Chapter 234 Genius and the Queen at Cannes!
Facing Liu Ye's bitter smile, Chen An did not answer and did not ask any more questions.

The other party is still much better than Zhou Xun, at least the other people in the crew are still there.

Not leaving him alone.

By the time Chen An's crew arrived, basically all the crews were gathered.

Some photography crews also came in and the award ceremony officially began.

The three major award ceremonies, including Cannes, don’t have as much nonsense as the Oscars. They just start right after the opening remarks.

However, the photographer on the scene still filmed the crew below for a while.

He spent the longest time in the crew of Shoplifters.

Chen An crossed his legs and waved, although it was not a live broadcast but a recorded video.

After the camera moved away, Zhou Xun said curiously through the little kid between the two of them: "Director, you are not nervous at all."

Chen An put his hands together on his knees, and tapped the back of his other hand with his right index finger rhythmically. "When you participate in more film festivals, you will understand. It's useless to be nervous. What is yours will eventually be yours. Put aside your expectations and don't cry when you don't win an award."

"Really? I just want to ask why I find your words so irritating."

"Since you asked sincerely, I must answer you truthfully about my experience attending the film festival."

My buddy went to Venice when he was 19 years old. Now he has visited all three major festivals, and also took part in two Oscars. It’s time to go back to Cannes for some fun.

Weekly news: "."

Am I here to listen to you bragging?
I shouldn't have asked.

The first award presented on stage was the Golden Carriage Award, a lifetime achievement award set up in the Directors' Fortnight section of Cannes last year!

This year's first selection was held by the French Directors Association with the aim of recognizing "pure film talent". The award was named after "The Golden Coach", a masterpiece by French film master Jean Renoir.

The future Chief Jia also received this award.

Both the Golden Palm Award and the Honorary Palme d'Or are lifetime achievement awards, but the latter is intended to recognize filmmakers around the world who have made outstanding contributions to the development of film art.

It means the same thing as the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award.

However, because it is independently selected by the French Directors Association, it does not participate in the selection of awards in the main competition unit.

As the presenters began to announce the names, if Chen An guessed correctly, the first person to receive the award would be the old man Clint.

"The winner of the Golden Carriage Award at the 56th Cannes International Film Directors' Fortnight is Chen!"

Just when Chen An was about to congratulate the old man Clint, he heard his own name!
But he quickly reacted, patted Zhou Xun on the shoulder amid the applause of the crowd and said with a smile: "I told you, I didn't expect that this award would fall on me."

He walked past some crew members onto the stage and received the golden trophy from the guest. On top of the round plate stood a golden ring-shaped carriage.

Holding the trophy, he walked to the microphone, raised the trophy and said with a smile: "Thank you for the first time to give me the French Directors Association Award. It gave me a good start in this film festival awards ceremony. I hope I will not disappoint you in the future!"

After saying this, he took the trophy and showed it off, expressing his gratitude to the French Directors Association for awarding him this award that symbolizes "pure film genius."

This is the first time this award has been given out.

Old man Clint in the audience was also smiling and clapping, looking at the young Chen An on the stage. He is indeed a movie genius!

Chen An walked off the stage holding the trophy and returned to his seat. He held the trophy in his hand and showed it to Guan Xiaotong, the little kid sitting next to him.

She took it with curiosity and asked, "Director brother, is this real gold? Since it's so big, it can sell for a lot of money, right?"

As she was about to bite it with her leaky teeth, Zhou Xun quickly stopped her: "Don't bite it, what if you break your teeth?" Gong Li, who was a few seats away, also saw this scene and smiled with her hands covering her mouth: "Tongtong, this is the award your director brother just won and you are biting it. If it wasn't gold, you would have lost two more teeth."

Chen An: “.”

Doesn’t anyone care whether my prize will be damaged?
But it was true that breaking the other person's teeth was not a good idea, so he quickly took the award back.

It was handed to Zhou Xun, "Here, your opponent is Gong Li, so your expectations are not high. Just win an award first to satisfy your desire."

As a supporting actress, Zhou Xun still has a chance to win the Best Actress award because Cannes awards the Best Actress.

But her competitors are not just other movies, but also Gong Li from the same crew, so her chances are slim.

Zhou Xun took the trophy and felt it was quite heavy in his hand: "Why don't you take your own award?"

"There's only one prize I want to win, and it would be unlucky to take one now."

What? Anyway, I have no hope, so it's auspicious to take it, right?
Zhou Xun felt that chatting with the other party always made his blood pressure soar, but Chen An felt refreshed. He used to bully Zeng Li, but now the other party has become immune to it and always wants 1V1, which gives him no sense of accomplishment.

The Golden Carriage Awards is just an interlude to open the film festival.

Next up are some awards for non-main competition units.

After the Best Short Film Award was announced, it was won by an Australian director.

Finally, it was time for the most important awards ceremony for the main competition unit.

The first award to be presented was the Best Screenplay Award, which was given to "Brutal Attack" by Canadian director Denis Arcand.

The Jury Prize was awarded to "5 Hours in the Afternoon" by Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf.

This award is only one letter different from the Grand Jury Prize, but there is a world of difference between them. The Grand Jury Prize is given to the film second only to the Palme d'Or, while the Jury Prize is almost a consolation prize.

But when it came to the Best Actor award ceremony, Ge Da Ge felt nothing at all. He had already won this award once, so he didn't care much as his chances were slim.

But the result was surprising. The presenter announced: "The winners are Muzaffar Ozdemir of Uzak and Mehmet Emin Tuprak!"

These two unknown actors from Turkey defeated Sean Penn, who was originally the favorite to win!

The award result surprised everyone. The two male actors ran onto the stage together with tears in their eyes. They were so excited that they cried when they won this important award as newcomers!

She cried and thanked the judges of the film festival and the director of the film.

Uncle Ge smiled and applauded to congratulate the two actors. Although he didn't care much, he still couldn't help but sigh. It was not because he didn't win the award, but because Cannes now gives out trophies, while he only had a certificate. It was such a pity.

Gong Li, however, took a deep breath while clapping, because the Best Actress award was about to be presented!

The two people holding the trophy walked off the stage with red eyes.

Not long after, at the host's announcement, the award presenter and one of the judges, Meg Ryan, a Hollywood actress, walked out from backstage holding the award envelope and trophy.

This representative figure of Hollywood in the 1980s and the first generation of American sweetheart walked onto the stage with her signature smile.

After chatting for a while, she casually opened the envelope without even looking at it, because she already knew the result. She smiled and said:

"Our jury debated for a long time about this award, and it was not until yesterday that we finally decided on the candidate. The winner of the Best Actress Award at the 56th Cannes International Film Festival is Lei Gung from Shoplifters! Congratulations on winning this award."

When Gong Li won the award, there was thunderous applause at the scene!

Compared to the unexpected Best Actor win, Gong Li, a regular at the Cannes Film Festival, won the Best Actress award, which seems to be well deserved!

(End of this chapter)