I'm almost a Muggle

Although the Oscar Film Festival is also oriented to the world, it is highly regional and highly individual.

The requirements for being shortlisted for the main competition unit are very strict.

There are many films in China that are so-called nominated for Oscars, but in fact they are nominated in the small category of Best Foreign Language Film, and their weight is very light.

So only Americans value Oscars more.

The three major film festivals in Europe are the most popular among other countries in the world. They are open to all rivers and treat every film fairly, so they are naturally very popular.

The most important of these three major film festivals is the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which is the most important in the world.

The oldest one is undoubtedly the Venice International Film Festival.

"Dongzi, you can go too. You don't even know how miserable we were last time. We couldn't even find anyone who could speak Chinese." Du Qixi wanted to drag Lin Dong along.

It was difficult to find Lin Dong last time, because Lin Dong didn't participate in the show after all.

This time, Lin Dong is the starring role, so there’s no problem in going to the film festival together.

"No way, that's an international film festival." Lin Dong didn't believe it.

"That's true. I made a temporary call to transport one from China." Du Qixi complained.

"What's the use of looking for me? This is Italy and I don't speak Italian." Lin Dong was helpless. He must not think that all foreigners speak English.

"English is fine, Dongzi. That's Venice, the most romantic city in the world, with the hottest chicks."

Three days later, Lin Dong and Du Qixi appeared on the boat in Venice.

Everything went perfectly smoothly.

I received a call to apply from here and learned that the director was Du Qixi and that the film was about the life and love of a group of blind people, so I immediately made an invitation.

This is their best bite.

You make movies that are too normal, but they still don’t like them.

To be honest, with "New Road" which won the Golden Tiger Award, Du Qixi's status in the international film industry is definitely higher than that of Xu Lang and Ning Hai.

And the news was immediately updated on the official website of the film festival there.

Mr. Du, the Chinese director who made "New Road", will join the Venice Film Festival family with his new film "Massage".

The Venice Film Festival changed its bamboo mats this time.

The predecessor was Mark Mueller, who was the first person to promote Chinese films to the world.

During the years when he was there, one or two Chinese films won awards at the Venice Film Festival every year, including many heavyweight awards.

The director most favored by the Venice International Film Festival is Zhang Lue.

Zhang Lue, who became famous with "Sorghum Field", almost every film he made in the 1990s was shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival.

To others, being shortlisted is nothing.

In terms of awards alone, I have won two Gold Lion Awards and two Silver Lion Awards.

The newly replaced bamboo mat is Bernardo Bertolucci.

This person's name is very long and hard to remember, but Chinese filmmakers are no stranger to him.

He is the first foreign director allowed to enter the Forbidden City in Beijing to shoot a movie on location.

Yes, this movie is "Forbidden Twilight".

In addition, there is an acquaintance here.

Jiang Xiaojun!

Speaking of this person, he is also very impressive.

However, he was also called the worst Chinese at the Venice Film Festival.

How miserable is it?

When he was a director and filmed, the actor won the best actor award in Venice.

When he acts in it himself, the director who filmed the film will win the best director award.

I won’t give you the prize!

He is a frequent visitor to the Venice Film Festival, but every time he goes he comes home empty-handed, so he is said to be the worst director in China.

Jiang Xiaojun appeared at the Venice International Film Festival this time as a member of the jury.

A domestic film was shortlisted.

Of course it was impossible for him not to see it, and he even enthusiastically took his wife to pick him up at the airport.

In addition, the fact that this film was shortlisted was also inseparable from his hard work in recommending it.

Du Qixi was almost blown away by him into being the second Zhang Lue.

At this time, four people were sitting on a hired boat heading to Lido, the venue for the Venice International Film Festival.

Strictly speaking, the Venice Film Festival is not in the city of Venice.

Lido is an 18-kilometer-long sandbank southeast of Venice. It is considered the outer island of Venice.

There are usually about 20,000 residents living there, and it takes a 15-minute vaporetto ride from Venice to get there.

You can also rent a boat. Jiang Xiaojun just rented a boat.

People who come here are used to calling this type of small boat a water taxi.

"I thought we in mainland China wouldn't be able to get even one film shortlisted this time." Jiang Xiaojun welcomed Du Qixi's arrival with both hands.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t pick him up in person.

Of course, one of the reasons was that my wife and I were already on a boat trip to the water city, so it was just a way to pick someone up.

"It's so miserable. I heard that there was a film called "Fence" and a film called "Outing" from Wanwan, but they were not shortlisted?" Du Qixi still did his homework.

Lin Dong didn't know anything.

His attention was on these ancient European buildings, and this style made him feel friendly.

"The Fence is a documentary about mental patients. It was not shortlisted, but the Wanwan film was shortlisted. I didn't expect your film to be shortlisted so smoothly."

Jiang Xiaojun is a pure judge this time and has no works to bring.

"Teacher Jiang, can you tell me more about what awards we can nominate for?" Du Qixi asked curiously.

The finalists have been confirmed, but several awards have been nominated, which have not been announced yet.

The Venice International Film Festival has express regulations that each film can only win one award. Only films that win the Actor Award can win another award, but this other award cannot be the highest-level Golden Lion Award.

"Nominated for Silver Lion, Best Actor, Best New Actor, and Lin Dong was nominated for the latter two."

This is why there are people in the court who are easy to do things. Jiang Xiaojun is in the jury, so the information in this regard is naturally clear.

Lin Dong and Du Qixi were both stunned.

Silver Lion is the best director.

And the best actor is the best actor.

And there's also Best New Actor.

Lin Dong actually didn't feel anything at all when he acted. Du Qixi sent the finished film to the jury via email, and Lin Dong didn't even know how it would be cut.

Isn't this pace too fast?

Is it possible that my hall shines brightly and I have the qualifications of a great emperor?

"It will be announced tomorrow, but whether or not he will win the award depends on the discussion of the jury. That old man Bernardo Bertolucci is very bad and cannot compare to Marco."

The Marco he mentioned refers to Marco Muller, the bamboo mat in front of the film festival.

Marco Muller is an Italian, but the Italian media accused him of "being too partial to Chinese movies and neglecting the Italian film industry."

During his tenure, many Chinese film directors, from Zhang Lue to Li Shu, Jia Kechang, Hou Xiaoxian, Cai Liangming, Zhang Yuan, Liu Jie and Jiang Xiaojun, won the Golden Lion Award and other important awards in Venice.

As for Bernardo Bertolucci, although he filmed "Forbidden Twilight", Jiang Xiaojun did not trust him.

"Actually, we didn't want to win the prize. We just came here on a whim. Communication comes first. Winning the prize doesn't matter." Dong Di looked at it with openness.

Du Qixi also put away his frown after hearing this.

That’s right, isn’t it just here to promote the movie?

Regardless of whether we can win the award or not, at least we have been nominated. Many films have been sent to us from China, and we are the only one who has been shortlisted. What else can we do about bicycles?