In an instant, Zhong Chuhong covered her mouth in surprise, she couldn't believe what she heard for a long time, and after a while, she excitedly hugged Liang Chaowei and others next to her to celebrate, this is the first international award she has won, and it is an affirmation of her efforts over the years. And this is also the first Best Actress Award in the history of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and as the winner, she will definitely go down in the history of Hong Kong films.

On the way to the stage, people kept congratulating her, she responded politely one by one, it took a few minutes for her to walk on the stage, after saying hello, she took the trophy from Zhou Yanfa's hand, and then walked to the microphone, took a deep breath, and said: "I'm really excited now, this is the biggest award I have won since the film, it is undoubtedly an affirmation of my work and professionalism for so many years, here I want to thank one person in particular, that is Mr. Gu, as far as I know, after the script was created." If it weren't for his trust and support, I would never have won this award today, and I would also like to thank everyone in the crew of "Ghosts and Ghosts", thank you to the jury, the organizing committee, thank you. ”

The Best Actress Award without much suspense was announced, followed by the Best Actor Award, and the guests of honor were the famous Hong Kong actor Xu Guanwen and the famous Japanese film and television singer Sampei star Yamaguchi Baihui, as soon as he stood up, Xu Guanwen, who was dressed in a black suit, changed the image of the ghost horse in the movie, and said politely: "Hello Miss Yamaguchi, I am honored to present the Best Actor Award with your partner." ”

"Mr. Xu is polite, I should have said that it was an honor. You have always been a Hong Kong actor I hope to like, I have seen almost every film, and you are my predecessor in terms of seniority and experience. I've been happy for a long time to hear that I'm going to partner with you this afternoon. ”

Xu Guanwen smiled and said, "Seniors don't dare to be, I remember that Miss Yamaguchi should have been to Hong Kong before, it seems that it was when she was promoting a record." ”

"Yes, it was about 10 years ago, and that was my first time in Hong Kong and the only time I did it other than this one. In just 10 years, Hong Kong has undergone a lot of changes, whether it is the appearance of the city or the entertainment industry, it is hard to believe how much has changed. ”

"Wait until the next time you come back to Hong Kong. I'm sure you'll see a more different Hong Kong, and we'll reveal the answer to the best actor now. As he spoke, Xu Guanwen opened the envelope, pulled out the card inside, and saw the video and the name of the winner on it. There was nothing unusual on his face. Directly handed the card to Momoe Yamaguchi: "Miss Yamaguchi will reveal it finally." ”

Liang Chaowei and Liang Jiahui in the audience suddenly became nervous, as the male protagonists of "Ghost Love" and "New Dragon Gate Inn", they are undoubtedly strong contenders for this award, but unlike Best Actress, there are still many contenders for this award, in the main competition feature film unit and the main competition short film unit (Golden Bauhinia Award, Best Director Award, Best Screenplay Award, Best Actor Award and Best Actress Award The five awards must be out of the feature film and short film unit of the independent competition. The Grand Jury Prize is open to all participating films), and there are several films in which the leading actors have the strength to compete for this award, and it is difficult to say who will win the final prize.

"The winner of the Best Actor Award at the 13th Hong Kong International Film Festival was Jean from "Mississippi is Burning"? Hackman. Congratulations to him. ”

As Momoe Yamaguchi's words fell, a middle-aged white man sitting on the right side of the third row stood up. I saw him excitedly celebrating with the people around him, but compared to Zhong Chuhong, he was obviously much calmer, and after a while, he walked briskly on the stage......

"Mississippi is Burning" is a film based on a real historical event that happened on June 21, 1964, about the human rights of black people. Hackman's portrayal of the old bird investigator who served as a small town sheriff has been recognized by the professional media and the jury of the film festival.

"It's a great honor to receive this award, really, but I don't think this award belongs to me personally, but to the movie "Mississippi is Burning", there is no doubt that this is a very good, and full of realistic irony, I think it deserves this award, thank you, thank you to the Hong Kong Film Association, thank you to the organizing committee and jury of the festival, and everyone here."

Liu Songren and Shen Dianxia walked on the stage together, only to hear Liu Songren speak first: "Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, three of the six awards tonight have been awarded, and the current situation is that "People and Ghosts Are Not Over" won two awards in a row, temporarily far ahead. ”

"That's right, but "Mississippi is Burning" is also good, won the Best Actor Award, I saw this film during the screening, it is a very good film, some of the issues reflected are worth thinking about, I hope this film will continue to work hard in the future."

