On September 16, the 13th Hong Kong International Film Festival held a grand opening ceremony at the Hong Kong City Hall, which was the first Hong Kong International Film Festival held after the Hong Kong Film Association took over the hosting rights and carried out a complete reform of the film festival.

Compared with the previous editions, this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival can be said to have attracted a lot of attention, attracting a large number of outstanding films and filmmakers from all over the world, and the 20 films shortlisted for the main part of the festival - the main competition feature film unit, except for eight Hong Kong films, all the others are from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea and other countries and regions.

There has been a debate within the Hong Kong Film Association on the choice of opening films, with some people believing that in order to highlight the internationalization of the film festival, the opening film should choose a Hong Kong film and a foreign film. Others believe that this is the first film festival sponsored by the Film Association, and it should mainly showcase Hong Kong films, so all the opening films should be Hong Kong films.

Both points of view are reasonable, and no one can convince anyone, and the final issue will be submitted from the board of directors (the presidents of each chapter are directors of the board of directors of the film association) to the board of directors. After some discussion at the chairman's meeting, it was finally decided to choose Hong Kong films for the opening film.

As compensation, and for the purpose of 'highlighting internationalization', the jury was chaired by the American director George Brown. Lucas served as the vice chairman, and Wu Yusen served as the vice chairman. This proposal has been unanimously approved within the Film Association. It's very smooth lì's tong guò.

There is no disagreement in the selection of specific films, and among the eight Hong Kong films shortlisted for the feature film unit of the main competition, only "New Dragon Inn" and "Ghost Love" are the most suitable opening films, one with the theme of Hong Kong's traditional martial arts. But it is not a copy of the routines of previous martial arts films, both in terms of creative theory and technology; The other is a fantasy romance drama that wins with a plot. One of the two films is more commercial in nature, and the other is a typical literary film, which is just in line with the positioning of the film festival.

In order to meet the needs of the screening of films in each unit, the organizing committee of the film festival has prepared more than 20 theaters, and on the first day of the film festival, all the films were almost full. Advance tickets were also queued up for a week, which shows that Hong Kong people also have a lot of enthusiasm for the festival.

Of course, the most eye-catching is the red carpet part of the opening ceremony of the film festival. Unlike the Hong Kong Film Awards, which only award Hong Kong films, so that its influence is limited to the Asian region, the Hong Kong International Film Festival is internationalized and has dozens of films from all over the world. Naturally, the attention it receives is also greater. Many media reporters from all over the world have gathered in Hong Kong on the 15th, and in addition to Hong Kong's ATV and TVB, Taiwan's China Television, Japan's NHK TV and the UK's Sky TV will broadcast the opening ceremony live, there is no doubt that this will be a great opportunity for Hong Kong actors to show themselves to the world.

Just after 8 o'clock in the morning, there was already a lot of people outside the Hong Kong City Hall, not to mention reporters, and thousands of fans. Among them are both Hong Kong locals and tourists from all over the world. Some of these tourists happened to come to Hong Kong for tourism, and some came specifically for the film festival, not only to participate in the film festival, but also to see their idols.

By half past eight, Liu Songren and Shen Dianxia were dressed in formal suits, and their expressions appeared in the live TV screen, one of their two emcees was from ATV, and the other was from wireless, Shen Dianxia didn't say it, she was originally the gold medal emcee in Hong Kong. Although Liu Songren rarely serves as the emcee, his image, timbre and popularity are enough to make him qualified for the important role of emcee of the film festival.

The two are from two Hong Kong TV stations, which is probably not only a coincidence, but most likely the intentional arrangement of Gu Chen and Shao Yifu, the purpose of which is naturally to highlight the status of the film festival. From the side, the expectations of the two for the film festival are higher than the Academy Awards.

I only heard Liu Songren speak first: "Good morning, all the audience and friends in front of the TV, it is the opening ceremony of the 13th Hong Kong International Film Festival. ”

Shen Dianxia answered: "Yes, we are now at the opening ceremony of the 13th Hong Kong International Film Festival, and there are not only hundreds of media reporters from all over the world, but also thousands of loyal fans, who are waiting for the opening ceremony to begin." ”

The live broadcast camera turned to the crowd next to him with Shen Dianxia's words, and sure enough, there were dense human heads at a glance, and there were huge posters that were particularly conspicuous, perhaps to ensure the order of the venue, and many policemen could be seen.

