Chapter 405 Award Ceremony
After "Along with the Gods" and "Painted Skin 2" were screened at the Venice International Film Festival, the mission of Light and Shadow Times to participate in this Venice International Film Festival was basically completed.
Although these two films will be screened on a small scale in major cinemas on Lido Island in the next week, these screenings do not require the attendance of the crew members, and are just normal screenings.
The sales team of Light and Shadow Times is busy negotiating with film producers from various countries to sell the distribution rights of these two films at a satisfactory price.
The minimum price is 30,000 to 50,000 US dollars, and the maximum price is 70,000 to 80,000 or even hundreds of thousands of US dollars. It is not a problem to buy the rights of 30 or 40 countries.
After hearing the report of the company's sales team, Wu Yuan smacked his lips and sighed: "Venice is still not as commercialized as Cannes, and it does not attract many film producers."
After all, Venice does not have an official platform for selling films. Although it has been changing in the past two years and secretly encouraging film producers from various countries to participate, the commercial effect is still not as good as Cannes.
Every year, the Cannes International Film Festival attracts film producers from more than 100 countries around the world to participate, with sales of hundreds of millions of US dollars.
In Venice, it is considered a great achievement to have a sales volume of 100 million US dollars, and more than half of them must be films that won awards in the main competition unit.
If it were not for the fact that he was going to be a judge this year, Wu Yuan might not have brought these two films to Venice.
"Starting next year, if we want to sell our new films, we should take them to Cannes." Wu Yuan ordered.
He finally understood why domestic directors of all sizes prefer to take their films to Cannes for screening, even if they are not shortlisted for any unit, they will go there at their own expense.
"For the next period of time, everyone can play freely in Venice. After I attend the closing ceremony, you will go home with the Chinese Legion."
The film was almost sold, but Wu Yuan could not leave Venice.
After waiting in Venice for another week, Wu Yuan also attended the premiere of most of the films shortlisted for the main competition unit. After feasting his eyes, the closing ceremony of this Venice International Film Festival began.
This year, Wu Yuan did not need to wait anxiously in the hotel for the notification call from the organizing committee. He calmly asked the stylist to do some styling, and then he got on the courtesy car alone and came to the red carpet of the Film Palace.
The award presenters all walked the red carpet relatively early, and as the one with the highest commercial value among the award presenters, Wu Yuan naturally received the most enthusiastic response from the media on the scene when he stepped on the red carpet.
However, the protagonist today was not him, but the crews shortlisted for the main competition unit later. He did not mean to steal the show.
After staying on the red carpet for a short time, Wu Yuan walked quickly into the Film Palace.
Because he came alone, the crews of "Along with the Gods" and "Painted Skin" did not accompany him. After entering the Film Palace, Wu Yuan could only sit alone.
Although most of the European film guests around him knew him and took the initiative to talk to him, Wu Yuan did not know them very well, and he was not interested in more in-depth communication.
In this way, after waiting in the Film Palace for almost an hour, all the guests and crews participating in the closing ceremony arrived.
The closing ceremony of this Venice International Film Festival finally began.
It was still a serious and boring award ceremony.
The first awards to be presented were the Horizon Unit awards.
The preference of Marco Mueller, the president of the film festival, for Chinese films is obvious to all, which has caused him much criticism. There are also four Chinese films shortlisted in the Horizon Unit of this film festival.
Judging from the results, it is still quite regrettable.
The highly anticipated "Bullfighting" before the award ceremony was finally lost and did not win.
The documentary "1428" which describes the absurdity and new hope after the earthquake won the Best Documentary Award in the Horizon Unit and became the only Chinese film shortlisted for the Horizon Unit to win the award.
After the Horizon Unit, the appetizer, the main course will be served.
The awards of the main competition unit began to be presented one by one.
The Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Debut Award, Best Technical Contribution Award, Best Newcomer Award and other embellishment awards were presented first. There were regrets and surprises, but overall they were well deserved.
The first heavyweight award, the Best Screenplay Award winner "Life During Wartime", is a copy of Woody Allen, and the intellectual tendency of the East Coast of the United States is extremely serious.
Coincidentally, this camp is the base camp of Li An and his belief.
So even if the film is a little trivial, it does not prevent Ang Lee from favoring it, and the jury awarded this award to "Life During Wartime".
Seeing this scene, Wu Yuan shook his head. He did not quite recognize this award.
At least the trivial plot of this movie and the dragging story structure are not worthy of the four words "Best Screenplay".
The next Best Actress Award was awarded to a Russian actor, and the winning movie was the Italian movie "Double Time".
Wu Yuan attended the Venice premiere of this movie, and it was not bad. This actress named Ksenia Rapaport really performed very well. The whole movie was supported by her alone, and she deserved the title of Best Actress.
However, when the award was presented, Wu Yuan had already come to the backstage, received an envelope from the staff of the organizing committee, and was preparing to go on stage.
The next award to be presented is the Best Actor Award, also known as the Best Actor Award.
This award will be presented by Wu Yuan and French actress Sandrine Bonnelle, a member of the jury.
She is one of the most popular actresses in France. She made her mark in the movie "First Kiss 2" because of the introduction of her father's friend.
The "First Kiss" series is Sophie Marceau's masterpiece that has become popular all over the world!
And Sandrine Bonnelle's award achievements are even higher than Sophie Marceau.
Not only is she the winner of the Venice Film Festival, but she is also the screen queen in the aftermath of the French New Wave in the 1990s because she often collaborates with New Wave directors.
She is a combination of Gong Li and Liu Yifei in France. She has awards and box office.
Being able to present awards with her is also a disguised certification of Wu Yuan's status by the organizing committee. Only the top actors in a country are worthy of being on the same stage with him.
After everything is ready.
Sandrine Bonnelle took Wu Yuan's arm, and the two walked out of the backstage together and walked onto the podium.
There were no gags or dirty jokes.
The two simply greeted the guests on the scene, introduced themselves, and then opened the envelope in their hands together.
"The winner of the Best Actor Award at the 66th Venice International Film Festival is——"
Wu Yuan smiled and pulled out the card, glanced at the name on it, and showed an expression of "as expected". He leaned close to the microphone and said with full energy: "Colin Firth's "A Single Man"!"
"Congratulations!"
Colin Firth, the embodiment of elegance and sexiness in the film, was quite favored by the judges, and the chairman of this year's jury was Li An, who has always been fond of gay themes.
This actor is not unexpected at all!
Happy New Year everyone.
I hope everything goes well for everyone in 2024, and you will make a fortune with good luck!