Actually I just want to act

Chapter 408 I really won an award!

Berlin Film Festival, one of Europa's film meccas.

Although it is not comparable to the Oscars, it is the only one, and the Berlin Film Festival is the next choice.Of course, among the three major film festivals in Europa, the Berlin Film Festival can be said to be the weakest existence.Because the Berlin Film Festival has always insisted on its own line, and has not changed in the slightest.

It can be said that the three major film festivals in Europa have different tastes. Berlin has always favored political films, while Venice favors art films that cannot be understood at all. Cannes is more inclusive and combines business and artistry very well. Perfect.

But since last year, that is, the beginning of the new century, Berlin and Venice have completely followed the path of niche artistic films, as if they must carry out art to the end.This is why many Chinese underground films are scrambling to send films to participate in the election.After all, once an award is won, it will create a group of famous directors and movie kings and actresses.Such a high cost performance, plus it doesn't cost much, why not do it?
After becoming famous, it will naturally be easier to switch to commercial films. When the time comes, the fame and money will be there, so happy!
With such a curvy road to saving the country, many people really succeeded in their previous lives, such as Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai, Li An, Yu Nan, Liao Fan and so on.

However, this attitude of completely abandoning the market and not playing with Hollywood has also made the exposure and commerciality of these two major film festivals less and less, and their influence is not as good as before.

On the other hand, Cannes does not reject any Hollywood filmmakers. Every year, dozens of stars come to join in. The momentum is huge, and it is quite the trend of the number one film festival in Europe.

Fang Jiming secretly looked at the century-old building of the Berlin Palace. He felt that it was like the Berlin Film Festival. He was a stubborn old man. After a long time, he seemed to have lost his ambition, but instead lingered on art.Soon, Fang Jiming was interrupted by the program of the Berlin Film Festival. He knew that the main show would soon begin.

Well, the Berlin Film Festival, like all film festivals, has a short opening ceremony and is divided into two entries.Part of it is to sign up to participate in the exhibition, and part of it is the invitation of the organizer.But the closing ceremony is the point, because it's time for the awards.That's right, before the closing ceremony, usually the organizer will greet some crews in advance to keep them, which means that you are very likely to win the award.Those who have not been retained, should pack their bags and go home with Zhiqu, basically there is no hope.

Yes, Fang Jiming received a call from the organizer before the closing ceremony started, and the other party said very politely in English that he hoped he would attend the closing ceremony.

It is precisely because of this that Fang Jiming was able to get four seats, otherwise why do you think cats and dogs can enter the main venue of the film festival!

Soon, it was seven o'clock, and the awards ceremony began.Suddenly, the lights dimmed, and the venue gradually became quiet.A host whom Fang Jiming didn't know came onto the stage, and after murmuring a few opening remarks, Wu Tianyu quickly translated at the same time.Then came the jury.

The chairman of the jury this time is Bill, a beautiful middle-aged man who is one of the most influential filmmakers in Hollywood.He once served as the chairman of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Meilijian. Yes, he is the familiar "Oscar jury".Now, the Berlin Film Festival also invites him to be the chairman of the jury, because he values ​​his influence in the film industry.

Bill was a tall, curly-haired man with a very serious look. He didn't talk much, and Fang Zhiming couldn't understand a word anyway.

After Bill finished speaking, the awards ceremony was about to begin.

It has to be said that foreign film festivals just know how to play. From the very beginning, it was the "International Film Critics FIPRESCI Award", a series of titles, not to mention Fang Zhiming, even authentic foreigners are stunned when they hear it. Foggy, I only know it is an award.Well, no matter what award he is, if he wins, he won't lose everything.

Next, what are the "Caligari Award", "CICAE Award", "Wolfgenstor Award", "Teddy Award Jury Award"... a bunch of bells and whistles.Fang Jiming thought, what the hell is this!

Fang Jiming couldn't understand what the people above were talking about, and he didn't know those gringo stars, so he could only stare at Wu Tianyu, hoping to hear the name of "The Man From Earth".

In fact, Fang Jiming also knew that as the Berlin Film Festival became weaker and weaker, so many more awards seemed to be the only option for everyone to be happy.

After all, this is also one of the ways to expand its influence, otherwise it will really be reduced to a third-rate film festival.

Finally, Fang Jiming heard a name that was somewhat familiar to him: "The following is the Best New Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Now the film industry around the world is booming..."

The buddy said a lot of nonsense before he said: "Then let's see, the winner of this award is - "The Man from Earth"! jiming·fang!"

Fang Jiming was still in a daze, what he heard was the name of his own movie, but who is this person? !

"Fang Jiming! It's you, Boss Fang!"

Wu Tianyu was overjoyed, he really won the award! "Go up and receive the prize!"

Gu Hongye was also stunned: "Ah, is it really Xiao Ming?"

Fang Jiming was stunned, and asked in disbelief: "It's really me?!"

Lin Qingyi recovered quickly, and pulled Fang Jiming's arm vigorously: "Hurry up, it's really you!"

Only then did Fang Jiming slowly walk onto the stage as if in a dream, and took the trophy from that buddy.The buddy joked: "This winner, don't you have anything to tell everyone?"

At this time, Fang Jiming finally woke up from the dream, recovered his demeanor, and said in not-so-fluent English: "I can't believe it. I still can't believe it. But what I want to say here is, Although the filming of "The Man From Earth" was rough, it embodies the painstaking efforts of more than a dozen of us. Thank you to the organizing committee and the jury!

I want to say a lot, and I can't finish it in a short while. Maybe everyone won't let me say too much.I'll keep it short.

What I want to say is that everyone has a movie dream, including me.But you may also see that my films are different, why?Because I think that movies should not be stereotyped, just shoot what you like to shoot.Persist in making your own movie and share with you.Thank you everyone, and thanks again to our team for accompanying me to fulfill my movie dream! "

After finishing speaking, Fang Jiming bowed very gentlemanly, and then returned to his seat calmly.Now, the second award is already being presented on the stage.Well, it is worth mentioning that "Youth's Bicycle" also won an award, and it won the Best New Actress award.

When Fang Jiming returned to his seat with the trophy in his hand, Gu Hongye snatched it away, and complained: "This is the trophy, it feels the same as Yiwu Small Commodities?"

(End of this chapter)