With the announcement of the opening of the first Panda Film Festival, many moviegoers and tourists have also begun to go to the multi-purpose theater to find their favorite movies. Many tourists are dazzled by the movies shown in theaters.

In addition to local films in Hong Kong, there are also films from Treasure Island and the mainland, as well as from Korea and the Japanese Kingdom. Each film screened has a corresponding synopsis, as well as photos and lists of the director and main actors.

For Gong Li and others, who arrived in Xiangjiang for two days, seeing so many participating movies and various hanging promotional posters, she said with a little worry: "Is anyone really watching the movies we made?" ”

"What's the matter, how can no one read. Let's go to Cinema No. 8, where our movie is really playing. ”

Compared with Gong Li, he was a little unconfident, but Jiang Wen seemed full of confidence. When they arrived at the No. 8 theater where the 'Red Sorghum' was screened, because they didn't buy tickets, they naturally couldn't enter the theater, but they could see the audience checking in and entering.

Standing outside and counting, Jiang Wen said excitedly, "See?" The kung fu of this meeting seems to be fifty or sixty people, right? ”

"How many people can sit in this theater?"

"Less than two hundred! There are still 20 minutes left before the screening, so I guess there will be some audience later! ”

Sure enough, when everyone stopped to wait and watch, dozens of ticket-buying audiences entered the theater. Seeing this scene, Zhang Zimou, as a rookie director, was also slightly relieved.

But Cheng Daoming, who was standing next to him, quickly said: "Lao Zhang, the audience who went to the theater first, there are a few people I seem to have seen. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Those people seem to be filmmakers from Treasure Island, and there is also a director among them."

"Ahh They go to see our movies? You don't deliberately find a fork, do you? ”

Without waiting for Zhang Zimou to speak, Jiang Wen said this with some worry. The intern assistant who accompanied them said in a timely manner: "This film festival, there are also three films sent for selection on the treasure island, so they should be here to spy on intelligence!" ”

"Watching a movie, why does it have anything to do with intelligence?"

"I mean, they want to see the quality of our film. If you shoot well, you will definitely compete for awards. If they don't feel good, then they can rest assured. But whether it's good or not, they don't count. ”

"Oh too! I heard that there are only 30 people in this professional review? ”

"Yes! Judging from my understanding of the organizers, there should be domestic invited guests in this professional review. But on the other side of Treasure Island, there will definitely be one. This method of selection is generally fair. ”

"As long as it's fair! If you really want to be selected fairly, if you don't win the award, then Lao Tzu is also convinced. ”

Jiang Wen, who said this kind of cowardice very domineeringly, also gained a white eye from Gong Li. Fortunately, not long after, Cheng Daoming also said in a timely manner: "It's rare to come here, let's study hard and watch movies made in other countries!" ”

"Okay! Go buy tickets! Ticket prices during the festival are much cheaper than the usual ticket prices! ”

After seven days of public screening, the films from all over the world participating in the selection of this film festival have also received corresponding scores and word-of-mouth evaluations. As a rookie director, Zhang Zimou also developed the habit of reading newspapers every day.

Seeing the final announcement of the shortlist, the film Red Sorghum was still nominated for several awards. Originally, Zhang Zimou cared most about the Best Director Award, but naturally his name fell to Sun Shan, and he didn't even enter the shortlisted works.

But Red Sorghum still won several awards such as Best Female Newcomer, Best Photography, and Best Music. Although there are not as many finalists as expected, being able to be nominated is already a victory in a sense.

On the day of the New Year's Day, Mythical Film and Television City also held a large-scale parade of floats and lion dances and other cultural performances. For many tourists, they also feel that the atmosphere of the Panda Film Festival is indeed very good.

But what is really happy is the boss of Xiangjiang's catering and accommodation industries, even if the airlines have become much more sought-after air tickets to various places in the past few days. This is undoubtedly an opportunity for Xiangfu to become famous.

And Governor Yudes personally called Xu Zhengdao and said with a smile: "Ah Yan, this film festival you held is very good, and the council has given high recognition. I hope you can make persistent efforts to make the film festival a success. ”

"Sir, since I've decided to hold a film festival, I'm sure it's going to get better and better. But you may not know that I spent a lot of money to hold this film festival! ”

"But you shouldn't be making any less, are you?"

"Alas, in terms of short-term gains, it must be a loss. But from the perspective of long-term returns, there must still be some earnings. But the real profit should be other merchants, right? In the future, you will have to give more help to the film festival! ”

"That's for sure! We will pay more attention and publicity to such a film event in the future. As for the financial support, I don't think you need it. This amount of money should be a small amount of money compared to your income, right? ”

"Little money definitely can't be talked about! The reason why I am really willing to invest money is also to enhance the popularity and gold content of Hong Kong films. At present, the festival is limited to Asian films, but in the future, I hope that it will be open to the world. ”

"Really? I appreciate this ambition of yours the most, and I'm looking forward to it. ”

As many people think, after the fame of the Golden Fragrance Award was completely stinky, the Panda Film Festival was replaced by many citizens and businesses in Xiangjiang who felt the lively atmosphere and benefits of the film festival, and naturally praised it again and again.

The most convincing thing for all parties is that the Mythical Group, as the organizer, did not invite any filmmakers under the group when inviting professional judges at the end. Only the media reviewed, and a representative was sent by Shenzhou Daily.

The 40 audience judges were selected from tourists and fans who participated in the movie. Knowing that he was selected as a judge, many tourists and fans found it incredulous, but they still readily agreed to the invitation.

Wait until the 100 judges enter the closed hotel and start voting according to the shortlist. The final list of results was directly sealed by the notary public of Xiangfu. Many judges don't know who will be selected in the end.

When the notary has counted the votes, if there is a tie, then you need to choose again. This kind of selection also made the professional judges and media representatives who served as the first judges feel very novel.

As for the final selection results, there must be some judges who are not satisfied. The problem is, it's an award from a hundred judges. I believe these people understand the principle that the minority obeys the majority.

When the final selection is over, the notary also said in a timely manner: "If you have any objections to the final selection results, you can submit a ticket check for verification." However, if you raise an objection, you will not be eligible to serve as a judge in the future. ”

"Why is there such a rule?"

"The formulation of such regulations also hopes that you will believe in the results of our notarized statistics. Since you don't believe it, ask for a re-vote for verification. That means you don't trust the results given by the jury, and you will be punished accordingly! ”

With the notary saying this, many judges know that this can be regarded as a kind of admonition and beating. Whoever wants to question the results given by the jury will also be completely disqualified from being a judge in the future!