The Oscars of Hollywood in the United States, the Venice Film Festival in Italy, the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, and the Cannes Film Festival in France are the four most influential film festivals in the world.
The Oscars were founded in 1929, the Berlin Film Festival was founded in 1932, and Venice and Cannes came into being in the next two years.
Ironically, these four film festivals were all entertainment products established during the Great Depression of the United States, which affected the global economy and left countless people without food or clothing.
Under the bright lights, there is a dark history that few people know.
Then the United States relied on the huge profits from war wealth to make a comeback, and at the same time, a group of capital promoted the industrialization of Hollywood film and television, which accelerated the influence of the Oscars and widened the gap with the other three film festivals.
The other three film festivals are not happy. They are all products of the same period. You are the boss and we are the younger brothers?
In the 1980s, under the operation of several European media tycoons, the name "the world's three major film festivals" was born.
The so-called three major film festivals in the world are Venice, Berlin and Cannes in Europe. There is no Oscar.
With European media giants controlling the news media, many people in Europe believe that the Oscars are nothing, and that their Venice, Berlin and Cannes are the best.
It was not until around the turn of the millennium that Internet social networking began to spread all over the world, and this gradually broke the illusion that the Oscars, which European media giants had given the public, was not as good as the world's three major film festivals.
I told them that the Oscars are already the most influential film festival in the world and firmly dominate the global entertainment industry.
Even so, there are still many arrogant people who still stubbornly believe that their three film festivals are the greatest and look down on the Oscars.
This is the horror of capital’s control of media news. It allows you to see only what you see, and it has subtly affected your thinking for decades, limiting your cognition and daring not to admit the facts.
In the first few decades, the four film festivals all focused on art films. At that time, there was no distinction between commercial and literary films, and almost all films were literary-oriented.
The emergence of the movie "Star Wars" began to change this situation.
Capital is chasing profits, Haolaiwu has a complete film and television industry, and the context of commercial films is gradually becoming clearer.
The other three film festivals could only stare. Europe did not have a complete film and television industry at the time, and trying to catch up with Hollywood Oscars was nothing more than a dream.
Year after year, seeing the Oscars getting further and further away, they learned the hard way, if Hao Laiwu mainly focuses on commercial films, then we will focus on literary and artistic films.
Since the beginning of the 1970s, Western films have reached a watershed. Hollywood is full of money, and Europe has become a paradise for literary and artistic films, which continues to this day.
Who doesn't like money? This has also allowed more capital to settle in Hollywood, turning Hollywood into the absolute center of the global entertainment industry's vanity fair. The other three major film festivals can only catch up.
However, behind Hollywood and the Oscars is the United States, whose hegemony is known to the world.
Its desire for control and its exclusiveness have destined films from many countries to be unable to be included in the Oscars. Let alone winning, it is extremely difficult to be nominated.
An interesting scene has emerged in recent decades. Actors and directors from all over the world hope to get involved with Hollywood and the Oscars, and use them to enhance their fame and fortune.
Regardless of whether he can gain fame and fortune, he will eventually turn around and apply for his works to the three major European film festivals.
Many people know that it is impossible for their country's works to win Oscars, but it is still possible to use Hollywood to increase their influence and make money, and then take their works to the three major European film festivals to try their luck in an attempt to win more awards.
Fame and fortune.
This is also the reason why in recent years, directors from China, Russia, India, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea have always taken their movies to Europe. They turn a blind eye to the Oscars and seem to not care about the Oscars. In fact, they are the Oscars.
The door is not open to them.
In the history of competition among the four major film festivals, the three major European film festivals have always been the second tier below the Oscars.
But Cannes succeeded by surprise. The new star director program proposed in the 1980s made it one step ahead of Berlin and Venice.
There is an unwritten unwritten rule in the world's most well-known and international film and television awards. The works of new directors can have the opportunity to be screened and exposed, but they will never be shortlisted and win awards.
To put it simply, the unspoken rule is that it depends on seniority, and new directors are naturally not eligible to win awards.
There is also the Best Newcomer Award in China, but this award does not exist in international film and television festivals. At most, there is only a small award such as an encouragement award.
The Rising Star Director Program proposed by Cannes breaks this rule. Any work by a new director has a chance to win an award and can be nominated to participate in the selection normally.
Steven Soderbergh, Ryan Coogler, Jane Campion and many other world-famous directors today won awards for their first works because of this Cannes program and have skyrocketed ever since.
This has also allowed Cannes' influence to break through the three major European film festivals and be ahead of Berlin and Venice.
Because of this plan, Cannes is no longer limited to literary and artistic films, but has become a comprehensive commercial and literary film festival, taking the Oscar route.
Up to now, if we want to classify the four major film festivals, Oscar is the absolute hegemon, Cannes is the first tier, Berlin and Venice are the second tier.
