Chapter 252 Jury Grand Prize

“No Man’s Land” won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.”

"Director Ning Hao took the stage to thank the Berlin Film Festival jury."

After the Spring Festival, the 2th Berlin Film Festival came to a close on February 21st.

Wang Quan's film "Reunion" will be the opening film of this year's film festival.

This film is directed by Wang Quan'an and stars Lu Yan, Ling Feng, Xu Caigen and others. It is a drama film with the background of separation and reunion of relatives on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. It tells the story of a retired Taiwanese veteran who returns to the Magic City in his later years to find his long-lost wife, but causes a severe shock to his wife's current family, reflecting the theme of "reunion" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

In the end, the film won the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay.

As everyone guessed, Zhang Yimou's "Three Guns" was shortlisted for the main competition unit but did not win any awards.

The Silver Bear Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress were won by a Maozi actor and a Xiao Ri Zi actor respectively.

"Honey", directed by Turkish director Semi Kaplanoglu, won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film.

“Alas, if it hadn’t been cut so much, it might have won the Golden Bear.

I have seen the movie "Honey", which has the advantage of subject matter.

The subject matter of No Man's Land is also good and was nominated for the Golden Bear Award. "

After Ning Hao came back, he came to the crew and complained to Gu Wei.

“Come on, if you don’t make any cuts and can’t even release it, how can you bring the movie directly to the Berlin Film Festival?
If you really want to go, don’t be afraid that you will be banned from conducting for five to ten years after you come back.”

After hearing what Ning Hao said, Gu Wei raised his eyebrows and retorted directly.

"Haha, that's right, I forgot about that.

Are you free recently? I would like to invite you and Yifei to my house for dinner. "

"Why do you want us to celebrate for you in person?"

"That's not the case. This movie was approved thanks to your help and Director Han. Director Han is very busy and I can't hire him."

"Maybe in two days. I didn't see you were busy!"

"Okay, on your own time."

Ning Hao said cheerfully.

...

The casting for the three TV series produced by Xingchen Films was completed after the new year.

The male and female protagonists of "Father and Daughter Love" are Guo Tao and Mei Ting, and there is not much change from the original time and space.

Dehua is still played by Liu Lin, while An Xin is played by Zuo Xiaoqing from Shiba Culture Company.

Lao Ding was played by Huang Zhizhong. For the role of Ouyang Yi, the director auditioned many actors and finally decided on Liu Yijun.

Generally speaking, there are quite a few actors selected from the 18th Company, especially for supporting roles.

There were many changes in the casting of "Capital Love Story". Wang Jinghua recommended Lu Yi as the male lead, and Tong Liya won the female lead.

Zhang Yi still plays Shi Xiaomeng, and most of the remaining roles are given to Shiba Culture Company, with Yang Mi, Qi Xi, Zhu Yuchen and others joining.

Compared with the original time and space, Chen Sicheng and others are missing. I don’t know if the two can still be together.

After seeing Wang Chen handing over the list, Gu Wei thought with a bit of evil taste.

As for the TV series "Ode to Joy", Liu Tao and Jiang Xin used Liu Yifei's relationship to pass the audition and played the female lead roles "Andy" and "Fan Shengmei".

Jiao Junyan got the role of "Qu Xiaoxiao".

This result surprised Gu Wei, but after seeing the other person's appearance, Gu Wei felt that it was not bad and his personality was also suitable.

As for the male lead, the "old cadre" Jin Dong is confirmed to star, the "honest man" Wang Baichuan is replaced by Li Naiwen, and Jing Chao will play "Doctor Zhao".

The actor who plays "Little Bao" has not changed and is still played by Yang Shuo.

The supporting actress "Guan Juer" has been cast by Qi Xi, also from the 18th Company, while "Qiu Yingying" will still be played by Yang Zi.

The latter debuted as a child star and became well-known to the audience for the TV series "Home with Kids".

"Wow, most of the actors in the three TV series were hired by Wang Jinghua."

Gu Wei had thought of this result before, but he didn’t expect there would be so many people.

“Not only that, the roles of several children in “Father and Daughter Love” were also won by Sister Hua.

Shiba Company recently signed several young actors, saying they would train them from an early age, including her son Dong Zijian and a little girl named Zhao Jinmai.

Seeing that Gu Wei did not raise any objections, Wang Chen knew that the matter was settled, and the two began to chat.

"Well, with her personality, she won't suffer any loss if she doesn't get involved in the entertainment industry. She can make the best use of her talents and resources."

Just like Gu Wei said before, there is no shortage of actors in the entertainment industry. The success of many movies and TV series is not determined by a few actors. Unless you are a top superstar, it doesn't matter who you replace.

In North America, the global box office of "Avatar" exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars, surpassing "Interstellar" directed by Gu Wei.

The former's cumulative box office is still increasing rapidly, and it looks like it will soon break the record set by "Titanic".

After seeing the box office revenue of "Avatar", Warner Bros. attached great importance to the filming of "2012".

In addition, "Despicable Me 2" has officially been scheduled to be released in North America on April 4th, and will be released in China during the May Day holiday.

