Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 80: Consecutive Awards! (100+ Subscriptions for Extra Updates!)
Xu Yi, Yan Xinchen, and the leading actors of the movie "Love" stood on the red carpet for a full ten minutes.

Reporters from various countries who were taking pictures around finally put down their cameras.

And there was no security guard to urge them to hurry up.

The year is now 2004.

Although nearly three years have passed since China joined the WTO and successfully bid for the Olympic Games.

However, the world's understanding of China is still very superficial.

At the same time, I am full of curiosity about China, this mysterious and ancient country.

And now, a 21-year-old Chinese director has had his first film shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

In addition, this film received the highest rating in the program guide and received the best response from the audience and judges.

It has completely overshadowed all other directors and movies!

This includes the previously very famous "Fahrenheit 911/"!
At the same time, this 21-year-old Chinese director is also a handsome guy and a top singer!
A previous album sold millions of copies!
This sales volume is definitely not low even in Europe and the United States!
So much so that with the continuous coverage by media from various countries, countless foreigners are now filled with amazement at this incredible Chinese director!
I am also very curious whether this talented Chinese director can become the youngest Palme d'Or winner in history!
After the red carpet ceremony, Xu Yi led everyone into the Lumiere Hall.

He and the crew were also seated in the center of the front row.

However, before the awards ceremony, a closing film will be screened.

So after a brief speech by the host, the closing film "Little Cutie" began to play on the big screen on the scene.

Then, after about an hour and a half of film screening, the 57th Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony officially began!
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There are a total of 11 awards at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

They are the Big Bonus Palm.

Second Prize Jury Grand Prize.

Third Prize for Best Director.

Then there are Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Camera d'Or, Jury Prize, Best Short Film Palme d'Or, Best Short Film Jury Prize, and a Camera d'Or nomination.

As usual, the first awards announced are the Best Camera d'Or and the Best Short Film Palme d'Or.

Especially the Best Golden Camera Award, which is also the most popular award besides the three major awards.

And this award is not given to the photographer, but to the director.

It must also be a debut work to have a chance of winning this award.

In other words, if it is your first time making a feature film, you must be shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Then you are eligible to compete for this award!

You can imagine how difficult it is to win this award!
This is why this award is so popular!
So when the award presenter read out the name of the final winner, there was an immediate exclamation from the audience!

"The winner of the Best Camera d'Or at the 57th Cannes Film Festival is...Xu for 'Love'!"

That’s right, the winner of this award is Xu Yi!

"Love" is his first film and also his debut work.

So with his level, it is natural for him to win the Best Golden Camera Award!
Immediately afterwards, Xu Yi stood up from his seat, and warm applause broke out in the audience.

In particular, most of the people present had seen Xu Yi's "Love".

So it is completely acceptable for him to win this award!

Of course, there were people who questioned Xu Yi.

After all, Xu Yi's age is there.

But without evidence, no one can say anything.

Fortunately, Xu Yi is still so young and will definitely continue to make movies in the future.

If Xu Yi’s next movie is too different from the quality of "Love".

There will definitely be more questions at that time!

At the same time, the domestic media in China did not broadcast this year's Cannes Film Festival live.

But there were many Chinese media and reporters at the scene.

Major domestic portals, forums and communities also provided live text broadcasts.

So Xu Yi just won the award.

This news was immediately posted on the headlines of major portals!
Then the netizens who saw this news were immediately excited!

"Holy crap, Xu Yi really won the award!"

"It's just the Camera d'Or, not the Palme d'Or."

"Winning the Golden Camera Award isn't considered an award?"

"You know what? The Best Camera d'Or is the most prestigious award besides the Palme d'Or, the Grand Prix, and Best Director!"

"That's right, many directors who win this award will become internationally renowned directors in the future!"

"Holy crap, is this award really that awesome?"

"Of course, because this award is usually only given to first-time directors! Think about it, being shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival and winning an award for your first film, isn't that amazing?"

"The only downside is that these film festivals like to divide the pie, so after winning one award, it is often difficult to win other awards."

"Doesn't that mean Xu Yi can't win the Palme d'Or?"

"That's not necessarily the case, but the probability is definitely not as high as it was at the beginning."

It is inevitable that various film festivals and award ceremonies like to divide the cake.

The same is true for the Cannes Film Festival, which is known for its highest professionalism.

