Chapter 441 The awards ceremony begins

(This chapter is a bit watery, it’s about Director Lin winning the award, you can wait for the next chapter to read it together, the award ceremony will be held after the next chapter is written)
The door to the top floor conference room in Cannes opened.

This marks the end of the closed-door meeting.

The already tense atmosphere on the scene became even more tense because of this.

When Wu Mu and Lin Qingyue entered the award ceremony venue at the Film Festival Palace and found a seat to sit down, they could clearly feel that although the people around them were communicating with each other, their attention was obviously not on what they were saying.

This is especially true for those who are expected to win the award.

"Your opponent, William, is there."

Under Lin Qingyue's guidance, Wu Mu found a male actor with a sickly and thin face sitting in the center.

At this moment, he was leaning back in his chair, obviously absent-minded.

This William is actually not an unknown person. On the contrary, he is a well-known and powerful actor in the American entertainment industry. As early as ten years ago, he played supporting roles in various movies that were well-known to the blue planet audience.

But just like Lin Qingyue said yesterday, such an opportunity is extremely precious even for a talented person like him, and it may be the only chance in his life.

"I heard that he lost more than 50 kilograms in order to film "The Last Legacy" and even stayed in a mental hospital for more than half a year." Lin Qingyue is well-informed.

"So hard-working?" Wu Mu was suddenly in awe. Such professionalism made him feel a little guilty.

Lin Qingyue smiled, "It's because of my dedication to my job, and it's also because of showing my dedication to my job. This can be considered a small trick of the PR jury to make the jury recognize my professionalism and have sympathy."

I don’t know if he sensed Lin Qingyue’s chirping, but the actor named William looked around the award ceremony hall with an unfocused gaze, and then his eyes met Wu Mu who was looking at him.

William was slightly stunned, then he nodded and greeted Wu Mu gracefully.

Well, although he had no idea who Wu Mu was before and had never heard of him, this film festival made him remember Wu Mu firmly.

The award ceremony hall of the Palais des Festivals was soon filled up. After waiting for more than half an hour in anxiety and noise, the lights in the award ceremony hall dimmed a little.

"The closing ceremony and awards ceremony has begun!"

France's national treasure actress Catherine Dove took the stage to host this year's awards ceremony.

She first gave a speech on the stage, announcing the start of this year's Cannes Awards Ceremony.

Then the judges of this session came on stage one by one to introduce themselves.

This was the first time that everyone met the judges in a formal setting since the previous argument in the program magazine.

"Brother, the judge who opposed you before seemed a little unhappy." Shu Mei, who was sitting a little behind Wu Mu, suddenly said excitedly.

Wu Mu looked over and saw that the judge who had criticized him in the video before had a grim expression on his face.

He is unhappy, does this mean he lost?
In other words, Wu Mu has a greater chance of winning the award?
They were all somewhat excited.

But then I realized that it was too early to be happy.

Because Matthew Albert, who came on stage, did not look very happy.

Ok?
Both of them are unhappy?
So who wins?

Many of the guests in the audience who were observing the judges' expressions were whispering to each other.

After the chairman of the jury came on stage, he gave a brief introduction to the films in this year's main competition unit and played clips on the big screen.

There were a total of twenty-two films participating in the competition. After all the clips were played, it was finally time for the final awards ceremony.

"First, we are going to present this year's Short Film Palme d'Or. Please invite Ms. Lynn to come on stage and present the award to our Short Film Palme d'Or winner."

It is customary for Cannes to give out the first award, the Short Film Palme d'Or, to show its attention and recognition of new directors.

Generally speaking, the normal growth trajectory of a director is to first be shortlisted for the short film competition, then start trying feature films, be shortlisted for the special unit of the film festival, and finally the main competition unit.

The award presenter came out to give a speech, then turned to the jury members sitting on the side and asked who the winner was. The old man Matthew Albert took out an envelope from his pocket and opened it on the spot to show fairness, then announced the name of the winner.

A young director with an unshaven beard stood up excitedly to receive the award.

After the Short Film Palme d'Or comes the Best Screenplay Award.

Wu Mu and his film definitely have no hope of winning this award. It would be easier for "A Separation" to win the Palme d'Or than to win this award. After all, their film has nothing to do with the best screenplay.

However, the winner of this award also left Wu Mu speechless.

"The winner of the Best Screenplay Award is - "Train of Sadness"! Congratulations to "Train of Sadness."

Amidst the applause, Wu Mu lowered his voice and asked Lin Qingyue, "Which movie has the best script? What's the best part about his script?"

This is the movie he complained about before, with a confusing plot, and it often seemed like the master tape was broken, and they suddenly went back and performed what had already been performed again.

He can't even understand this thing, and it's called the best script?
Lin Qingyue chuckled. "If you look closely at those repeated shots, you'll find that the scenes have slight changes, and the actors' states are also different. This film uses these details to create a suspenseful story."

OK.

Wu Mu could only say that he was indeed a little unartistic.

Next is the Special Jury Award, which gives their film some hope.

But winning this prize generally means you have no chance of winning the grand prize.

So they didn't pay much attention to this award.

In the end, I don’t know whether I should be happy or sad, because the award was indeed not given to them.

Next is the Golden Camera, which is the award for best debut film.

Wu Mu reached out and held Lin Qingyue's hand beside him.

He stared at Lin Qingyue on the stage without looking back, but just gently clasped his hand with his backhand.

"The winner of this year's Golden Camera Award is Lin Qingyue for "Parting"!"

"Let's congratulate Lin!"

The host on the stage spoke French, reading a sentence and then the on-site translator said a sentence.

But this sentence does not need to be translated. When Lin Qingyue heard the pronunciation of "Lin", a smile appeared on her face.

Lou Ziwen and Feng Shang, who were standing beside him, had already jumped up. "Director Lin, it's us! It's us!"

“We won the Cannes Grand Prix!”

Sister Yan's face also turned red, "Qingyue, quickly go up to the stage to receive the award!"

Amidst everyone's applause and attention, Lin Qingyue stood up.

He looked calm, but he had forgotten that his hand was still tightly holding Wu Mu's fingers. He took two steps forward, only to be discovered when Wu Mu reluctantly broke free.

There was a burst of good-natured laughter at the scene.

Lin Qingyue came on stage. Matthew Albert nodded at her and continued to introduce her, "Lin, a young director from China. I was there when her first work won the Venice Short Film Golden Bear Award."

"At that time, I actually didn't like her film style very much. I felt that it focused too much on aesthetics, like a landscape film, and lacked the core essence of film."

"But now, after watching her new work, 'Separation,' I have to admit my mistake. It turns out that the beauty of the lens can also express the essence of the film."

"Lin deserves the Best Feature Film Debut Award."

(End of this chapter)

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