Wu Yuan is really on fire this time.

Although for a director who works behind the scenes, it is a little strange to use the word "fire" to describe it.

But when the premiere word-of-mouth and field magazine score of "The Undertaker", as well as the nomination of "Juno" for the Oscars, were announced at the same time, at least at this moment, there was no director on this earth who was more in the limelight than Wu Yuan.

There are directors who have been shortlisted for the Oscars, and there are also directors who have been shortlisted for the Berlin International Film Festival.

However, at the same time, both awards were shortlisted, and the explosion of public opinion produced was not as simple as 1+1=2.

Although the shortlisted ones are not the same movie, where do the masses and netizens care about this?

From the Chinese mainland to North America on the other side of the ocean, the front pages of major entertainment newspapers are all photos of Wu Yuan on the red carpet of the opening ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival.

In fact, there are five shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Director, and Wu Yuan is not even the favorite to win the award.

None of the major prediction companies in North America think that "Juno" can win the best director, and "A Beautiful Mind" is the real favorite to win the award!

As a biopic, and a blockbuster biographical film, "A Beautiful Mind" has almost been booked for Best Picture and Best Director at this year's Oscars!

But who is called Wu Yuan young, and at the same time participating in the final selection of the Berlin International Film Festival, he has a high degree of topic!

The director, who was shortlisted for both the Berlin International Film Festival and the Academy Awards at the age of 19 and a half, deserves a front-page headline from any media in any country in the world!

Even if Wu Yuan finally fails to win these two awards, he will not be criticized in any way, and will only be considered to have a bright future!

Other directors at his age, even their first work has not yet been filmed, and it is exaggerated enough to be shortlisted for an international award!

And Wu Yuan, who has never had a clear feeling of his fame or popularity, finally deeply felt that he was famous.

As soon as he shows up in Berlin, no matter where he goes, within five minutes a film critic or the media will come up and interview him, want to take a picture with him or ask for an autograph.

He went to participate in the Berlin screening of other films, and he could no longer take a leisurely walk on the streets of Berlin like he did a few days ago, and he had to take a vehicle when he went out, otherwise he would be stuck in front of the hotel and unable to leave.

In the last few days of the Berlin International Film Festival, Wu Yuan really felt the feeling of the stars.

I waited until February 17th, the day of the closing ceremony.

Early in the morning, all the crew of "The Undertaker", as well as the members of the Huaxia press corps, all gathered in Wu Yuan's suite on the fifth floor of the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Several other Chinese film crews who came to the screening have already left Berlin one after another, and the copyrights they should have sold have almost been sold.

Now that "The Undertaker" has not sold the copyright and distribution rights, everyone in the crew is waiting for a notice, waiting for a notice that will make the film sit on the ground and appreciate.

Han Dong no longer looked calm as before, paced back and forth in the living room with his hands behind his back, and asked Wu Yuan in a few minutes: "How is it, are you calling?" ”

"No, no." Wu Yuan replied with the same entanglement every time.

"It's 9 o'clock, and the call hasn't come yet?" Many reporters are already retreating in their hearts, won't "The Undertaker" not win any awards in the end, right?

The three major European ones have an unspoken rule, if the organizing committee personally calls you to invite you to the closing ceremony, it means that your film will win an award at the closing ceremony.

If I hadn't called you, you wouldn't have won a prize even if you did.

And this call was only announced on the morning of the closing ceremony, which was very tense and exciting.

Time ticked by, and everyone in the suite was so nervous that they didn't even dare to take a big breath.

Until...

"Ringing ringing... Ring, ring, ringing, the phone rang, and Wu Yuan immediately picked it up.

"Hello, yes, I'm Daniel wu."

"Okay, okay, thank you!"

After a brief chat, Wu Yuan hung up the phone.

The eyes of everyone in the room were focused on Wu Yuan's face.

"How?" Zhang Guorong asked worriedly.

"Of course it is..."Wu Yuan laughed: "Call a stylist to do makeup!" Attend the closing ceremony in the afternoon! ”

After a short silence, the cheers went straight to the roof, and the actors of the crew scurried around like headless flies, going to their own stylists to do makeup, and the Huaxia reporter group immediately took out their mobile phones and went to China to call...

Wu Yuan also hugged Han Dong and Chen Yuan and enjoyed this exciting and wonderful moment.

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There is actually nothing to say about the red carpet of the closing ceremony, under the leadership of Wu Yuan, Zhang Guorong, who was dressed up, held Chen Hong, and Li Xuejian held Sun Li and boarded the red carpet.

