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Chapter 33 Award Ceremony
On February 2, the much-anticipated closing ceremony finally began.

Like the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony also has a red carpet walk, and the time is also set at 2 pm.

The red carpet is still the same red carpet, but the mood of the people walking on the red carpet is a little different.

Both Huang Bo and Zhu Yawen were much calmer than before.

At least, I won’t keep staring at those stars and screaming excitedly.

Needless to say, Zhou Qing is young, but he is able to live up to the standard of a director.

"Director Li, I wish you can win a Golden Bear."

In the waiting area, Zhou Qing saw the crew of "Blind Well" and shook hands with Li Yang politely.

"No, no, I'll be satisfied with a small award. The Golden Bear will definitely go to 127 Hours."

Li Yang was also hurriedly humble, but the burning heat in his eyes could not be concealed.

It would be fine if you weren’t sure of winning the prize, but now that it’s already been confirmed, who wouldn’t be aiming for the ultimate grand prize?
The same goes for Zhou Qing and Li Yang!
"Director Zhang, 'Hero' will definitely win a Golden Bear. Congratulations in advance."

Afterwards, he greeted Master Zhang again, and Zhou Qing still gave the same answer.

"Any award represents the recognition of Hero by the organizing committee, and I will be grateful for it."

Master Zhang seems to be much more realistic than Li Yang, without so many twists and turns.

“I’ve seen ‘127 Hours’, it’s excellent and still has a good chance of winning a big award!”

Master Zhang then expressed encouragement to Zhou Qing.

Of course, in his heart, Master Zhang also hopes that "Hero" can win the Golden Bear.

He also came here for this supreme honor.

Even the feedback that "Hero" received during its screening in Berlin these days was not very good.

There are even a lot of negative reviews mixed in.

Domestic media all praise Master Zhang, but this is Berlin, and the international media don’t care about this.

But in the final analysis, these are actually nothing. As long as "Hero" can win the big award, everything will be solved.

The entire red carpet event lasted for two hours.

There's nothing we can do, there are just too many people.

Even if each crew was only given two and a half minutes, the total time is not short.

Fortunately, after everyone arrived, the award ceremony officially began.

This was undoubtedly the most exciting moment of the entire film festival. Everyone was excited and enthusiastic.

Even Zhou Qing is no exception.

What kind of results "127 Hours" can achieve will soon be revealed.

Amidst the gazes of the crowd, the film festival president Dieter Kosslick strode onto the stage and officially opened the evening party.

Of course, at the beginning, it was still those official words and clichés that made people sleepy.

For example, the theme of this year’s film festival is “Towards Tolerance”.

Koslik spoke for fifteen minutes just on the word "tolerance" and also touched on some acute international issues.

Zhou Qing was not interested in this, but he admired it very much.

It’s worthy of being the Berlin Film Festival, they dare to say anything.

"Now I declare that the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 53rd Berlin Film Festival officially begins!"

There is a lot of shit, this sentence is the most refreshing.

Including Zhou Qing, everyone in the venue subconsciously sat up straight and perked up.

The highlight is finally here.

The awards ceremony officially begins!
However, the awards that appeared earlier were all not very important awards.

First is the non-competitive unit, then the panoramic unit, children's unit, new generation unit and so on.

Only after all the side dishes were served did the most important part of the awards ceremony finally come: the main competition unit. "I am very happy to meet with filmmakers from all over the world at the Berlin Film Festival and make outstanding contributions to the development of film art."

"In the past few months, we have selected a large number of excellent films from all over the world and made the final decision after ten days of voting."

"Tonight, these award-winning works will be presented to you, so please stay tuned."

Following the chairman of the jury's words, the long-awaited award ceremony finally took place.

The first award is the Blue Angel Award for Best European Film.

As the name suggests, this is an award specifically set up for European films and has nothing to do with the three Chinese-language films such as "127 Hours".

Except for some European filmmakers who began to get excited, everyone, including Zhou Qing, was just there to watch the fun.

On the podium, the award presenter deliberately kept people in suspense, playing with the hearts of some people.

The final result was announced, and the award was won by "Goodbye Lenin" by German director Wolfgang Beck.

The Silver Bear Award for Best Film Music was won by "Mrs. Bruyette".

Next up is the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award.

As the award presenters were introduced, it can be said that some were happy while others were sad.

Zhou Qing and Li Yang didn't feel anything, but Master Zhang's expression looked a little unhappy.

Because listening to the award presenter's introduction, it seemed that he was talking about his own "Hero".

This is far from Master Zhang's intended goal.

However, Master Zhang quickly adjusted his mentality.

It doesn’t matter, it’s just being shortlisted. Being shortlisted doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll win the award, right?
"The winner of the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award is...Hero!"

A hint of disappointment flashed across Master Zhang's eyes, but he quickly returned to normal.

He put on a warm smile, straightened his clothes, and came to the stage.

"Thank you very much for the appreciation of the judges. The Berlin Film Festival is my good friend. I am proud to participate in the Berlin Film Festival. Thank you for the judges' love for the film Hero."

Master Zhang accepted the trophy, gave a speech of thanks, and left the stage politely and gracefully.

"The Silver Bear Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts will be presented next."

Following the voice of the award presenter, the relevant award-winning films began to be introduced.

The more Li Yang listened to it, the more he felt it was his own "Blind Shaft".

Li Yang's expression was more complicated. Although he was a little disappointed, he was still very excited overall.

After all, Li Yang also has that number.

"Blind Shaft" had such a small investment and was very rough overall, so the possibility of winning a real big prize was not great.

Although he had some fantasies before, Li Yang also knew that the possibility was too small.

Nowadays, even if we can win this Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award, it would be a great achievement.

"The winner of the Silver Bear Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution is Blind Shaft. Congratulations!"

Sure enough, the final list of winners was announced, and it was indeed "Blind Shaft".

Li Yang straightened his clothes and excitedly went on stage to receive the trophy.

"Qingzi, what prize do you think we can win?"

Huang Bo was so excited that he could hardly sit still, because the remaining prizes were all big prizes.

“Any award is fine.”

Zhou Qing answered with a smile, the smile in the corner of his eyes could no longer be concealed.

Although his goal is the Golden Bear, other awards besides the Golden Bear are also very important.

If "127 Hours" can win any one of these, it will be considered a huge success.

(End of this chapter)