For some reasons, the Oscars have restrictions on films and actors from some countries.
Naturally, the Cannes Film Festival has become the best choice for many directors, actors and practitioners in Europe and Asia to realize their dreams, pursue fame and fortune, and develop international influence.
"finally reached."
Liu Yifei walks in the exit aisle of Paris International Airport in France.
She was carrying a small white backpack and a white baseball cap, with a smooth shawl hanging from the brim of the hat.
She pushed the purple suitcase with her right hand, and her left hand was held by Chu Xuan. She shook the hand she was holding with Chu Xuan: "What time is it?"
Chu Xuan held hands with Liu Yifei in one hand, and held a black suitcase in the other. He had no extra hand to use his mobile phone to check the time.
He silently calculated that the normal flight time from Los Angeles to Paris was almost nine hours yesterday afternoon at four o'clock, and Paris was six hours ahead of Los Angeles.
He roughly calculated the time: "7 a.m. French time."
Liu Xiaoli, who was walking behind, added: "7:15."
Chen Kaige looked at his cell phone and wanted to answer Liu Yifei's time question. When he saw the mother-in-law said it, he put his cell phone in his pocket: "Go to the hotel to have breakfast with Director Wang. He is waiting for us."
"Then hurry up and don't keep people waiting." When Liu Xiaoli heard that Wang Jiawei was waiting for them, she couldn't help but speed up her pace.
Looking at the back of a family of three walking quickly forward, Chen Kaige shook his head and followed in the footsteps of the family.
Judging from the qualifications of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, Wang Jiawei is undoubtedly their senior.
But with the strength of the Brilliant Era and the series of personal connections between him, Tang Jili and Han Sanping, it was normal for Wang Jiawei to get up early and wait for them in the restaurant.
This family didn't seem to know their identity clearly, but they regarded Wang Jiawei as a big shot, fearing that they would leave quickly if they waited too long.
But recalling the normal life of this family, Chen Kaige said "ha" again carefully, and a subtle and self-deprecating smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He realized that he was too snobby after all, and the family's peaceful mood and friendly attitude had inadvertently taught him a lesson.
"Brother, senior sister, aunt, here!"
As soon as the group walked out of the passage with the crowd, they saw Wen Mino waving his hands and shouting hello in the crowd.
Kong Sheng, Li Xue and Liu Yi were also there, driving their cars to greet the family.
Chen Hong was also among them, coming to pick up her husband Chen Kaige.
"Teacher Chen Hong." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei greeted.
"Hey, Xiaoxuan, art concubine, you are here. I have been waiting for you for several days." Chen Hong smiled and greeted Liu Xiaoli: "Sister Li, your skin is tender. You are getting younger and younger."
"No way, you are the great beauty." Liu Xiaoli and Chen Hong hugged.
Although she and Chen Hong didn't meet often, Chen Kaige was a shareholder of Bright Times. With this relationship, every time he met Chen Hong, he was more cordial than outsiders.
But in her impression, Chen Hong was usually not so enthusiastic and always praised and hugged her when they met.
After following Wang Jinhua for so long and experiencing and understanding so many things, she still didn't know the reasons.
If there were no movies in the glorious era of the past, it would be of no use value to Chen Kaige.
Now, Bright Times is not only engaged in movies. The success of Longyou and Macron’s cooperation mean that the future development of Bright Times will be extraordinary.
Perhaps Chen Kaige wanted to fully integrate into the Brilliant Era, or maybe he valued the film resources and channels of the Brilliant Era, so he said something to his bedfellow, Chen Hong, if they could not secure them.
Liu Xiaoli has a strong balance in her heart. Regardless of whether she is true or false, I will treat you how you treat me. If you give me enthusiasm, I will naturally reciprocate enthusiasm.
As a mother, she gradually became more like a girl, and she found that doing things as simple and pure as this was quite comfortable.
"See you at the hotel." Chen Kaige said and got into Chen Hong's car.
Zeng Ni, Lu Tao, Jess, Caitlin and two makeup artists from the team got into the business van driven by Li Xue, while Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli, Wen Muye and others got into the nanny van.
The vehicles are all rented from local car rental agencies. After getting in the car, we all go to the hotel we booked in advance.
"What's going on?" Chu Xuan sat on the sofa and looked at Wen Muye and others opposite.
Fumino said: "Twelve short films were competed against each other in three stages. Half were eliminated in the first two stages, and the Palme d'Or winner was selected from the three works in the final stage."
Chu Xuan opened the mineral water bottle, took a sip of water and said, "Why does this look like a draft?"
Liu Yifei couldn't help laughing: "Indeed, the only difference is that the judges are more professional and international."
Liu Xiaoli smoothed her daughter's collar and said, "Don't even think about it. The domestic draft rules are probably based on these selection rules."
"That makes sense." Chu Xuan nodded.