Like the opening ceremony, Wu Yuan still enjoyed the enthusiastic siege of the reporters on the scene, and his eyes were almost blinded by the flash.

Regarding the questions raised by reporters, Wu Yuan except for refuting the rumor that "Juno" has no plans for the second part, at least he does not plan to write the second part, and other topics are all over after a haha.

Because of the urgency to win the award in his heart, Wu Yuan walked the red carpet much faster this time, and soon walked into the movie palace with the crew.

In the Palais de l'Cinema, he also met several other strong opponents.

For example, director Hayao Miyazaki of "Spirited Away", director Paul of "Bloody Sunday", and director Driesson of "Barbecue Point", these directors and their works are all in the top few scores of the Berlin house magazine, and they are strong contenders for the Golden Bear.

After chatting with them briefly and congratulating each other on winning the award, Wu Yuan sat back in the position of the crew of "The Undertaker".

"How's it going, nervous?" Zhang Guorong asked with a smile on his face.

Compared with Wu Yuan, Zhang Guorong's experience in participating in various award ceremonies must be much richer and more comfortable.

However, Wu Yuan was not nervous, he shook his head: "No, it's excitement." ”

Looking at the award stage that was still empty now, Wu Yuan's inner emotions were extremely complicated.

Although he was mentally prepared and knew that a good script like "The Undertaker", as long as it was not made badly, he would definitely win the top three in Europe.

But when he actually received that call and actually walked into the Berlin Film Palace, he still felt that he was too lucky, and he couldn't help but tremble with excitement.

Time passed very quickly in Wu Yuan's daze.

As I said before, European film festivals are serious and direct, and the Berlin International Film Festival is the same.

There was no singing and dancing opening, the host took the microphone to the stage and said a bunch of speeches looking back on the past and looking forward to the future, and then the crew and director who came to the scene were mentioned in a circle, and after they praised each other, the award ceremony officially began.

Wu Yuan was also mentioned, and he was praised very sensitively.

"It's the crew of "The Undertaker" over there, and their director is only 19 and a half years old this year, which is really crazy!"

"Maybe this is a genius director!"

"We at the Berlin International Film Festival have always welcomed and honored to have such young young directors to participate, and we hope that such outstanding young directors can win awards, after all, young people are the future!"

The camera was given to Wu Yuan, and the media invited to the scene also pointed the flash at him, Wu Yuan had no choice but to get up and smile and look around and nod his head.

After all the gossip, the award ceremony officially began.

The first thing that came up was the Golden Bear Award, an honorary lifetime achievement.

This year, the award was presented to American director Robert Altman and Italian actress Claudia Catina.

Wu Yuan is more familiar with Robert Ultraman, although the director's surname is a little funny, but he is a real palace-level director master!

The Palme d'Or, the Golden Bear, and the Golden Lion are all available, and they are the real Grand Slam directors!

When people take this lifetime achievement award, they are giving Berlin face, not Berlin giving him face.

Watching the old man tremble and walk up to the stage to accept the award, Wu Yuan gave sincere applause.

After this jackpot was awarded, several more fledged prizes were awarded in succession.

The Caméra d'Or Award, the Best Short Film Award, the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award, and the Silver Bear Award for Best Film Music were presented one after another.

Every award-winning crew and main creator hugged each other excitedly, cheering, and Wu Yuan also smiled and applauded.

Very good, the previous awards are relatively small, and it is great not to read the name of the crew of "The Undertaker"!

When "The Undertaker" was included in the nomination for the Silver Bear Award for Best Film Music just now, Wu Yuan was almost nervous to death, for fear that he would win this consolation award.

Although the Berlin Film Festival will give two awards to the same shortlisted film, there are only two at most, and it is impossible to give three or five, so the later the award is won, the better!

Soon, the first heavyweight main competition unit award was finally awarded.

And it came up with the Best Actor Award that the crew of "The Undertaker" values very much!

Offstage, the crew of "The Undertaker" and the crew of "Safety Pass" immediately became nervous.

In the Berlin house magazine review, Zhang Guorong and Jacques Gamblin of the "Safety Pass" crew are the strongest contenders for the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor.

Both of them have contributed infectious acting skills in their respective films.

"The winner of the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival is..."

Zhang Guorong, who boasted that he was not nervous, his heart was completely suspended, and his hands subconsciously grasped the armrests of the chair tightly, and his lips couldn't help trembling.

On the podium, the white-bearded award presenter opened the envelope with a smile, and after reading it carefully, he approached the microphone with a smile:

"Congratulations to the crew of "The Undertaker", congratulations to Leslie Cheung!"