On December 30, the 55th Berlin Film Festival announced the nomination list. A total of 22 films were shortlisted for the main competition, including Gu Changwei's "Peacock" and a frequent guest of the three major European festivals - Bayan director Tsai Ming-liang.
The two Chinese-language works "A Cloud in the Sky".
What is gratifying is that Ning Hao's "Green Grass" has become the only Chinese-language film among a total of 35 works shortlisted for the forum section.
Compared with Ning Hao's excitement on the phone, He Xin was a little regretful, why was he not shortlisted for the main competition? However, compared with Gu Changwei's "Peacock", he had to admit that both in terms of the content and quality of the film,
There is still a big gap in "Green Grass".
In the past two years, especially as the so-called sixth generation directors have lifted their bans, the mainland film environment has improved a lot. And because mainland films are absent from the three major European festivals this year, the announcement will be held on February 10 next year.
The appearance of two mainland films on the shortlist of the 55th Berlin Film Festival, which opened today, is particularly eye-catching.
More importantly, unlike those "underground films" that were secretly exhibited in the past, which often embarrassed the authorities, these two films were both films that had passed the review of the Film Bureau. They were quite proud of themselves, so even the official media
No expense was spared in reporting.
Unlike the debut film "Peacock" directed by the famous photographer Gu Changwei, which invested tens of millions of yuan and lasted nearly two years and attracted widespread media attention as soon as it was launched, the small-production film "Green Grass" directed by Ning Hao entered the film industry for the first time.
Media perspective.
This is the second time that Ning Hao, a young director in his twenties, has a work shortlisted for the European Junior Festival since "Incense" won the Special Note Award and the Best Actor Award in the Against the Current section of the Venice Film Festival last year.
It is a single competition unit, but the forum unit is also a competition unit, and according to ranking, it is second only to the main competition unit.
This attracted more media attention.
But at the same time, the attentive media suddenly discovered that although the two shortlisted films used new actors and non-professional actors, there were personal names appearing in both works.
On the latest movie poster of "Peacock", after the main actors, the words "Special Starring: He Xin" are blackened and bolded; and for "Green Grass", the name He Xin can also be found in the producer column.
"Yes, because it was a great pleasure to work with Director Ning Hao for the first time, and we all have the same understanding and pursuit of movies, so we collaborated on "Green Grass" again this time..."
"Yes, we are very grateful to Bona. Without their investment, this work would not have been available so early..."
"Yes, the script was created a few years ago, but the conditions were never mature..."
"Why did you invest? I just said that Director Ning Hao and I have the same understanding of movies. Of course we have to make such a good script..."
"Haha, I have long said that I was introduced to the industry by director Xiaoshuai. As long as Xiaoshuai says so, I am willing to play a small role... not a guest appearance, to be precise, the third male lead. I will play one in it.
The young worker who led the new trend in the early 1980s, I have never tried such a role before... Yes, I like this character very much... Sorry, I can only say so much, otherwise it will be a spoiler, but I
I can guarantee this is a very exciting story..."
"Okay, okay, we are still filming here, please don't disturb the crew's normal work!"
After answering the reporter's questions and handing over the chaotic scene to production director Li Huatong, who was still wearing a plaster and hanging his arm, He Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurried back upstairs.
Originally, the crew's filming was kept secret. Because of the topic caused by the Berlin Film Festival nomination, many media reporters were recruited to the crew, and the filming was delayed for half a day.
"Director, I'm sorry!"
"It's okay, I'm really hoping you can help with the publicity now, so I can borrow some money." Wang Xiaoshuai shook his head with a wry smile.
He Xin's hundreds of thousands of dollars can only meet a temporary urgent need. The crew is still in a big hole, and news of the lack of money has spread among the crew, making people panic.
But the only good news at the moment is that through Wang Xiaoshuai's personal mediation with investors, Xingmei's Mr. Tan finally sold Lao Wang a favor and increased the quota by 500,000. If everything goes well, he can persist until the completion of the project, which is just a matter of post-production.
The money is still not available yet.
…
Pinggu, Feilong Valley.
"Be careful on the road!"
At the entrance of Tongfu Inn, Cheng Hao spoke a very cheerful Qingdao Mandarin and waved goodbye to Zhang Xinyi, who was guest-starring as his maid.
Classmate Xiao Zhang was dressed in black night clothes, carrying a package on his back, and holding a sword in his hand. He gave her a fist in a crisp and neat movement, turned around and walked out of the frame without saying any nonsense.
