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Chapter 178 Winning
The film "Heart Labyrinth" started shooting in April, and it took only one month to complete, and the quality of the finished product is not bad.It was an unexpected surprise for both Niu Hao and Shen Fang.

In order to make the filming of this drama more realistic, Xin Yukun did not use well-known actors. They were all selected characters from local theater troupes and group performances in Henan Province. The use of unique dialects clearly shows that it has local characteristics.If such a film is directly brought to the cinema, it will definitely hit the street.

As the art director of "Bad Monkey 72 Transformation Film Project", Niu Hao is very sure about the narrative technique and story structure of the film after watching the finished product.After communicating with Shen Fang and Huo Mingda, they decided to take the route of the film festival according to the original route, and strive to win an award abroad, and then use the award-winning limelight to push it to the theaters, so that they can get back their money and make money possible.

The first choice is the three major European film festivals. Cannes will not be able to catch up. Berlin will not be until next year, and Niu Hao's "No Man's Land" has also applied for next year's Berlin Film Festival. Very unfair.Finally, the 70th Venice Film Festival was confirmed, and Jiang Wen was invited as a member of the jury this year.Shen Fang was not familiar with Jiang Wen. Although they both belonged to the Beijing circle, Jiang Wen belonged to the big courtyard children, and belonged to the same circle as the Wang family brothers of Huayi Brothers, while Shen Fang mostly came into contact with Yan Ying's circle.

In order to get the first shot of the "Bad Monkey 72 Transformation into a New Movie Project", Shen Fang specially set up the wine trustee to get acquainted with Jiang Wen, and finally Jiang Wen agreed to recommend the film "Heart Labyrinth" to the organizing committee, but Shen Fang still owed him a favor.

Venice International Film Festival, founded in 1932, is the oldest film festival in the world and the first international film festival in the world.

On August 8, Huo Mingda and his team arrived in Shanghai, and Shen Fang and Niu Hao practiced it for them.This trip is led by Huo Mingda, and it can be regarded as a familiarity with the activities of the Venice Film Festival.

On the evening of the 27th, he flew from Shanghai to Venice, the water city. Before the opening ceremony, Huo Mingda spent 20 yuan to buy the main page of the show brochure to introduce the film.In order to distinguish it from "Blood Labyrinth", this film used "The Coffin in the Mountain" (The Coffin in the Mountain) in the registration of the film festival. The word that is relatively taboo in China has become a more innovative word in the eyes of Europeans and Americans. Express.Many people saw the movie poster carrying the coffin in the show catalogue, and they all expressed their desire to see it. This is probably due to the difference between Eastern and Western cultures.

The multi-clue narrative structure of this film is very suitable for the tastes of European audiences. The attendance rate of several screenings has reached more than [-]%, and the organizing committee has also heard good comments about this film.After the screening, the organizing committee specially sent invitations for the closing ceremony to Huo Mingda and others, which indicated that the film would at least win some big and small awards.And the media reporters who were invited by Wild Fox to follow up and report on the movie spread the news back to China one after another.

At this year's Venice Film Festival, only Wild Fox's "Heart Labyrinth" was declared as the main competition unit in the mainland. The domestic media that had routinely reported on Jiang Wen originally came to the organizing committee to judge Jiang Wen. The dark horse that came out also reported the information of this film to the country one after another, which can be regarded as a warm-up for the film.

The weather in Venice in September is pleasant, but Xin Yukun, who was staying in the hotel, was a little restless. He used to think that he would not be surprised when things happened, but he would not be able to act indifferently. He did not expect that he was still not experienced enough. In front of him, he tidied up a set of suits that he bought before departure, and re-combed his somewhat messy hair.

Looking at the woman in front of him, Xin Yukun's mood instantly calmed down.Only I know how much this woman has paid to support me.When I went to the TV station to pick her up from the night shift, she would be ridiculed by her colleagues, "Hey, Li An is here to pick up your wife." At that time, Xin Yukun had mixed feelings in his heart.After all, not everyone is Ang Lee. He doesn't know if he chose the right path. If this movie is made without any splashes, Xin Yukun will probably find an ordinary job and work hard to compensate her.

