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Chapter 966 A Few Good Sides of Winning an Award
Zhou Xia and his party arrived in Cannes on the morning of May 5th.

Although only two Chinese-language films were shortlisted for the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, many domestic companies and movie stars came to promote the films.

In addition to Zhou Xia, Xiahua Film and Television also has the publicity staff led by the president Zhang Zhao, as well as the main creators of the other four films.

Among them are Yaya, Zhu Yawen, and Qingzi who starred in "Descendants of Yanhuang"; director Lu Yang and starring Deng Chao, Dou Xiao, Sisi, and Zhou Wei in "Embroidered Spring Knife"; Su Lun, director of "Get Out, Tumor" , female lead Yu Fei, male lead Zhang Zhen; director Han Han of "The Future Will Never End", three leading stars Kai Kai Wang, Huang Xuan, Wang Chuanjun, female lead Nini, Xiaoying, Zhang Jingchu and others.

It was the first time that Zhou Xia's special plane carried so many people.

Some people even joked that if there was an accident on the plane, Xiahua Film and Television would basically be gone.

At 05:30 in the evening, before the red carpet started, Zhou Xia separated from the company and went to meet the two leading actresses Nicole and Jennifer of "The Price of Love", photographer Roger, and producer Peter.

When Zhou Xia came to the private room of the hotel, these four people were all there, and they had only been here for a few hours.

Zhou Xia and these people had met at the Oscars before, and it's only been two months since they were no strangers. They all warmly hugged and greeted each other.

"Boss, there are four female judges at the Cannes Film Festival this time, which is good news for our films."

After Zhou Xia sat down and exchanged simple greetings, Peter did not shy away and said directly.

Several people present were the main creators of the film. When they came to the film festival, of course they hoped to be recognized, and it was normal to talk about awards.

"I hope so." Zhou Xia nodded calmly and didn't say much.

In fact, including him, everyone here knows that the Cannes Film Festival is more than that good for their films.

When Zhou Xia paid attention to several judges before, she also noticed these things, but she didn't tell Yu Feiduo.

Among the nine judges this time, there are not only four female judges, Sophie Marceau, Sienna Miller, Rosie De Palma, and Rocca Theore, which is good for his lesbian-themed film .

And there is also a male judge is "Pacific Rim" director Guillermo del Toro.

Yu Fei obviously didn't pay attention to the list at the beginning, and was so busy asking Zhou Xia to analyze it that she didn't notice that Gilmore was also a judge.

She is the heroine of "Pacific Rim", and Zhou Xia is the main supporting role, plus the action director of the movie, and the director of some plays.

Zhou Xia and Gilmore co-directed the movie, which can be regarded as a sweetheart.

In this case, the other party will probably prefer his movies.

After all, given Zhou Xia's age and popularity, she will be invited to serve as a judge and chairman of the jury in the future.

There is no guarantee that his film will be selected by Zhou Xialai at that time, and giving some support now can be regarded as accumulating contacts.

This kind of thing is commonplace in the film industry.

Take Li An and Lao Mouzi as an example, they gave awards to each other at the Venice and Berlin Film Festivals.

You can say that the two cherish each other and appreciate each other, and the films of both parties are better than other films. You can also say that the two parties repay the kindness of the past.

The way to do this is that the wise see wisdom, the benevolent see benevolence, no matter how you think about it, there is no problem.

In addition, although the Coen brothers, the chairman of the jury, may not like the genre and narrative style of Zhou Xia's film, they are Americans after all.

Counting Siena and Jake Gyllenhaal, there are four judges at the Cannes Film Festival who are American.

Including Gilmore (Mexico) and Xavier Dolan (Canada), who also belong to the mixed North American entertainment industry and Hollywood, there are six Hollywood people.

In addition to the theme of same-sex love, Zhou Xia's movie shows the historical background of the time more through the side and details of the story.

I believe these six judges from Hollywood are more impressed and impressed.

After all, only Americans like them understand the cultural identity and deep meaning of a movie.

In this way, this is of course a positive aspect for the movie.

Now that the film has been produced, Zhou Xia and several main creators are very confident in the quality and standard.

There is no particular reason for the four female star judges, and they should all vote for their movies. Among the other judges, Jake Gyllenhaal, a young Hollywood actor and one of the leading actors in "Brokeback Mountain", will probably also vote for their movies .

If Gilmour gets another vote, then this time at the Cannes Film Festival, Zhou Xia's film is still very likely to win the highest Palme d'Or.

Of course, this is the most ideal situation.

Not to mention the selection results of the entire jury, which are ultimately decided by the Coen Brothers. It is impossible for the four female judges to firmly and clearly support their films just because of the subject matter.

Zhou Xia and the others all knew that their film had a good chance of winning the highest prize in Cannes this time, but what happened, it would have to wait until the film festival awards ceremony 12 days later.

A few people chatted briefly for a while, ate some desserts, drank afternoon tea, and replenished their energy. When the time was almost up, they took the official courtesy car and headed to the Cannes Festival Palace to walk the red carpet together.

In this Cannes Film Festival, in addition to the chairman of the jury, the Coen brothers, the famous director of the United States, the French muse, one of the judges, Sophie Marceau, the goddess of agelessness, these three superstars, the four main creators of "The Price of Love" are also similar of.

The chairman of the jury and the judges were going to walk the red carpet at the finale, so Zhou Xiaji was naturally arranged to start the red carpet.

After a group of five people walked on the red carpet together, the media reporters on both sides of the red carpet immediately cheered.

After the group took a group photo, the producer Peter ignored him and walked forward quickly, while Zhou Xia and Jennifer walked behind to let Nicole and Roger go first because they respected their seniors.

Nicole is wearing a golden noble deep V evening dress, with blond hair on her head, she looks very glamorous, plus her height of 80 cm, and her high heels of more than 10 cm, she is half a head taller than Roger , Walking on the red carpet is particularly eye-catching.

In particular, the media on both sides of the red carpet, which was attracted by the pair of long legs, looked sideways and kept shouting for her to stop taking pictures.

Jennifer used to lose weight, dye her hair, and cut her hair short for the role, but now her figure has returned to her former plumpness, and her hair has also been dyed golden, but it is not long enough, so it can only hang on her cheeks, and she has been slightly curled, which makes her look a bit more Very playful and lively.

She was wearing a white Dior haute couture evening dress with a tube top and black belt, which matched her short hair very well, and she looked a little more ladylike than usual.

Zhou Xia is wearing a high-order black early summer suit. He is cold and handsome, and he looks like a domineering president.

(End of this chapter)