The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 469 Jury Prize

Li Shengyao confirmed the schedule of "Sicario Sicario". He, Zhang Ziyi and Duan Yihong started running around the country in March, just to promote "Sicario Sicario".

But to be honest, none of the three of them are highly topical people, and they are no match for someone like Yan Bingbing.

The movie also has no traffic stars, despite their hard publicity.

But Li Shengyao still felt that it was not enough, he felt that this movie needs more explosive points to promote it.

After thinking about it, he finally came up with a point, which was to show the film at the Las Palmas International Film Festival in late March and become a competition film.

The Las Palmas International Film Festival is a category A film festival, which is naturally not as good as the three major film festivals in Europe.

However, this film festival is located in Spain, and its overall influence should be the fifth and sixth in Europe.

This film festival is fairly friendly to Chinese films.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, "The World" by Kechang Jia in 2005, "Roadside Picnic" by Bi Gan in 2016, "Bitter Money" by Wang Bing in 2017, and "A Boundless North" by Tian Tian in 2018 all won awards. Here comes the jackpot.

In 2015, Huang Xuan won the Best Actor Award for "Massage".

Generally speaking, the Las Palmas International Film Festival likes some distinctive and innovative films.

Li Shengyao took "Sicario" to participate in the exhibition, even if he couldn't win the award, he could still hype it up.

For example, hype that film critics are good-looking, hype that many countries want to buy it, or how popular it is in Spain.

These are all points that can be hyped.

Li Shengyao did as soon as he thought of it, and then contacted Radio and Television to apply to participate in the Las Palmas International Film Festival.

"Border Slayer" has already passed the review, got the dragon label, and participated in the European International Film Festival, which is conducive to promoting the influence of Chinese films. Radio and Television naturally welcomed it, and they quickly passed Lee Shengyao's application.

Director Li then contacted the organizer of the Las Palmas International Film Festival and expressed his intention to participate in the exhibition. The person on the other side was obviously aware of Lee's influence in the mainland and was very enthusiastic. Lee then arranged for his staff to go to Las Palmas.

The film festival will start on March 3, last for eight days, and end on March 15.

Li Shengyao, Zhang Ziyi and Duan Yihong said hello in advance. They will fly to Las Palmas on March 3, and attend the awards ceremony of this international film festival on March 22.

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After confirming that "Sicario" will participate in the Las Palmas International Film Festival, Lee Sung Yew continued his previous promotion plan.

March NO.15 Las Palmas International Film Festival opened, and March NO.16 "Sicario" was screened at the festival.

There were two screenings in total, and the effect is said to be very good. The audience and many film critics said that the fighting scene of this movie is very cool. After watching it, people will have a long aftertaste.

At the same time, some international film studios wanted to buy "Sicario", but Lee Sing Yew refused.

Generally, films that participate in film festivals are sold directly.

For example, it may cost 20 U.S. dollars to sell to a film dealer in France.

Selling to Italian filmmakers may cost $18.

For literary films, this can indeed make money.

But Lee Sung Yew's film doesn't need to do such a one-shot deal, he will contact Warner, and the follow-up "Border Kill" will be released in various European countries. He thinks it will be more profitable.

More and more film studios want to buy the copyright of "Sicario", Lee Sheng Yew is more sure that this movie is excellent, he should be more confident.

He then contacted Toby, discussed with Toby, and finally decided to release "Sicario" in European and American countries in mid-April.

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Las Palmas is the ninth largest city in Spain, which sounds okay, but it is not comparable to Madrid and Barcelona, ​​where there are only three or 10,000+ people.

Fortunately, the Las Palmas International Film Festival has a good reputation. During the film festival held in late March, many fans from other European countries will also come to watch the film.

Lee Sung Yew and the others arrived in Madrid by plane on March 22, and then flew from Madrid to Las Palmas.

Li Shengyao, Zhang Ziyi, and Duan Yihong usually exercise, and all three of them can be considered to be in relatively good health. However, the three of them are exhausted from the continuous long-distance flight.

On the night of March 23rd, the three of them changed into evening gowns, put on their makeup, and asked the accompanying photographer to take some pictures, and then the three of them lowered their heads and went to rest.

She was really tired. Zhang Ziyi even had dark circles in her eyes when she didn't have makeup on.

She hasn't had a good rest recently. Zhang Ziyi is breaking up with her boyfriend Pretty Country, and an official announcement will be made soon.

Li Shengyao has always slept well, but recently he has been thinking too much, his sleep quality has dropped a few levels, and he still feels tired now.

Not long after, the limousine from the film festival arrived, and the three of Li Shengyao cheered up and got on the limousine together.

This is an extended car, Li Shengyao and Duan Yihong sit in the second row, Zhang Ziyi sits in the last row.

Li Shengyao wanted to talk about something, otherwise it would be too boring.

"Ziyi, have you ever been to Las Palmas?"

"No, this is the first time for me to come to this film festival."