Kong Sheng continued what Wen Muye said: "The organizing committee and peripheral directors, producers, and actors form a jury. After the two films in each group are screened in the cinema at each stage, a total of 51 votes will be generated.
You cannot throw away your vote.”
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded. The two works were randomly matched against each other. The 51 votes that could not be discarded would determine a winner. They probably understood the rules of the selection.
Li Xue added: "Although the names of the voters will be disclosed and clearly tell you who voted for which work, it is still unclear whether there is something fishy in it and whether the people from the organizing committee are controlling everything behind the scenes.
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"There is no absolute fairness." Liu Yi shook his head: "It will involve some messy things. I just hope they put these messy things in the movie and don't mess with our short film."
Everyone smiled. What Liu Yi said was very realistic and ironic, but it also brought them more expectations.
Movies are more valuable than short films. Even if there is a "mysterious power", there is a high probability that it will only occur in the competition of movies. In contrast, their short films will have a fairer competitive environment.
As the original team of "Hope", they are very confident in their work. Just like the title of the work "Hope", Liu Yi's words also gave them hope that "Hope" will win the prize.
"Sister Ziyi, Sister Xun." As soon as the group got off the car and walked into the hotel, they saw a familiar figure from behind in the magnificent hotel lobby.
Zhang Ziyi and Zou Xun turned around, saw Chu Xuan, Chen Kaige and others, and came over to say hello with smiles on their faces.
"Director Kai Ge, Sister Chen Hong."
"Chu Xuan, Art Concubine, Sister Li."
After saying hello, Zhang Ziyi smiled and said: "Your "Hope" has been shortlisted this time. I hope to attend your celebration banquet."
Being able to attend the celebration banquet also shows that "Hope" successfully won the award, which can be regarded as a blessing for her.
"Forget it, don't give up hope, the main thing is to come over and see the world." Chu Xuan shook his head.
After a few brief greetings, both parties took the elevator upstairs.
The group of people went to their respective rooms to put down their luggage, and then followed Chen Kaige downstairs to the hotel restaurant.
The people I met along the way were celebrities, directors and other well-known figures. Although most of them were unknown, some of them looked more or less familiar.
When meeting acquaintances from China, there is also a sense of joy in meeting old friends in a foreign country.
"Sister Shuangli."
"What's your name?"
"You two are walking together, it's not easy to call it. It's more convenient to create a simple name that kills two birds with one stone."
When he met Li Congtong and Fan Congtang, these two eldest sisters were his own. Chu Xuan was not polite in his words and made a joke.
"Are you confident of winning the grand prize?" Fan Zhengtong patted Chu Xuan on the arm.
"No." Chu Xuan shook his head.
"Just hearing the name "Hope" makes me very hopeful that there will be good results." Li Zhengyi said.
After briefly chatting for a few words, seeing that the group of people were obviously busy going downstairs, the two people left to have breakfast without asking any questions.
Everyone arrived at the restaurant floor and met more acquaintances.
While greeting each other along the way, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei discovered that there were obviously more stars and directors in mainland China than in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
This situation also coincides with the situation in the domestic entertainment industry. Mainland China's film development situation is already leading that of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
"Hello, Director Wang." A group of people walked into the private room, and Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and others greeted them one after another.
Wang Jiawei was waiting alone in the private room. The table was filled with various pastries, steaks and Western food.
Brilliant Era's influence in the domestic entertainment industry is getting deeper and deeper, and now it has entered the film industry, and at the beginning it went to Haolaiwu, and behind it was the chairman of China Film Group, Han Sanping.
As a film director, Wang Jiawei has often dealt with the official company China Film Group in the past. His previous work "Happy Together" won him the Best Director Award at Cannes, and China Film Group also helped when it was submitted for review.
Chu Xuan is the boss of Brilliant Era, and Chen Kaige called him personally. Due to various factors, he got up early this morning and waited for these people to arrive, just to entertain them. He also understood the reason for Chen Kaige's call, which was to reveal the situation in Cannes. After all, Brilliant Times
"Hope" by The Times has been shortlisted.
"Hello, feel free to sit down and eat." Wang Jiawei greeted.
Wen Muye sat down next to Chu Xuan, feeling a little relieved.
Before he came, he knew that Wang Jiawei was a judge at Cannes, and he also considered meeting to ask about the situation, but firstly, he had no connections, and secondly, because his rank was too low, he never had the chance to meet Wang Jiawei.
He had been in Paris for several days, but he had never even seen Wang Jiawei. When he asked Li Zhengtong, Zhang Ziyi and others also said they had never seen him.
Wang Jiawei seemed to be a superior person. When the Chinese people came to his home court on behalf of China, he would not show up, as if he didn't bother to see them.
It must be his senior brother who is awesome. Someone they haven't seen in the past few days is now waiting for them with wine and food, which makes him feel very happy.