Japanese movies are now moving closer to the second dimension, and the box office of live-action movies is really not too bad.

This also directly caused the Tokyo Film Festival to be a bit cool.

Every year when the Golden Statue Film Festival comes, more than 500,000 tourists will be added to Xiangjiang. In order to provide these people with a place to stay, DreamWorks has specially built a dozen three-star hotels around the Yinghong Stadium.

, used to accommodate people who come to the film festival.

In fact, not only DreamWorks is doing this, but other real estate developers have also built this kind of not-so-high-end hotels in Tin Shui Wai to accommodate these tourists.

The number of tourists in Hong Kong has been slowly increasing in recent years. Part of the reason is that the Golden Statue Film Festival has become more and more popular, and many movie fans from all over the world will gather here.

Then the garden-like city of Tin Shui Wai impressed them, so they acted as tap water, and the metropolis of Xiangjiang gradually became famous all over the world.

There is no one who doesn’t like Tin Shui Wai, a garden city. There are also very tourist attractions here, such as the stadium to watch superstar singers’ concerts. During the film festival, famous singers from all over the world are invited here to hold concerts.

Many singers are willing to do this kind of mutually beneficial thing, so the film festival basically doesn't cost much.

I don’t know how many movie fans are delighted by this initiative, which is one of the reasons why they have worked tirelessly to gather it here all over the world.

DreamWorks Park is also a major attraction, where many Westerners can experience a charm different from Disneyland.

There are also film and television cities, game cities, comic exhibitions, museums, Victoria Harbor and other places for people to wander.

Of course, there are also the shopping paradises of Tin Shui Wai Pedestrian Street and Central Street.

These are places that many tourists like. Finally, there is another place that cannot be ignored, and that is the food in Xiangjiang. The many Chinese delicacies here make many foreigners reluctant to leave.

To be honest, Zhao Hong is not surprised that the Hong Kong Film Awards has reached this stage. This is mainly related to the popularity of his films. Xiangjiang's films are currently famous all over the world.

It's no surprise that there is an influential film festival in this context.

But how to make the film festival bigger and stronger remains to be discussed.

First of all, it must be integrated with business. At present, the Golden Statue has also done this. The transaction volume of films exhibited during the film festival is as high as hundreds, and the transaction volume is hundreds of millions of dollars.

Many small European and American film companies also try their luck here with their films. If any theater chain takes a fancy to them, they will make money in vain.

It is impossible for their movies to be distributed here without the ability and strength.

The other thing is that there must be good movies. If there are no good movies, what’s the point?

Furthermore, there must be a good environment, just like the Venice Water City, which many people yearn for. While participating in the film festival, it can also be used as a meaningful trip. This kind of win-win situation feels very cost-effective.

It would be perfect if there is delicious food at the end.

I'm sorry, but all the current Xiangjiang products meet the standards.

Since Zhao Hong presided over the Hong Kong Film Awards, she has been committed to promoting cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places. It is no longer limited to one region, such as restricting mainland films from participating in film festivals, etc., and nothing else.

This has also led to mainland films repeatedly winning big at the Golden Statue Film Festival in recent years.

This is mainly because the Mainland is really good at shooting literary films, and there are indeed fewer directors shooting literary films in Hong Kong. Many Hong Kong filmmakers are willing to cooperate with Mainland directors in order to win awards. This is also a disguised promotion of the relationship between the Mainland and Hong Kong.

cultural exchanges.

In addition, Wanwan's films have won many awards here, and Wanwan's artistic films during this period were still very powerful.

Last year, Wanwan director Hou Hsiao-hsien directed the feature film "City of Sadness", which won the Golden Lion Award at the 46th Venice International Film Festival.

At this time, Wanwan had some masters of art films, such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Sylvia Chang, etc.

What's interesting is that the movie "City of Sadness" was invested by DreamWorks, and in the end all the credit was taken by the Wanwan authorities. Those who didn't know it thought it was their achievement!

Although this movie is a literary film, the box office is pretty good, with a total box office of more than 30 million US dollars worldwide.

In this case, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places were evenly divided at the Hong Kong Film Festival, and the three companies received almost the same amount of awards.

It is very difficult to win the best actor and actress at the Golden Statue Film Festival. It may be easier the first time. As long as it is in the same batch of films, and the film is passable, the performance is the best.

, if the acting skills are almost the same, then you need more public relations.

Weiwei's public relations are still allowed at the film festival, otherwise how would the jury members get extra money?

If the performance is similar, it doesn't matter who you choose.

Zhao Hong usually doesn't care about this kind of fair public relations. "When the water is clear, there will be no fish."

But the difference is too big, and it is impossible to be publicized. This is no longer a question of money, but a question of principle.

This is to ensure the gold content of the award.

There is another thing, that is, although there is no such thing as the Best Actor and Best Actress, it is still very difficult to win the Best Actor or Best Actress title for the second time.

One of the important indicators is that you have to break through your previous self. If there is no big breakthrough in performance, it is impossible to win awards again.

Even if the newcomers who are competing on the same stage are one step behind them, they are not matched, and they will still be given to the newcomers.

The reason why Zhao Hong does this is to leave more opportunities to newcomers. If only the same few old faces win awards every time, then the film festival will be a backwater.

It also fails to achieve the purpose of supporting new people.

The reason why Cannes is so well-known around the world is that it has launched many well-known directors, and they only took off after attending Cannes.

Zhao Hong still remembers that at the original Time and Space Film Awards ceremony, it was just the same few people every time. It felt like it was not interesting at all. There were also many actors who won the Best Actor or Best Actress one after another.

In this case, it is easy to dampen the actor's enthusiasm.

Some actors with solid acting skills, because they frequently win awards, rest on their laurels and lack the spirit to innovate again. Newcomers are blocked by their seniors in their promotion channels. It is difficult for them to get ahead and they are not motivated to hone their acting skills.

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Zhao Hong's operation is to put everyone on the same starting line, even actors with excellent acting skills are no exception.

The same is true for directors. If they don't make any substantial breakthroughs, it will be extremely difficult for them to win Best Director again.

It is because of such unspoken rules that newcomers have emerged one after another in the past few years. Many artists also attach great importance to acting skills, and many seniors are ruthlessly forcing themselves to make breakthroughs in acting skills.

It can be said that since Zhao Hong took charge of the Golden Image Film Festival, only one actor has won the Best Actor twice.

That is Fa Ge. From his wonderful performance of Ma Ge in "A Better Tomorrow" to "God of Gamblers", the two personalities are harmonious and natural, without any sense of disharmony.

Basically no one was dissatisfied with his two Best Actor wins.

Even the ever-changing Best Actor Liang Xiaohao only won the Best Actor once.

It can be imagined that it is really not easy to win the award.

Many people have asserted that it is impossible for Fa Ge to win the Best Actor at the Golden Statue, mainly because it is too difficult for a person to break through after his acting skills are established, but he himself is very optimistic and wants to stand on this stage again.

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Therefore, I have never slackened on honing my acting skills.

Zhao Hong communicates with filmmakers in the circle, and everyone speaks freely. As long as he can put forward good plans for the Golden Statue Film Festival, he will adopt them one by one.

In fact, the basic framework of the Golden Image Film Festival has been established so far. In the future, as long as more attention is paid to fairer film awards, the film festival will become more and more influential.

Zhao Hong is gradually increasing the number of mainland filmmakers on the selection committee, intentionally or unintentionally. Of course, the ones invited are those who have real talent in films and filmmakers with non-rigid ideas, such as director Xie Jin, who is one of the few mainland filmmakers.

There are not many directors who can tell good stories.
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