The 18th awards ceremony of the Changchun Film Festival in China has come to an end, and although this grand event in the film industry is not as well-known as some international awards, it is a precious encouragement and recognition for film practitioners. However, the audience did not seem to fully agree with some of the nominees and the winning results.
First, let's focus on the two most talked about awards: Best Actress and Actress.
In the list of nominees for the Best Actor Award, there are some surprising names, including Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Yi, Zhu Yilong, Yi Yangqianxi and Wang Yibo. Although Wang Baoqiang and Zhang Yi are both powerful actors, and Zhu Yilong's performance in "Disappearing Her" cannot be ignored, Yi Yangqianxi seems to be difficult to compare with powerful actors such as Shen Teng and Lei Jiayin in "Manjiang Hong", and Wang Yibo's acting skills can only be deeply understood by fans, and it is difficult to understand why he was nominated alongside Wang Baoqiang and Zhang Yi for a while.
As for the list of nominees for the Best Actress Award, it also feels like a barely made up. Liu Mintao in "Warm" and Wang Jiayi in "Manjiang Hong" have relatively few scenes, and Yin Tao in "Ten Thousand Miles Home" does not have much room to play. There are relatively many scenes only Ni Ni in "Disappearing Her" and Jin Chen in "Desperate".
Of the five actress nominees, only Ni Ni attended in person, and she eventually won the award. However, "Disappearing Her" is more like a movie dominated by the male lead, and Zhu Yilong's performance in this film is relatively outstanding, which also makes Ni Ni's award a little surprising, not only because she has acting skills, but also because she has relatively few competitors and may not be outstanding.
In the end, the Best Director Award was awarded to Rao Xiaozhi, the director of "Ten Thousand Miles Home", beating other high-profile film directors.
Among the popular films released this year, "The Wandering Earth 2" won the Best Picture Award and the Best Cinematography Award, "Fengshen Part 1" only won the Best Editing Award, and "In the Octagon Cage" won the Jury Prize.
To sum up, out of the 15 film competitions at the Changchun Film Festival, 8 films ended up with nothing, including "Nameless", "Warm", "The End of the Sea is a Grassland", "Prosecutor Fengyun", "All or Nothing", "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back", "Still Think You Are the Best" and "King of the Long Sky". This also shows that the awards are mainly concentrated in popular films.
Do the audience have different views and opinions on this list of Golden Deer Award winners? Perhaps the results of this film festival will continue to be hotly debated in the discussion.