disappointed." ”