The Queen's Rumored Father

Chapter 1255 Xu Yuan Film Festival and Golden Crown Award

"Boss, everyone's here," Ningmeng said.

Xu Yuan, who had just returned from the film set, nodded.

"The Tuner" has finished filming, but in order to meet the targets of this year's "Sisters Who Make Waves", Xu Yuan has another film to shoot next.

However, before that, he had an important matter to deal with.

Today, many people came to the conference room of Fengxing.

The company has a core team, and important artists who own some shares in the company have also come.

There were also industry heavyweights invited, especially influential leaders from the Film Association, such as Teacher Daoming, Brother Zhang Fengyi, Andy Lau, Zeng Aige, Louis Koo, and so on.

Meanwhile, there are also industry collaborators, such as A Zuo, Huo Susu, Odeman, Kobe, the head of Song Ren from Zhengjia, Zhang Lin from Qianda, and others.

"Everyone, take a look first, and then we'll talk," Xu Yuan said.

Soon, a project planning PowerPoint presentation began playing in the conference room.

A dozen minutes later, gasps of surprise echoed through the conference room, and everyone wore expressions of disbelief.

"It's an awards ceremony! Xu Yuan is going to organize a film festival!"

"This... is very difficult, especially if you want to reach Xu Yuan's level."

"It's expensive and laborious, and there's no guarantee of a return; it's hard to say."

"But if it can really be done, the benefits will be obvious to the naked eye."

"Hollywood is closely related to the Oscars to a certain extent. Chinese films are now catching up with Hollywood, and it is very likely that they will surpass it in five to ten years. However, in terms of awards, China does not yet have a particularly authoritative one with international influence."

"We can handle the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards domestically, but it's a bit more challenging internationally. The standards for other awards vary even more."

"The Golden Crown Award! Using a crown as the trophy will be very grand. However, as a newly established award, it lacks depth and heritage..."

"There's no other way. If we use an existing domestic award as a predecessor, there will be conflicts of interest. You know those domestic institutions; they may not have the ability to plant trees, but they're very good at picking the fruits of others' labor. The Faraway Film Festival is just a microcosm of what has chilled filmmakers in recent years."

"If Xu Yuan had been the one to create this award, it would have been truly legendary. I feel it would be no less prestigious than awards with a rich history."

People were discussing it animatedly.

The Golden Crown Award is the highest honor at the Xu Yuan Film Festival.

The Xu Yuan Film Festival is divided into two parts.

The first part, similar to the three major European film festivals, will invite many films for screening, providing a platform for exchange and display for film professionals and enthusiasts from around the world.

There are three screening sections, each with its own distinct significance.

The first screening section encourages exploration of new techniques, technologies, and forms of expression in film, and the best film in this section will be awarded a golden crown.

The second screening section delves into the actors and their roles, elevating the art of acting to a purely professional level, aiming to select the most outstanding performances. In this section, the Golden Crown will be awarded to an actor, regardless of gender—only one person will receive this honor.

In a sense, this would be the award that actors around the world dream of.

The third screening section is for regions with underdeveloped film industries, giving them more hope and recognition.

These three sections perfectly embody the mission of the Xu Yuan Film Festival.

Pursuing innovation, pursuing pure acting skills, and supporting films from underdeveloped regions.

At the same time, a youth film fund will be established to support talented directors around the world and help them realize their dreams.

This is a very positive pursuit for a film festival, but there may be a problem: the public's acceptance of it may not be very high.

The vast majority of viewers are just ordinary people. Although this film festival is professional enough, its excessive professionalism can create a sense of distance for the general public.

At this point, a bridge is needed.

"Therefore, at the end of the Xu Yuan Film Festival, we have set up the Golden Crown Awards ceremony. The Golden Crown Awards for the three major screening sections will be presented in this segment." Bian Xue was presenting a PowerPoint presentation to everyone. "And the awards ceremony has all the traditional awards, from Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Newcomer to a series of technical awards."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately realized what was going on.

This feels like a merger of the three major European film festivals and the Oscars.

Xu Yuan has huge ambitions.

And you know what, with Xu Yuan in charge, it actually seems... feasible.

Of course, sufficient financial support is required.

It takes at least three to five years for any film festival to begin to have an initial impact.

There are still many details to discuss.

"Isn't it popular to hold awards for Best Actor these days? Some are for leading actors and supporting actors, and some are for male and female actors." Someone asked, "Shouldn't the Golden Crown Awards consider this as well?"

Xu Yuan shook his head: "I can understand removing the distinction between men and women. It's a good idea to provide forward-looking guidance on gender equality in awards, but whether it will truly benefit women remains to be seen."

"At least, in my personal opinion, there is still a significant gap between male and female actors in terms of career lifespan, roles, and screen time. Comparing male and female actors at this stage is actually unfair to female actors."

This is easy to understand.

Male actors can play leading roles even at fifty, while female actors can only play the mother of the female lead at fifty. This is the most obvious difference.

Moreover, the number of male-centric films and female-centric films each year is vastly different, at least nine to one.

Comparing actresses and actors together, based on career length and the number of opportunities they have, is an unfair situation that appears fair.

The result of doing this is that, while it may seem like you are supporting actresses, you are actually depriving them of their glory.

Actresses who were constantly changing the status quo and making things better were forced to accept that things were getting worse because of the lack of recognition.

This could be described as having good intentions but doing something wrong.

In fact, an award that requires selecting the best person regardless of gender is essentially another form of feminism.

Matter determines the foundation.

Women and men are inherently different in terms of physical structure, so why try to erase these differences?

The distinction between men and women is a natural law, and awards for men and women align with this understanding; roles inherently have genders. Even if a man plays a female role, he should be nominated for Best Actress, not Best Actor.

Similarly, the main characters and supporting characters should not be selected together, because there are huge differences in their inherent qualities.

Group scenes are another matter.

In short, if the biggest purpose of the Xu Yuan Film Festival is to allow more excellent films to be seen, then the biggest purpose of the Golden Crown Awards ceremony is to recognize more outstanding actors and film professionals.

In this era, there are too many good works and good actors, but too few good awards.

(End of this chapter)