Duan Yihong thought for a while, and then said: "I watched the promotion of this film festival in the hotel, and I feel that this film festival is well organized. Its influence in Europe is not as good as that of the big three, but it is also passable, but we don't seem to care much in our country."

The domestic film circle really doesn't care much about the Las Palmas Film Festival.It's not that there is any prejudice against Las Palmas. In fact, the big shots in the domestic film industry don't care much about other film festivals except for the three major film festivals.

Li Shengyao said with a smile: "I will pay more attention to it in the future."

If the film festival is willing to give awards, or attract many filmmakers, then the domestic film industry will naturally participate actively.

Just like the Las Palmas International Film Festival, for four consecutive years from 2015 to 2018, there were Chinese films or actors who won awards, and everyone was naturally keen to participate.

If it weren't for the mid-2019/magnesium breakup, I believe there will be more Chinese films going to Las Palmas to participate in the exhibition.

The three chatted like this, and after chatting for a while, the three couldn't help but chatter.

When approaching the red carpet, Duan Yihong took several deep breaths to adjust his state.

Zhang Ziyi put away his smile, looking energetic.

The three then walked the red carpet together.

Almost none of the audience knew the three of them, but entertainment media reporters from various countries knew Lee Shengyao and Zhang Ziyi to some extent.

Someone called "Li" and "Zhang" in awkward Mandarin, and asked Li Shengyao and Zhang Ziyi to cooperate with them in taking pictures.

After staying on the red carpet for 2 minutes, the three quickly entered the venue, and their seats were arranged in the second row.

Li Shengyao sat on the inside, Zhang Ziyi sat in the middle, and Duan Yihong sat on the outside.

Sitting next to Li Shengyao was a row of people with Asian faces. They should be filmmakers from Southeast Asia or island countries. They were all unfamiliar faces, and Li Shengyao didn't know any of them.

But Director Lee clearly has some influence in Asia.

"Director Li, hello, I'm the director of Maraisiya, and my name is Zhou Yuanqing."

A young director was the first to reach out to Li Shengyao and introduce himself.

Afterwards, many people shook hands with Lee Seung Yew, some of them knew Director Lee because of previous idol dramas, and some because of Lee Seung Yew's outstanding achievements in Hollywood.

The title of the most successful commercial film director in Asia is not only reported by the mainland media.

The media in other Asian countries will bring him when discussing commercial films, so these people all know Lee Sheng Yew.

Li Shengyao smiled and communicated with this group of Southeast Asian filmmakers.

"Director Li, I watched Sicario, and I think it's great. This movie will redefine gunfight scenes and affect many people."

This is Li Shengyao's favorite comment.

After chatting with this group of fans for a while, Director Li slightly forgot about his physical fatigue.

But when the awards show officially started, there was no one chatting, so Li Shengyao couldn't help but chatter. Zhang Ziyi and Duan Yihong were in better condition. After all, these two are actors, and they are even better at acting.

Only Director Li kept snorting and rubbing his eyes.

He was so tired and sleepy that he shed some tears inexplicably.

Fortunately, he is not a big star, and the live camera will hardly bring him.

Awards were handed out one by one, and at this moment, Li Shengyao heard a very familiar name.

"Best Film of the Jury - Sicario."

What is the Grand Jury Award? It is the second best film in this film festival.

For example, the best film in Cannes is the Palme d'Or, and the second best film is the jury award.

The same is true for Berlin, Venice, and even the Shanghai Film Festival. In addition to the highest award, there will be a jury award.

Li Shengyao was stunned, he was stunned for a moment, Zhang Ziyi patted his arm, he just came back to his senses, then got up and strode to the stage.

In his previous life, "Striker" was nominated in both Cannes and Oscars, but he didn't win in the end. The winners were only a few small film awards in North America and the United Kingdom. These small awards are not as good as the Las Palmas International Film Awards. Festival.

And Lee Shing Yew adapted the script, especially in the end without anti-routine, and the adaptation was more commercialized.

He thought it would be difficult for such a movie to win an award, but he didn't expect the judges of the Las Palmas Film Festival to be so generous.

Although it didn't win the best picture, the jury award is still something to brag about.

Now this movie can be a big hit in China.

Li Shengyao was thinking about something in his heart, and then went to the stage, received the trophy, and sincerely thanked the judges of the film festival, as well as the film's actors and behind-the-scenes workers.

After a while, he returned to his seat.

Not only Duan Yihong, Zhang Ziyi, but also the little fans from Southeast Asia on the other side looked at Director Li with admiration.

"Director Li, this movie is really great. It is completely different from your previous movies. I am very much looking forward to your future movies. I believe you will become a new film master in Asia."

Li Shengyao responded with a smile, then took out his mobile phone and sent a few selfies in front of the trophy.

Then send a message to the domestic assistant, "Let the water army blow up, and let the audience across the country know that "Sicario" has won the grand prize, and it will be released on March 26."

(End of this chapter)