The next thing Xin Yukun is grateful for is the Wild Fox Company. The movie "Heart Labyrinth" is just a dream of Xin Yukun's own. It is the "Bad Fox 72 Movie Project" of Wild Fox Company that has realized this dream.The original film budget was around 200 million yuan, but in the end Wild Fox invested nearly 300 million yuan, which also included a 50 yuan fine from the local fire department and forestry department that caused the fire to burn down the mountain due to a mistake in work arrangements.

"Director Xin, it's time, we're going to the venue." A staff member's voice came from outside the door.Besides his wife, Huo Mingda, the CEO of Wild Fox Company, went to the venue with him. Looking at Xin Yukun who was a little nervous, Huo Mingda comforted him: "Director Xin, don't be nervous. We will go to the venue together later. According to Jiang According to the information disclosed by the director, you have a very high chance of winning this time, and at least one new director award cannot be escaped. Can you write your acceptance speech? If not, you can think about it now."

This year's Venice Film Festival lacks the red carpet of Chinese actresses, so the domestic media can only focus on the only representative film in the Mainland, "Maze of Hearts", and the information that is constantly being sent back is not only Hollywood stars George Clooney and Sandra Bud Locke is basically all the information of "Heart Labyrinth". For the first time, the domestic media fully disclosed the filming process of this film and the "Bad Monkey 72 Movie Project". A major event that Niu Hao and others have worked hard for more than half a year is about to begin. Get the harvest.

As the awards were announced one by one, "Heart Labyrinth" finally got its first achievement, the "Film Critics Award for Best Emerging Director", also known as the debut award, which is a kind of affirmation for new directors.

Xin Yukun himself has a good level of English, but the judge Sakamoto Ryuichi, who was the guest of honor for the award, was stuttering in English. In the end, when the spotlight hit him, Xin Yukun really knew that he had won the award.Excited, Xin Yukun hugged his wife tightly, and kept saying "Thank you" in her ear.

"The director of this film uses a more complicated narrative structure. The three groups of stories are connected in series because of a coffin, but they exist independently and are interrelated. There is a bit of black humor in the coincidence. It is a rare masterpiece." Movie The jury gave such an evaluation, which fully affirmed Xin Yukun's guidance on this film.

When Huo Mingda sent a message to Shen Fang to report the good news, the organizing committee gave another surprise to the film "Heart Labyrinth".

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Venice Film Festival. Taking this opportunity, the organizing committee decided to make major changes in the setting of awards and units.Starting from this year, the main competition unit of the film festival will add a "Grand Jury Prize", which will pay more attention to films with excellent comprehensive qualities such as directors and actors.

The award presenter this time was Jiang Wen. After introducing the newly added award in detail, he directly opened the award envelope: "The film that won the jury award this time is 'The Coffin in the Mountain' from Huaxia. Maze, congratulations to Director Xin." The last sentence was spoken in Chinese, and the Chinese media people present were all excited.Huo Mingda was also excited, hugged the somewhat sluggish Xin Yukun and shouted: "We have won the award." If the "New Director Award" is an encouragement award, then the "Jury Award" is second only to the best film The second prize of the "Golden Lion Award".

Coincidentally this year, the "Jury Award" was finally contested between two Chinese-language films, one was "Outing" by Cai Mingliang from Wanwan, and the other was "Heart Labyrinth" by Xin Yukun.In the end, Jiang Wen voted for "Heart Labyrinth". The final result was 5:4, and "Heart Labyrinth" won.After knowing the result, Jiang Wen thought to himself: Shen Fang, you owe a lot of favor this time, ha ha.

　Two chapters today, but one chapter tomorrow. (#^.^#)
　　
　
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