Otherwise, if all the awards were won by one person, others would definitely have objections.

The enthusiasm for participating in the competition will also be much smaller.

But no matter what, winning an award is better than not winning any.

What’s more, it’s the Best Golden Camera Award with such high gold content!

"I am very happy to receive this award and honored to be recognized by the jury. At the same time, I would like to thank every member of the "Love" crew. Without you, I would not have been able to receive this award." Xu Yi walked onto the stage and delivered a speech to express his gratitude for the award.

It's in Chinese.

Although he is proficient in the languages ​​of all countries in the world.

But in such occasions, he is more accustomed to using Chinese.

It is also impossible for him to deliberately avoid using Chinese in order to please anyone.

There are also translators on site, so there is no need to worry about someone not understanding.

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Following the Best Camera d'Or, the Best Short Film Palme d'Or was won by a short film called "Trafic".

Then there are the Golden Camera nominations.

There are thousands of films registered for the Cannes Film Festival every year.

But in the end, only a dozen or so films were shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Therefore, in order to take care of those films that were not shortlisted for the main competition unit, some consolation prizes need to be set up.

For example, this Golden Camera nomination award is a consolation prize.

There are two directors nominated for this year's Golden Camera Award.

And one of them is Chinese!

Chinese director Yang Chao was nominated for this year's Golden Camera Award for his film "Journey"!
However, this film did not pass the review of the General Administration.

In other words, director Yang Chao secretly came to attend the Cannes Film Festival.

There is a high probability that his movie will not be released in the country.

Including himself, it is very likely that he will be banned by the General Administration.

But this has nothing to do with Xu Yi.

Although he was very dissatisfied with some of the regulations of the General Administration.

But he doesn't try to change these.

I will not change these for others.

Anyway, with his abilities, these regulations will not have much impact on him.

Besides, rules are dead, but people are alive.

Once his status and influence are sufficient, some of the rules that others need to follow will naturally no longer apply to him.

Otherwise, how could Li An's "Lust, Caution" be released in the country?

Isn’t it because he has an Oscar and is a benchmark for Chinese directors!
In addition, it is naturally impossible for any domestic media to report the news that director Yang Chao won the award.

Then came the Best Short Film Jury Award, which was won by a film called "Platlife."

The Jury Prize was won by "The Ladykillers".

Then came another more important award, which was the Best Screenplay Award.

It was eventually won by a French female director.

After all, the story of "Love" is somewhat lacking. This has nothing to do with the screenwriter's level, but is determined by the subject matter itself. It is normal that it did not win the best screenplay.

Next was the Best Actor award, which was won by Yuya Yagira from Hibiki for his role in the movie "Nobody Knows".

The Best Actress award went to Zhang Manyu.

However, it was not based on Sunglasses King's "2046".

She only made a special appearance in "2046", that is, a guest appearance.

There's no way she'd win Best Actress.

She won the Best Actress Award for the French film "Clean".

In addition, in Xu Yi's opinion, the male and female protagonists of his movie are fully capable of competing for the best actor and actress.

But the benefits obviously cannot be taken by him alone.

He can't get a share of the cake for this movie either.

Then it’s time for the final three grand prizes.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became extremely solemn.

Then when the award presenter read out the name of the winner of the Best Director Award, there was another burst of exclamations from the audience!

"The winner of the Best Director award at the 57th Cannes Film Festival is...Xu, for 'Love'!"

That’s right, Xu Yi won another award.

And he even won the third prize for Best Director!
So much so that in an instant, everyone's attention at the scene was focused on him again!
The live broadcast cameras from various countries at the scene were all aimed at him!

Under everyone's gaze, Xu Yi slowly stood up with a smile on his face.

Then he walked up to the podium again calmly.

But in his heart, he couldn't help but start cursing!

Because last year's Palme d'Or winner was a film called "Elephant".

The Best Director award went to Gus Van Sant, the director of the film "Elephant."

This result made other directors very dissatisfied.

So this year's Cannes Film Festival introduced a new rule, that is, the three major awards will no longer be awarded to the same director repeatedly.

In other words, any director can only win one of the three major awards: Palme d'Or, Grand Prix of the Jury, and Best Director.

Now that he has won the Best Director award, he naturally has no chance of winning the Palme d'Or!

(End of this chapter)