Cheng Hao leaned against the door, reluctantly looking at her disappearing back. After a while, he turned around and faced Yan Ni, who was lying on the counter with two instant noodles hanging down, lazily flipping through the ledger, and said cheerfully: "Yes.
No matter what the dirty or tiring work is, just say hello!"
Yan Ni's eyes suddenly lit up and he said repeatedly: "No hurry! No hurry!"
Having said that, he walked out of the counter with a ledger and an abacus in one hand, and Li Dazui, Bai Zhantang, Lu Xiucai and others swarmed around him.
"Before we start, I want to settle the accounts with you first." Yan Ni said with a charming smile.
"Is this necessary?" Cheng Hao looked confused.
"Of course!"
Yan Ni sat down at the main table facing the door, beside the long table made of ash and old elm wood that appeared most frequently. The scholar next to him flipped the account book to the page where the accounts were to be settled.
Place it in front of you.
Yan Ni was picking at the beads on the abacus and chattering: "Look, the smashed furniture, the broken stairs, the pots, pans, and wine jars, plus..."
"Okay! Okay!"
Cheng Hao spoke like a quack, and interrupted impatiently: "Just tell me the total number."
"The total is forty-eight taels."
Cheng Hao was startled for a moment, then raised his eyes and glanced at Bai Zhantang, Li Dazui and others who were standing ready to guard him from escaping, showing arrogant smiles.
"Hey, how much did I think it was? It's so cheap!"
Yan Ni smiled charmingly, pulled out another abacus bead, and said, "I'll remove the odd change and give you forty-eight taels!"
Cheng Hao immediately slapped the table and said domineeringly: "No problem!"
He paused for a moment, then asked: "Then how much is my monthly salary?"
Yan Ni smiled and raised two fingers and said: "Two coins!"
Cheng Hao nodded when he heard the words, and then fell into deep thought, muttering: "That means, I want to..."
Before she could finish the calculation, Yan Ni smiled charmingly and said: "No need to calculate, you still have to work on your forehead for twenty years!"
Cheng Hao woke up instantly, and the camera zoomed in, showing two close-ups.
The look on her face was first in disbelief, and then her eyes widened and opened wider, filled with fear...
"Stuck! Passed!"
Shang Jing shouted, and nodded to Cheng Hao in praise: "Xiao Cheng, you did a good job!"
"Thank you, director!" Cheng Haole said with a cheerful smile.
When the movie first started, she was always a little timid and couldn't let go. After a few days of running in, she finally adapted to the atmosphere of the drama. The word "romantic" is just one word. When filming, she must not be shy and shy. How can she be romantic?
How to do it will give you the best effect.
Compared with several other Shang Jing's old team members who were all accustomed to the director's style, Cheng Hao was slower to get into the mood, but she made rapid progress and adapted to this comedic and exaggerated performance style within a few days, which made her
Shang Jing, who originally had doubts about her, was very satisfied.
Today's filming went very smoothly, and there were people visiting the show outside. Shang Jing then waved his hands knowingly and said: "Take a break for half an hour."
"Okay!"
Everyone agreed and went to find a place to relax.
Cheng Hao also hurriedly ran outside the inn happily.
Even though Cheng Haohao seems to have a high emotional intelligence, she doesn’t really have many friends. Moreover, she has been quite depressed these days on the set. The reason is that among the people in "Wulin Gaiden", she is the youngest but the most famous.
, she has just received the Golden Eagle Award, and she is now considered an investor. The big boss is her boyfriend. No matter how careless she is, others, including director Shang Jing, are afraid of her.
What's more, the others are either from the same unit or have worked together before, so she seems a little out of place.
In fact, it's no wonder. Just compare the salary. Her salary is 50,000 per episode, while Yan Ni, the highest among the others, is only 5,000 per episode, which is a full ten times difference. In this way, everyone has to let everyone know.
I felt that she looked up to the mountains and kept a respectful distance from her.
As an aside, Yao Dazui's salary in the original time and space was only 2,000 yuan per episode.
Outside, three tall girls were gathering together and chatting lively.
Zhang Xinyi, who played a guest role as a maid, had not even bothered to change her clothes at this time. She was still wearing the black night clothes, but she was wrapped in a down jacket.
Cheng Hao was also wearing a long black down coat at this time. There was no way, the temperature in the mountains was much lower than that in the city. When we were filming the night scene last night, the temperature dropped to almost ten degrees below zero. She and
Yan Ni, who was sitting on the roof chatting together, was very cold.