"There is no shortage of dark horses at film award ceremonies, and there may be other dark horses in the future." Liu Songren smiled and continued: "Okay, now I invite the famous Hong Kong actor and singer Zhang Guorong to bring us a song "Silence is Golden".

The music sounded, Zhang Guorong walked out of the backstage, and a song "Silence is Golden" slowly came out of his mouth, and the applause gradually stopped at this time.

In today's Hong Kong entertainment industry, Liu Dehua, Guo Fucheng and others may not be lower than Zhang Guorong in terms of popularity, but Liu Dehua, Guo Fucheng and others are still juniors in front of Zhang Guorong, why is this? In addition to the background that Zhang Guorong and Gu Chen have a good relationship, it is inseparable from Zhang Guorong's kind personality and willingness to promote younger generations, and Zhang Guorong is famous for his good popularity in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

If it weren't for the fact that his qualifications couldn't be compared with some artists of the older generation, and he was born with a lazy personality, Gu Chen would have wanted him to be the president of the artist branch association.

The next award is the Best Director Award, the award presenters are Xiang Huaqiang, President of Hong Kong Yongsheng Film Company, and He Jing, President of Singapore Media Group, the two just stood still, Xiang Huaqiang did not speak, but made a gesture to He Jing, He Jing smiled, did not shirk, and said: "Tonight is the first award ceremony since the establishment of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, I am honored to receive the invitation of the organizing committee to present the Best Director Award, as we all know, a film can do without good actors, but it must not be without a good director, Because a good director can use specific techniques and shooting techniques to try to make up for the lack of actors. And it is very difficult to become an excellent director, in Hong Kong, there are not many excellent actors, but I am afraid that I can count the two pairs of directors who can be called excellent directors, and this also includes the older generation of directors, which shows the importance of the role of director. ”

Xiang Huaqiang took over: "That's right, don't say in Hong Kong, there are not many directors in the world who can really be called excellent, now let's take a look at who the best director will be at this Hong Kong International Film Festival." As usual, the man opened the envelope, and then handed the card to He Jing to Huaqiang: "The winner of the Best Director Award at the 13th Hong Kong International Film Festival is Zhang Yimou of "New Dragon Gate Inn". ”

With applause, Zhang Yimou walked on the stage with a smile on his face. Offstage, Li Zhi whispered in Gu Chen's ear: "I originally thought it would be Wong Kar-wai, can those foreigners on the jury understand martial arts films?" They're afraid they don't even know what's being broadcast. ”

"How can there be such an exaggeration, those American and European meanings and connotations to be expressed in martial arts films, and some storylines may not be understood, but watching a movie is more than these, the film's shooting techniques, background layout, editing, etc. are all things that need to be considered, "New Dragon Gate Inn" inherits Zhang Yimou's consistent style, grand and gorgeous visual effects, excellent character shooting angles, coupled with compact and changeable picture editing and near-perfect special effects application, etc., it is not surprising to win this award."

In fact, Gu Chen didn't say one more thing, when the jury was established, he specially talked to George? Lucas and other key members of the jury held a secret meeting to set the tone for this year's festival, which was to focus on art, but also to take into account commerce. This is not to interfere with the fairness and impartiality of the jury's evaluation, but can only be regarded as an unspoken rule, on the basis of which the jury can conduct a fair and impartial review.

In fact, "The Love of People and Ghosts" is not a literary film, but a romance film with the atmosphere of a literary film, which can also be classified as a commercial film, while "New Dragon Gate Inn" is a purely commercial film. In this way, this film festival is dominated by commercial films.

Lizhi nodded: "Now there is only the Grand Jury Award and the Golden Bauhinia Award, which movie won these two awards?" ”

Gu Chen smiled slightly: "You'll know later." Hearing this, Li Zhi suddenly glanced at Gu Chen angrily, but didn't say anything more.

After Zhang Yimou delivered his acceptance speech, he stepped down, and now "People and Ghosts Are Not Over" and "New Dragon Gate Inn" are temporarily 2 to 1, which is considered to be a city back, who wins and who loses in the end, it depends on the last Golden Bauhinia Award, if "New Dragon Gate Inn" can avoid the highest award of this film festival, although the number of awards is the same as "People and Ghosts", but the overall gold content is undoubtedly higher.

As for the Jury Award, neither crew reported hope, although it was not explicitly stated, in a sense, this award was originally intended for films in the non-competition unit, and the films in the two main competition units of feature film and short film basically have no possibility of winning this award. (To be continued......)