Since Chen Kaige won the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1993 for "Farewell My Concubine", Chinese filmmakers have appeared in almost every Cannes award list.
For example, Ge You won the Best Actor Award for "Alive", Maggie Cheung won the Best Actress Award for "Clean", Wong Kar-wai won the Best Director Award for "Spring Light", "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" and "Jing Ke's Assassination of the King of Qin" have won the Technical Award, "The Devil is Coming" and "Qinghong" have won the Jury Award... So some people say that Cannes is a lucky place for Chinese filmmakers.
However, in the past few years, due to some objective factors, the "Chinese content" of the Cannes Film Festival has decreased, and the enthusiasm of the Chinese people has not been high, and Chinese filmmakers have frequently appeared at this film festival, or won applause with stunning shapes or proudly appeared in the circle with their works, and soared in domestic entertainment with super popularity.
From the Cannes Film Festival red carpet alone, there are many famous scenes that attract attention.
Gong Li, known as the "daughter of Cannes" by netizens, attended the Cannes red carpet for the 19th time, she was dressed in a simple black dress, no gorgeous makeup to set off but also domineering, the next day at the film festival in a crisp red dress is in good condition, the style is not diminished that year.
Not only did everyone miss the classic look of her plain shirt when she first landed in Cannes, but also the rumors that the Cannes staff cleared the scene for her once again verified that Gong Huang's status in the international film industry is unshakable.
Fan Bingbing, another regular on the Cannes red carpet, also returned to this familiar battlefield with several eye-catching dresses, the bamboo forest tiger red carpet style immediately came out of the circle, the national style embroidery elements plus the comeback momentum of the tiger returning to the forest, people can't help but sigh that the undefeated beauty of the years, Fan Ye is still that Fan Ye.
Tang Wei took a photo with international filmmakers such as Natalie Portman on the red carpet, not humble and calm, and then changed into a velvet dress, dignified and generous, and the raw picture can still play.
And in order to hurry up in the outfield tidbits to look back and smile can also be sealed, a sweet running princess's fanwai small theater is not here~
Liu Shishi's shape is simple and temperamental, the long black dress of yarn is elegant and stylish, and the smooth line of the shoulders and neck is like a black swan standing proudly.
Guan Xiaotong's bandeau black long dress has both a noble and elegant temperament and a girlish well-behaved and idyllic temperament, especially in the high-definition lens, her complexion is also excellent, and she has to praise her youth.
With the soaring popularity of "Crazy", sister-in-law Gao Ye confident that Dafang supported the gorgeousness of the green satin dress, Zhang Yuqi ingeniously used a 3D printed pure white dress to set off her beautiful figure.
Zhong Chuxi's cheongsam shape and smiling lips show the charm of oriental beauty, and Jiang Mengjie's three-dimensional cut white long trench coat is full of personality.
Gong Jun, who attended the Cannes red carpet for the first time, looked very elegant in a specially tailored embroidered white suit, and returned to the bright boyhood with a smile in his eyes when he waved.
Zhu Yilong's black suit is simple and elegant, and with his outstanding temperament, he was also selected as the "most fashionable man" on the Cannes red carpet in GQ, France. It is worth mentioning that he was not only invited by the two major brands to attend the Cannes red carpet, but also starred in "Mistake by the River" and was shortlisted for Cannes' "A Kind of Attention" unit.
"Burning Winter" starring Zhou Dongyu, Liu Haoran and Qu Chuxiao was also shortlisted for the "A kind of attention" unit at Cannes, and the two also embarked on the road to the Cannes Film Festival with their works.
Yao Chen attended the Cannes Film Festival as the producer of "The Umbilical Cord" and was invited to participate in the Women's Forum of the China Youth Film Promotion Program.
And Chinese filmmakers in Cannes not only red carpet famous scenes, not only invited guests to attend the stars shine, more surprising is that there are a number of Chinese filmmakers, a number of Chinese films and multiple tracks shortlisted for major awards nominations, in general, the strength of Chinese filmmakers at this Cannes International Film Festival is undoubtedly strong.
Among them, "Youth" directed by Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing was shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival, and the film tells the life, youth and love of young people working in Huzhou.
Director Wang Bing has been living with them during the filming period, and even returned to his hometown with them at the end of the year, with more than 2,600 hours of shooting material, and the final film includes "Spring", "Bitter" and "Return" three films with a total duration of 9 hours and 40 minutes, this time in Cannes is the first chapter "Spring".
Two films directed by emerging directors, "Mistake by the River" and "Burning Winter", were shortlisted for the "A Kind of Attention" section of the Cannes Film Festival.
Among them, "Mistake by the River", adapted from Yu Hua's famous novel, directed by Wei Shujun and starring Zhu Yilong, continues the "absurd realism" style of the original work, and is a Chinese-style murder detective film that pays tribute to the style of film noir, which recently completed its premiere in Cannes and received a good reputation.
"Burning Winter" directed by Chen Zheyi focuses the camera on young people, Zhou Dongyu, Liu Haoran, Qu Chuxiao and several young actors have shown different images and performances from the past, and the inner confusion and hardship of those young people in Yanbian Town who are torn between dreams and reality, as well as the backlog of complex emotions and surging lust.
Produced and written by Lan Canzhao of the post-90s generation and directed by He Yupeng, the Chaoshan local drama short film "The Day Before the Summer Solstice" was shortlisted for the Film Cornerstone Unit of the Cannes Film Festival, and the artistic director of the unit, Dimitra Kaja, commented: "This is a quiet, beautiful and subtle film. ”
The film tells a short and subtle emotional story of two strangers in the hot summer, incorporating the symbols and elements of Chaoshan to portray the common situation of contemporary small-town youth in quiet, beautiful and restrained audiovisual language.
In addition, Geng Zihan's feature film debut "Little White Boat" was shortlisted for the Director's Fortnight Unit of this Cannes Film Festival, Pan Yue's short film "Summer Copy" was shortlisted for the Director's Fortnight's Short Film Unit, and "A Walking Night" directed by Shu Hui was shortlisted for the Short Film Competition Unit of Film Critics Week.
Chinese films can be described as fully blooming at the Cannes International Film Festival, which is really gratifying, and the classic moments of Chinese filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival are by no means only on the red carpet, only good works can achieve a proud red carpet confidence, no exception.