Turning the camera around, Liu Songren continued: "Compared with previous editions, this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival has undergone all-round reforms from the inside out, making it the most important platform to showcase Hong Kong films and bring Hong Kong films in line with international standards. In terms of concreteness, this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival has attracted more attention from filmmakers from all over the world, and more than half of the films shortlisted for each unit are from overseas, and each of them is very good, and many of them are the latest works of master directors. ”

"That's right." Shen Dianxia nodded: "Not only the works shortlisted for the exhibition, but the members of the jury are also world-class, including the famous Hollywood director George?" Lucas, I believe that there is no movie lover who does not know his masterpiece "Star Wars" series. In addition, there is the famous French director Jacques? Pei Han, the famous Japanese director Takeshi Kitano, etc., and of course, the famous Hong Kong directors Wu Yusen, Xu Ke, etc., these master directors will form the most authoritative jury to select the best film of this year's festival, that is, the Golden Bauhinia Award, but the Golden Bauhinia Award and other awards will not be announced until the last day of the festival. ”

At this time, the two emcees seemed to have received instructions, and Liu Songren took over the conversation: "Okay, the opening ceremony is about to begin, first of all, the red carpet link, in the upcoming red carpet link, there are not only many Hong Kong actors, but also more than 100 filmmakers from all over the world, among which there is naturally no lack of beautiful and colorful actresses, who will compete with actresses from all over the world on the red carpet." ”

With the arrival of the first courtesy car, the red carpet session officially began, some of the guests on the red carpet are judges of the jury, some are the main creators of the shortlisted films, and some are purely invited, no matter which one, on such a grand occasion today, every guest is dressed up to attend, especially the female guests, who almost did their best to show themselves, so that the reporters and fans on both sides of the red carpet are dizzying.

Unlike the Academy Awards, Liu Songren and Shen Dianxia, the two emcees, did not interview the guests who walked the red carpet, but whenever a guest walked on the red carpet, they would make an audio introduction in a timely manner, after all, not every guest knew the audience on the scene and in front of the TV.

As a major event in Hong Kong and the first time hosted by the Film Association, although Gu Chen's woman did not have any films shortlisted, she still wanted to be welcomed, but the film festival is international, and there are many TV stations live broadcast, which is too public, and because there are too many women, it is not easy to walk together, so He Chaoqiong, Li Zhi, Qiu Shuzhen and Zeng Huaqian, who attended the red carpet ceremony, all walked the red carpet alone.

Although they walked the red carpet alone, the limelight of the four women was not diminished at all, everyone could instantly attract the attention of the audience at the moment they walked on the red carpet, beautiful faces, perfect figures, luxurious dresses, plus sparkling, valuable jewelry at a glance, so that they became the object of competition for all reporters and photographers on the scene, and they did not hesitate to consume film.

As for Gu Chen...... In a white extended Rolls-Royce heading to the venue, Zhong Chuhong withdrew his gaze from the outside, glanced at Gu Chen next to him, and said angrily: "You left your wife aside, but you appeared with me, aren't you worried about someone gossiping?" ”

"What is there to worry about, in the eyes of the media and the public, I am the quintessential playboy in the world, no matter how much gossip there is, that's it." Gu Chen smiled indifferently: "Besides, isn't Ayu with Wei Yixin, isn't it normal for the heroines of the two opening films to accompany the most distinguished guests of the opening ceremony to attend?" Even no matter how picky people are, they shouldn't be able to find anything wrong. ”

"Specially arranged Ayu to walk the red carpet with Wilsson, I'm afraid you are covering up for yourself." Zhong Chuhong glanced at Gu Chen charmingly.

Gu Chen didn't feel embarrassed when his mind was exposed, not to mention that he saw that Zhong Chuhong had no intention of objecting, so he was even more at ease, and even began to inch in, only to see him leaning forward, approaching Zhong Chuhong, and said with a smile: "How do you know that I am covering up?" What do I have to hide? When he spoke, his eyes looked directly at Zhong Chuhong, his eyes flashed with naked desire, he thought that Zhong Chuhong would dodge, but he didn't want Zhong Chuhong to boldly look at him, and there was a faint seductive smile on his face.

Since other women are so active, if he doesn't cooperate, won't it chill people's hearts? Gu Chen made an excuse for himself in his heart, and immediately pressed towards the delicate red lips, Zhong Chuhong really didn't resist, but responded enthusiastically...... (To be continued......)

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