Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 613 Best Director and Golden Lion (13)

Shi Shi was very excited: "Best Actor...Best Actor!"

Shen Yan smiled, then handed over the silver lion, adding a casual remark: "I guess the awards after this are irrelevant to me!"

“Not necessarily…” Wang Kai shook his head: “Black Coal, Thin Ice won both the acting award and the Golden Bear Award!”

"It's different. The Golden Lion is an Italian award... Italians don't have that kind of boldness!"

Italian traditional skill – surrender!
They are unlikely to do anything that would shock the world.

"Winning Best Actor is pretty good too. This is our third acting award, right?"

"Fourth, Gong Li, Xia Yu, Deanie Ip, and then me..."

Three major European acting awards…

Venice, four people won awards;
Berlin, Maggie Cheung, Josephine Siao, Liao Fan;
Cannes: Gu You, Maggie Cheung, Leung Chiu-wai…

At this time, Tencent's entertainment section, along with the news of Shen Yan winning the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival, was featured on the front page of the entertainment section of three other portal websites: Sohu, NetEase, and Sina.
Weibo even put this news at the top of its trending topics!

However, the accompanying picture showed Shen Yan with a somewhat complicated expression.

One netizen asked, "I always feel like Brother Yan isn't very happy!"

"He wanted the Golden Lion, but he only got the Silver Lion for Best Actor. He must be unhappy!"

However, Shen Yan's fans are very happy - winning the Venice Film Festival Best Actor award means that he has widened the gap with most domestic actors.

A lot of traffic has recently emerged, and these people's fans are using Shen Yan as a scapegoat for marketing...

Even "Transformers 4" has surpassed "Duckweed" at the box office—19.87 billion yuan, currently ranking first in film history.

They were also going to mock Shen Yan for not being up to par...

There are claims like "fans can't support box office success," and that Shen Yan is just someone who rides the coattails of popularity—he's not even the lead actor in high-grossing movies!
Uh, that makes sense...

Even in "The Big Shot," he was only the main antagonist;
"Duckweed" features two male leads; "Goodbye Mr. Loser" features a second male lead...

"Making a Name" is just a minor supporting role in an ensemble piece!

"American Dreams in China" was simply directed by...

But for these few films, he was the screenwriter, producer, and executive producer…

They don't care about any of that—when fan groups are attacking someone, there's no need to respect the facts!

Some even confidently stated, "Let's give them some encouragement, lest the Chinese forget about the Venice Film Festival."

Of course, this claim is baseless, because... The Intruder was also nominated!
……

The awards ceremony continued, and the Best Director award was given to Italian actress Alba Royal for her role in the film "Hungry Heart"...

This movie tells the story of a new mother's growing distrust of the world, which is essentially the process of postpartum depression, ultimately leading to her suicide...

It's quite meaningful. As for Alba Rohrwacher, she later starred in "Perfect Strangers." By the way, she's the sister of director Alice Rohrwacher, whose representative works include "Miracle" and "Happy as Lazzaro"...

Shen Yan was talking quietly with Wang Kai about "Nirvana in Fire"...

"Nirvana in Fire" premiered in early September, broadcast simultaneously on Beijing TV and Dragon TV – a move in line with the "one drama, two channels" policy.

The so-called "one drama, two channels" policy means that a TV series can only be broadcast on a maximum of two satellite channels at the same time.

The original plan was that a TV series could only be sold to two satellite TV stations during its peak run, slowing down the cost recovery process. Since production costs are difficult to control, investors would focus on managing their budgets. However, the involvement of streaming platforms not only failed to reduce costs but actually increased them!

This has led many high-quality dramas to have to collaborate with platforms...

Besides "Nirvana in Fire," there's also "Goodbye My Princess," currently filming, with Wang Kai playing Li Chengyin…

As they were talking, Carlo Verdone (one of the judges) announced on stage: "Best Director is awarded to 'Burning,' Shen Yan!"

Before Shen Yan and Wang Kai could react, Dilraba and Shi Shi had already stood up and cheered!
"It's us! We won the Best Director award!"

Wang Kai realized what was happening, grabbed Shen Yan's shoulders and shook him violently, his voice trembling with excitement.

Shen Yan was a little confused...

Isn't this about dividing eggs?

They gave the acting award, and then they gave it to the best director?
When did the Venice Film Festival become so bold?
Staggering onto the stage, Shen Yan didn't react until he received the trophy. He paused for a couple of seconds to calm himself before saying in English, "Thank you! Thank you to the organizing committee! Thank you to the jury! This is truly an exciting moment. Although the film 'Burning' was shot quickly, I spent five years preparing for it!"

I am so happy to receive this award, thank you everyone! Thank you to all the brothers and sisters who accompanied me in realizing this dream! Thank you!

Holding up the silver lion in his hand, Shen Yan smiled brightly!

……

This year's Venice Film Festival is about to make headlines!

Alberto Barbera has been emulating Cannes by nurturing his own protégé of young directors…

Xavier Dolan, Naomi Kawase…

But Venice's reputation is far less than Cannes'!
For example, Jia Zhangke, after winning the Golden Lion, never went to Venice again.

Shen Yan is different; according to Elena Polach, 'He has no interest in Cannes!'

A24 also stated that three films will be coming to Venice next year…

Furthermore, "Burning" was aiming for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Shen Yan is the best choice!

This would both reignite interest in the Venice Film Festival in China and, incidentally, 'curry favor' with the Oscars…

Of course, most importantly, the quality of "Burning" is indeed quite good.

This is perfect for making big news!
So, he won Best Actor, Best Director... he won them all!
After stepping off the stage and returning to his seat, Wang Kai accepted the Silver Lion trophy and suddenly said, "I was wondering if they're going to give us the Golden Lion award too?"

"...It's hard to say!"

Shen Yan suppressed his excitement: "Let's see if this year's Venice Film Festival is going to make headlines!"

"Has any film won Best Director and then also won the Golden Lion?"

"I don't know, but I do know that 'Barton Fink' won three awards at Cannes: the Palme d'Or, Best Director, and Best Actor!"

Barton Fink, a film by the Coen brothers, was so popular that the jury president at the time, Polanski, was a huge fan of the movie and felt that it was a tribute to him. He then gave Polanski three awards, an unprecedented honor!
The Berlin Film Festival treated "A Separation" similarly: the Golden Bear, Best Actor, and Best Actress. The film simultaneously earned four international Best Actor awards and two international Best Actress awards.
Venice is relatively conservative. The most outrageous thing they did was that the five leading actresses of "Volver" and the five leading actors of "Glorious Day" won the Best Actress and Best Actor awards at the same Venice Film Festival, respectively.

"Wait a minute... Jury Chairman Alexander Desplat is coming on stage!"

Sure enough, Alexandre Desplat produced an envelope: "The Golden Lion, the highest honor at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, will be awarded to... Burning!"

(End of this chapter)