On the evening of April 26, the 14th Beijing International Film Festival came to an end. The movie "The Lost Baby" won three awards for Best Cinematography, Best Actress and Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best Picture were awarded to "Stop-and-Go", and the Best Actor Award was won by Fan Wei of "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain". The Lifetime Achievement Award went to director Chen Kaige.
Similar to other award ceremonies, the guests present awards, the winners come to the stage to receive the award, say an acceptance speech, fix the process, write the script in advance, and there are several large teleprompters in front of the stage, and those who don't play well only need to read it, so the part of the award ceremony stage is lackluster.
But off the stage it's so much fun.
The audience is very large, there are several cameras installed on the rocker arm on the spot, which camera is shooting whom, and which camera will just be cut to the live broadcast screen by the director, and the guests in the audience have no way of knowing, so the stars in the audience often give the most real reaction, which is intriguing.
The camera likes to be given to a few big names repeatedly. Some of their performances are particularly affinity, such as the great director Zhang Yimou, every time the camera is given to him, he will find that he is either seriously following the progress, watching the stage, or applauding happily for the winners, such as when "Stop and Go" won the best screenplay, Zhang Yimou's reaction seemed to be happier than winning the award.
Yue Hong won the Best Supporting Actress Award, as an actor in the same crew, when Yue Hong came on stage to accept the award, she could see that Hu Ge in the audience was also really happy for her, and they must have formed a deep friendship through this movie.
There will also be some awards because everyone is not familiar with them, and the winners are relatively unfamiliar, so the performance is very calm, taking the announcement of the best photography award as an example, the picture gives four sets of shots at the same time, and you can see that Zhang Guoli, Fan Wei and Hu Ge in the picture are all quite calm, which is also a real and natural reaction.
There are also some interesting moments, because the whole award ceremony lasts for more than 2 hours, which is a big test for the older guests, so Zhang Guoli will take a nap in the seat a little, and he was also captured by the camera.
and Zhou Shen sang on stage, when he missed the deceased filmmakers, the camera was given to Yao Chen and Yan Ni, both of whom were very emotional, revealing their true feelings, with tears in their eyes, which was touching.
At the same time, the camera also gave Zhu Yilong and Liu Peiqi, their expressions were also quite real, full of respect and remembrance for the late filmmakers.
When it was announced that the best actor was Fan Wei, Zhang Guoli's expression lit up, because he was a director, and his face was shining when he won the award, and his excitement and joy were beyond words.
And what fully reflects the sophistication of the entertainment industry is Chen Kaige, and every time the camera is given to him, it makes me very emotional.
is also a fifth-generation director, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, who were also on the scene, had comparable status, and both had very high artistic contributions.
But in recent years, the creative direction of the two people is a little different, Zhang Yimou is fully committed to commercial films, and Chen Kaige directs "Changjin Lake" and then directs the "Volunteers" trilogy, which makes people feel that he is higher than Zhang Yimou.
In a sense, this Beijing International Film Festival fully proves this. Inviting Zhang Yimou to come is just a guest of honor, Chen Kaige is different, not to mention the independent unit that promoted "Volunteer Army 2", and also awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award.
In the past "history of awards", the Lifetime Achievement Award seems to have never been so grand, "Farewell My Concubine", "With You", "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin" and other classic movies The creators have taken the stage to express their heartfelt feelings, and Chen Kaige also learned to be a leader when he delivered a speech on stage, and would stop when he finished talking about the key points, waiting for the guests in the audience to applaud.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is the finale, when other awards were presented before, Chen Kaige was given several shots, and every time Chen Kaige had a serious expression, and even showed a trace of arrogance, such as awarding Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenwriter, etc., Chen Kaige never showed a smile from beginning to end.
While everyone else was cheering for the winners, Chen Kaige was also calm.
Obviously not, when he presented the Lifetime Achievement Award, the actors he worked with smiled when they held him and talked, and they laughed very happily.
And that's not all. After winning the award, Chen Kaige stepped down and began to greet and greet the filmmakers in the audience, which was even more interesting.
Chen Kaige went to the second row first to greet Zhang Zifeng, Zhang Youhao and others who starred in "Volunteers", and only greeted a few actors, and the people next to him got up to show respect, but Chen Kaige turned a blind eye.
He also walked over with his wife Chen Hong to chat with Hu Ge, if I remember correctly, the two of them have never cooperated! When did they have a friendship? Or was it because Hu Ge finished performing "Flowers" and "Stop-and-Go" that Chen Kaige had the idea of cooperation? Anyway, such a hasty "meeting" at the award ceremony must have had another purpose.
As a director who can be on an equal footing with himself, Chen Kaige naturally has to say hello, he shook hands with Zhang Yimou in the past, and the two chatted a few words, very politely.
Then Chen Kaige went over to hug Jiang Wen, and then greeted Zhang Guoli and Fan Wei, who are all "old Xingzun" in the film industry. So here's the problem, although they are all sitting in the same row, Zhang Yimou's right is Li Xuejian, and it is normal for Chen Kaige not to greet him alone, because it was Li Xuejian who presented him with the award on the podium.
But next to Li Xuejian is Ma Li, who is also a first-line actor, and is a judge of this Beijing International Film Festival, but Chen Kaige skipped it directly, and he didn't even have a polite handshake.
And Chen Kaige not only skipped Ma Li, but also skipped Yao Chen and Yan Ni when greeting others, and also skipped Fei Xiang, who was also sitting in the first row. I don't know what everyone thinks of this situation, anyway, if it were me, I would feel very rude, and in such a public occasion, it is a little inappropriate to be so obviously favoritism, right?
It can only be said that a small award ceremony fully demonstrates the status and hierarchy of the film industry, and Chen Kaige vividly shows the sophistication of human feelings.