As for "Frozen", it will also be released in the second half of the year, and will be introduced in China during the National Day holiday.

Among the imported films announced by China Film Group, these two animated films are included, as are other blockbusters such as "Alice in Wonderland", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "The Expendables", "Shrek the Monsters", "Iron Man 2", and "Toy Story 3".

"You're not going to let us live anymore, bringing in so many imported films."

For a while, other film and television companies in the industry began to howl again. After all, the blow of "Avatar" had just passed not long ago.

Thanks to the box office and reputation of "Despicable Me 1", there are many fans in China who are looking forward to it.

Especially in the island country, many comic and animation movie fans are waiting for the release.

In the second half of February, after the shooting at the China Film Studio was completed, Gu Wei took several leading actors to the capital, Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and other places to shoot some scenes.

…The movies released during the Spring Festival, such as Little Big Soldier and Royal Guards, earned over 100 million yuan at the box office, but still suffered losses compared to the investment costs.

As for the two Hong Kong films "Robot" and "Fantasy Adventures", they were complete flops.

In the office of China Film Group.

Han Sanping was not in a good mood at the moment. To be more precise, he was feeling irritable and anxious.

Several Hong Kong films invested by the group have failed one after another. It’s only just after the Chinese New Year and it’s already a bad start. How is the group going to accomplish its domestic box office mission this year?

"A bunch of idiots. They were all more talkative than the other when they wanted money. Now that they have lost money at the box office, they are gone."

Han Sanping was now standing in front of the window, cursing inwardly.

"Dong dong."

"Come in."

There was a knock on the door, and Han Sanping had to pull himself back to his senses and shouted.

"Director Han, Director Chen has sent you an invitation to attend the launch conference of The Orphan of Zhao."

The resident manager came in and reported.

"understood."

"Boss Yu from Bona is here and is waiting outside."

The assistant continued.

When talking about Yu Dong, Han Sanping became furious.

After traveling around the country for more than half a month, Gu Wei, who had just returned to his company in the capital, came to China Film Group alone.

The company's several films need to choose release dates, so he has to come in person.

The assistant was leading the way, and as soon as he arrived at the office door, he heard Han Sanping's voice scolding people from inside.

"Who's in there?"

Gu Wei asked the assistant next to him with some curiosity.

"Mr. Yu from Bona."

About five minutes later, the office door was pushed open from the inside. Perhaps Yu Dong felt a little embarrassed, so he said hello to Gu Wei and left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Gu Wei pursed his lips and then went into the office.

"Boss Han, you're so angry. You're scolding Boss Yu like a grandson."

Sitting on the sofa, Gu Wei said with a smile.

"He deserves it. I don't know what's going on in his head. He messes around all day."

Upon hearing this, Gu Wei knew it was the "text message gate" incident, but he just asked casually. This was the situation in the circle and it was not something they interfered with.

Next, the two chatted for more than half an hour and decided on the release date for Lu Yang and Wu Ershan’s film.

"Love Is Not Blind" is scheduled to be released at the end of June, aiming at the summer season. "Painted Skin 2" is a project co-invested by China Film Group Corporation. Han Sanping proposed to release it during the Lunar New Year season, and Gu Wei agreed.

"There are quite a few imported blockbusters this year, so putting Painted Skin 2 during the Lunar New Year period is also expected to increase the box office."

Han Sanping felt somewhat helpless. As soon as China Film Group announced the films it would be importing this year, many companies raised concerns.

"Everyone is cursing me in their hearts, without even thinking about their own moral character. Even so, the Americans are still shouting that they want to increase the number of imported films."

"This time, Avatar did have an effect, and it revealed the bottom line of the domestic film market box office..."

Han Sanping talked a lot and Gu Wei was listening beside him.

Yes, it’s not an easy job to be the chairman of China Film Group Corporation. If Han Sanping doesn’t use some skills, he will really be ruined by the major companies under him.

...

After leaving China Film and returning to the company, Ning Hao came to Gu Wei's office with a smug look on his face.

I still invited him and Liu Yifei to have dinner at home.

"I really don't have time. I have to go to Hollywood in the next two days. I still took half a day to go to the China Film Academy today."

In fact, he did have time, because Liu Yifei was still in the crew, and the crew did not have a holiday during the entire Spring Festival. They couldn't stop working just to have a meal.

Hearing this, Ning Hao didn't know what to say next.

"You, if you have something to say, just say it."

"Haha, I just saved up another notebook and thought I'd show it to you."

"I won't read it, just give a rough idea of ​​the content."

Gu Wei didn't even raise his head and continued looking at the document in his hand.

"A script with a dark humor theme..."

The story was not long, and Ning Hao finished it in just over ten minutes.

"Your style has changed very quickly. This script is a bit opposite to No Man's Land."

After hearing this, Gu Wei reacted instantly.

"Director, please give me some advice. What do you think?"

At first, Ning Hao was exhausted by filming "No Man's Land", but now he obeys Gu Wei's words.

"That's great, a glorious 'revolutionary', the higher-ups must like this type.

You can discuss with Song Ge how much investment is needed, I have no objection."

"Haha, that's what I've been waiting for."

...

(End of this chapter)