Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 21 021 [Shortlisted for Venice, Main Competition Unit] Please read
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I was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival!

Situ Zhaodun looked at Li Yishu with a calm face and couldn't help but admire that this boy was indeed extraordinary.

When he received the news, his first thought was whether he had heard it wrong, but after careful inquiry, he was sure that he had not heard it wrong. Li Yishu's "The Mountain" was indeed shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival, not in the "Horizon Unit" but in the "Main Competition Unit"!
"Congratulations, Lee Ye-seo!"

Cai Chongzhe, who was standing next to him, came back to his senses after hearing the shocking news. He immediately sent his blessings and was extremely envious in his heart.

He is several years older than Lee Yi-su, who not only directed a film independently, but also successfully entered the Venice International Film Festival.

This is one of the three major film festivals in Europe. It is no exaggeration to say that the name Lee Yi-su will become famous throughout the country after the announcement of the shortlist for this year's Venice Film Festival.

The 21-year-old young director's first work was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival, and the impact it brought was no less than when Zhang Yimou was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival.

Li Yishu's heart was beating wildly. After taking a deep breath and calming down, she asked, "Teacher Situ, am I shortlisted for the Main Competition Unit or the Horizon Unit?"

"It's the main competition unit!"

Although Situ Zhaodun spoke calmly, he couldn't hide his smile.

It was he who supported Li Yishu and asked the school to help introduce her to the Venice Film Festival. Now that she has achieved success, even if she was just shortlisted, he still has contributed. At least it proves that he has a good eye for talent!

It was directly shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival.

"Main competition unit!" Li Yishu clenched his fists. At this moment, he was extremely excited.

In fact, for Li Yishu, whether it is the main competition unit or the Horizon unit, she basically makes money.

Needless to say, the main competition unit is the unit for selecting the best Golden Lion Award.

The Horizon unit is one of the two official competition units of the Venice Film Festival, focusing on encouraging film experimentation and innovation to capture future trends and tendencies in international films.

This unit is mainly for feature films, but also allows documentaries to be entered and judged together with feature films.

The Horizon unit also has awards such as Best Film, Best Actor and Actress, but it belongs to the screening unit and the participating films do not compete for the Golden Lion Award.

To put it simply, it is to encourage new directors to create and boldly practice audio-visual language, which is the experimental film unit that everyone is familiar with.

This award is valuable, but it is definitely not as good as the main competition unit. Being shortlisted for the Horizon unit and being shortlisted for the main competition unit can be said to be two different levels.

"Get ready to go to Venice!"

"I've already asked for leave for you, and I've also told director Zhang Yimou that you can go with their crew this time. His film Raise the Red Lantern has also been shortlisted for the main competition unit."

Looking at the excited Li Yishu, Situ Zhaodun nodded. This is what a young person should be like. How could he not be excited after being shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival?
The film by Lee Yi-su, a graduate student in the Department of Directing this year, has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Venice International Film Festival.

This incident spread throughout the entire Beijing Film Academy in less than half a day.

After hearing the news, the sophomore and junior students of the directing department looked at each other in bewilderment.

They had previously had a heated discussion about this movie, and most of them were dismissive.

Now that their film has been shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival, it can be said to be a slap in the face to them.

Upon learning the news, Yu Feihong came running to congratulate immediately.

"Congratulations, senior, for being shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival. Regardless of whether you win the award or not, it will be a great help to your future career as a director." Yu Feihong looked at Li Yishu with a hint of tenderness in his eyes.

Through the correspondence in the previous few months, she already knew that Li Yishu was an excellent person.

But in the end, I never expected that the other party's first film would be shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival and compete for the Golden Lion Award with well-known directors like Zhang Yimou.

"Pah, pah, pah, I'm sure I'll win a prize. I don't want to go there in high spirits and come back in despair."

Li Yishu said proudly: "I set a small goal for myself, first win the Golden Lion, then the Golden Bear, and then the Palme d'Or, to complete the three-gold Grand Slam!"

Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, shouldn’t you just think about it?
“Yes, yes, then I wish Director Li the best in advance to win the Golden Lion, the Golden Bear, and finally the Palme d’Or!”

Looking at the high-spirited Li Yishu, Yu Feihong covered her mouth and smiled sweetly, "Then I'll wait for Director Li to take me with him after he wins the three gold medals."

"Don't worry!" Li Yishu patted her chest and said, "If you follow me in the future, I will definitely let you win the Best Actress award and become the best actress."

Yu Feihong definitely has acting skills, but she is a little too Buddhist and persistent.

After making a few good films in the early days, he chose to study abroad and missed his opportunity in the film industry.

After returning to China, he became famous for starring in the TV series "The Little Li Flying Dagger". However, not long after he became famous, he spent several more years investing in, directing and starring in a TV series "Love Has Next Life" with a production cost of tens of millions.

The final box office of this movie was only a few million, which is an understatement.

It can be said that Yu Feihong completely missed the two most important stages in his career development, which led to his later roles being only supporting roles in some movies and some insignificant TV works.

This is very similar to Liu Yifei later.

Yu Feihong first became famous with Wang Ying's "The Joy Luck Club", and later partnered with Cui Jian, Dou Wei and others, participated in "Yanjing Bastards" directed by Zhang Yuan, and collaborated with Andy Lau and Liu Songren in "Heaven and Earth".

Over the past three years, he has worked with Wang Ying, rock godfather Cui Jian, and the Four Heavenly Kings Andy Lau. Like Liu Yifei, he had a great start.

But after Tianhu, the final results of the two were almost the same, and they have been living off their past capital.

Perhaps these beautiful people with good family conditions have one thing in common, that is, they don't have much brains...

Ahem, maybe they don’t like to use their brains.

"Then let's make a deal. You owe me a movie actress, and you also owe me a movie queen."

"Ah? Can't we be together?"

"Of course not. We agreed before that it would be the heroine of the movie, and this time it's agreed that it would be the best actress."

It is definitely not possible for Lee Yi-su to produce a best actress now. When looking for actors for his movies, he will definitely look for those with good acting skills. But after a few years, I think it won’t be a big problem.

Seeing that he promised solemnly, Yu Feihong remembered something and raised his mouth slightly. He said happily, "When are you going to Venice?"

"Director Situ is helping me apply for an expedited passport. He said it will be available tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, I will fly to Venice with director Zhang Yimou's crew."

Li Yishu has lived two lives and this is her first time to Venice. She is really looking forward to the moment when she goes on stage to receive the award.

(End of this chapter)