The ten-day film festival is neither long nor short, but it is not until the final closing ceremony and awards night that the atmosphere of the film festival reaches its climax.
This year's closing film is the island country's film "Holy Youth", but no one is paying attention to this film. Everyone wants to see who is the biggest winner at this year's Tokyo Film Festival.
This year’s Tokyo Film Festival jury chairman is French director Jean-Jacques Beneix, and Hong Kong director Zhang Wanping is also one of the judges. Before the awards ceremony began, the only Chinese judge even asked people to come over to spread the word.
Don't worry, Li Hyuk will definitely not leave the Tokyo Film Festival empty-handed.
Li He felt relieved. In fact, there are not many judges in the award ceremony of this kind of film festival, so which film is selected and which film wins the award, the opinions of the judges are very important. It is a pity that this year’s jury chairman is not Chinese, otherwise Li He
He's hopes of winning are even greater.
Gong Li became the first Chinese chairman of the jury of the Tokyo Film Festival in 2003, and then Guo Shi became the second chairman of the jury in 2005, and then Chen Kaige in 2013. When the three served as chairman of the jury, the Chinese Legion
All achieved good results.
In a film festival like this, there won’t be any shady talk about shady stuff. Speaking of shady stuff, there are even more shady stuff at the Oscars, but that doesn’t stop it from becoming a temple in the film industry.
Perhaps because of Li Hyuk’s relationship, and also because of the relationship between the two Chinese-language films, this year’s Tokyo Film Festival Yangma Princess Liu will be broadcast live, and CCTV will also broadcast it simultaneously. When the program trailer came out, Li Hyuk’s fans were extremely excited
Looking forward to it, the live broadcast time has been locked.
The day before the awards ceremony, there were still a few awards that had not yet been decided. Several judges were arguing endlessly, and it was difficult to reach a unified opinion for a while.
"I think Paolo Ballesteros is the best. He gave a phenomenal performance in "Beautiful Evening"," said judge Varino Mastandrea from Italy.
"Beautiful Even If You Die", a Philippine movie, Li Hyuk watched it, but the senses were not very good. It is a film about transgender people. Li Hyuk is not a knight transgender. After all, everyone has their own choice, but the film is really
generally.
Of course Zhang Wanping disagreed: "I watched that film and the quality was average, and the audience also said the film was average after watching it. I think Lee Hyuk from "La La Land" is the candidate for the best actor."
"I admit that Li's performance is indeed great, but we have already given the best actress to Emma Stone. If we give the best actor to Li again, the public will question our impartiality." Valino.
Mastandrea retorted.
"Hmph..." Zhang Wanping snorted coldly: "Awarding to Paul Ballesteros is the biggest scandal. No one with eyes will award the award to him."
"You..." Valino Mastandrea was about to explode, but the chairman of the jury, Jean-Jacques Beneix, stopped him: "Okay, okay, it's normal to have different opinions, let's not argue.
, how about this, let’s change the candidate for Best Director, and let’s decide on Li for Best Actor?”
Zhang Wanping thought for a while, and she didn’t have much hope of winning a prize for "Daddy," anyway. She came to the Tokyo Film Festival this time to accompany her. The original candidate for the best director was Damien Chazelle of "La La Land."
Initially, the chairman of the jury insisted on Danish director Hanna Yushkin, but it was only after other judges, including himself, objected that Damien Chazelle was chosen.
Thinking that a gringo's Best Director award is nothing to do with me, Zhang Wanping reciprocated: "I think Hanna Yushkin is an excellent director, and I support her to win Best Director."
Jean-Jacques Beneix was very satisfied and asked the other two wooden judges: "What are your opinions?"
The two wooden directors said: "We have no objection..."
"Okay, so be it..."
So, with the agreement of several judges, Valino Mastandrea had to give up. Although the money was collected, the matter was not completed. It was indeed a pity, but the money could not be refunded.
Valino Mastandrea looked at Zhang Wanping and had no idea how much money this Chinese woman had charged Li He for working so hard to win the award for him.
The award selection is finally over, and although the judges are not satisfied with the result, this is the best choice under compromise. The final list will be announced at the awards ceremony tomorrow.
After Zhang Wanping came out, she said to her assistant: "Go and tell Li He's assistant that there is a result, so that he can rest assured."
The assistant nodded and hesitated. When Zhang Wanping saw this, she asked: "What? Is there any problem?"
"Director Zhang, why should we support Li He to win the award? Isn't he a mainlander?" the assistant asked.
"You are not talking nonsense. If Goo Tsai and Wu Tsai are selected, of course I support them, but the only one selected is Li He. We are all Chinese. Most foreign devils look down on us. If we don't support our own people, who will support them?
"Zhang Wanping asked back.
The assistant shrank his head: "Then I'll go..."
"go Go……"
After learning the news from his assistant Yuanyuan, Li He smiled slightly and said to Damien Chazelle, who was drinking coffee: "It seems that you are going to be disappointed. You are not the current director."
Damien Chazelle doesn’t care at all: “It’s not an Oscar, I don’t care at all.”
Emma Stone also said: "Yes, if it were the Oscar for Best Actress, I would be so excited that I couldn't sleep all night."
"Hey, I'm different. Oscars are out of the question. The judges will not award the award to a Chinese person. Instead, various film festivals are my best opportunity." Li He said.
"Then I'd like to congratulate you this time..."
On September 4th, the Tokyo Film Festival officially comes to an end, and at the same time, the most watched awards ceremony is about to take place. The Six Princesses of Yangma sent the live broadcast signal early, and there are already many movie fans and fans of Li Hyuk watching the TV
before.
Many parents are surprised. In the past, their children would stay in their bedrooms at night, watching variety shows and playing on the computer. Why do they grab the remote control today just to watch movie channels?
There are also many fans who did not watch TV, but downloaded the CCTV.com app on their mobile phones and opened the live broadcast to watch. CCTV never dreamed that the CCTV.com app, which had not had much traffic, suddenly saw a surge in visits tonight. Fortunately, CCTV has deep pockets and sufficient servers.
After using it, no crash event occurred.
At six o'clock that night, the live broadcast officially started. The first was the red carpet ceremony. Each film participating in the selection would walk down the red carpet in turn. "La La Land", as this year's favorite, was naturally scheduled to appear at the finale.
In an apartment in Beijing, Li He's two top fans, Zhao Meili and Si Jiayi, were greeting their friends in the fan group while watching the live broadcast.
Zhao Meili just broke up with her boyfriend last month, so she lived with Si Jiayi again. Unfortunately, Si Jiayi also found a boyfriend and moved out soon.
The two loyal fans have followed Lee Hyuk from the very beginning until now. It can be said that they have grown up with Lee Hyuk and have very different feelings towards Lee Hyuk.
However, as I get older, the impulse to chase stars when I was young has dissipated, and some only have pure and rational appreciation. Now the work of managing the fan base is also a matter between two people. After all, they work with huge power.