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Chapter 474 Opening Ceremony
Wang Shu felt a little dazed when he heard this.

It turns out that four years have passed.

In 2004, he prepared "Buried", registered for the Berlin International Film Festival in early 2005, and won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award.

Along the way, it was already the 2009 Berlin Film Festival.

By May of this year, I will be 5 years old.

And if we add the time in 2004 when we first started planning and filming Buried, it has been five years.

If we add in the time he spent as a minor actor in the Beijing Film Studio before his rebirth, it would be even longer.

In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed.

"It's been four years already. I thought it was just yesterday."

Facing the reporter's interview, Wang Shu smiled and responded, then said, "Four years have passed, and not much has changed."

“The Berlin Film Festival is still the Berlin Film Festival, and I am still the same person.”

"Having said that, I still have to thank the Berlin Film Festival for awarding me the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award that year."

“Because of this award, I can develop better.”

He said this sincerely.

If it weren't for the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, he would probably have continued to hesitate and look for opportunities like Ning Hao.

When Ning Hao first debuted, he was also making art films, but he was always a runner-up. Later, he got the opportunity through the Supernova Director Program organized by Liu Dehua and others, which led to "Crazy Stone".

If Wang Shu failed to win the award, he would be like him, behaving humblely and pretending to be a grandson to find people to invest in him.

"Haha, so the Berlin Film Festival is still your lucky place?" the reporter asked.

"You can say that." Wang Shu responded with a smile.

The reporter then exchanged a few pleasantries with Wang Shu, and then asked, "Mr. Wang Shu, it's a pity that you don't have any work participating in the main competition unit of this Berlin Film Festival. However, as far as we know, Mr. Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of this Berlin Film Festival. What do you think of this movie? Do you think it can win the Golden Bear Award at this Berlin Film Festival?"

When Wang Shu heard the reporter mention Chen Kaige and "Mei Lanfang", he smiled and said, "Although "Mei Lanfang" is a Chinese film, I'm sorry, because I have been very busy with work and my schedule is very tight, so I haven't watched this film."

"So if you ask me what I think of this movie, or whether it can win an award, I have no idea."

"There's not even a basis for speculation."

"However, Mr. Chen Kaige has won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and Mei Lanfang will be at the Berlin Film Festival, so he must be very confident."

"I wish him good luck."

Seeing Wang Shu's smooth answer and knowing that he had already gotten a satisfactory answer, the reporter asked, "What about you? Are you coming to the Berlin Film Festival to promote The Wolf of Wall Street?"

"Yes!" Wang Shu responded without comment.

The reporter then asked: "'The Wolf of Wall Street' has been nominated for an Academy Award. Are you confident that you will win the Academy Award?"

Wang Shu humbly replied: "Of course I hope to win the award, but whether I can win the award ultimately depends on whether the judges like it."

The reporters came from more than one company or country, and after this question was asked, other reporters followed up with questions.

After a long time and after answering many questions, Wang Shu was able to get away.

The opening red carpet of the Berlin Film Festival came to an end as many filmmakers entered the Film Palace.

After the red carpet, the opening ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival was held immediately.

It's also quite standard and lacks surprises.

German TV star Kaitlyn Porphy hosted the entire opening ceremony, introducing everyone one by one according to the procedure, mixing German and English, and was so stiff that there was no sense of humor.

When Dieter Kosslick, president of the Berlin Film Festival, gave his first speech, he particularly emphasized the impact of the global economic crisis on the film industry.

When hosting a film festival, one must avoid being extravagant and wasteful, attract sufficient corporate sponsorship, and at the same time promote the production of films that faithfully reflect real life.

The old director made a joke about his English level when he was excited and thanked the audience and sponsors for their support.

When Wang Shu heard this, the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

In his opening speech, Dieter talked about the impact of the global economic crisis on the film industry, and also indirectly indicated that "The Wolf of Wall Street" has the potential to win the Academy Award.

As a work that suits the occasion, winning awards is the inevitable trend.

Moreover, the award won by "The Wolf of Wall Street" can also provide an outlet for ordinary people around the world who have been affected by the financial crisis to vent their emotions.

If you don't win the award, it will be counterproductive.

Now it is not a question of whether the judges will give the award or not, but the general trend is forcing them to give the award to "The Wolf of Wall Street". Later, the German Minister of Culture also mentioned this serious issue in his speech, and even linked it to the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall this year.

Then, the interviews when the jury appeared were somewhat perfunctory, with Wang Ying and others briefly reviewing their personal work styles and their connections with the Berlin Film Festival.

What’s interesting is that the guests on the stage mentioned the Pope many times, because the controversy over the German Chancellor’s criticism of the Pope has been causing a stir in Germany these days.

A few days ago, the Vatican made an unclear explanation for the Nazi massacre of Jews, which was strongly pursued by the German government.

In his speech, the president of the film festival, Dieter Kosslik, sarcastically said that the film festival should reflect reality and not be like the Vatican. It can be seen that this matter has affected the film festival, which indeed confirms the consistent tradition that "Berlin's theme is inseparable from politics."

After playing the film trailers of all the competition units on site, the host once again introduced the judges of other units and the creators of "Transnational Bank".

Perhaps in response to Koslik's teasing, the chairman of the jury, Swinton, also humorously showed off his German proficiency in his final speech, which drew applause from the audience.

It was already 59:20 when Kosslik announced the official start of the 40th Berlin Film Festival. Who will eventually win the Golden Bear Award and whether Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" can break through the siege of many strong competitors will be revealed in 10 days.

Later, the film festival president Coster said in an interview that he was looking forward to the performance of "Mei Lanfang" and thanked Zhang Ziyi for being the award presenter the day after tomorrow.

When asked if he had seen Chen Kaige's old work "Farewell My Concubine", Teddy said that judges should not talk about competition films, but wished Chen Kaige good luck.

However, Wang Shu knew that Chen Kaige's trip would be in vain.

As for Zhang Ziyi, she will attend the "Shooting Star 2009" award ceremony as an award presenter.

After Wang Shu and Matt Damon walked into the Film Palace, they once again felt that the starlight of this Berlin Film Festival was dim.

As the first of the three major European film festivals to be held during the financial crisis, the 59th Berlin Film Festival opened in Berlin, Germany in the early morning Beijing time.

In stark contrast to the cold local weather was the red carpet of this film festival. There were even more media reporters surrounding the carpet than the big-name stars present.

The overly dim starlight made the atmosphere on the scene extremely cold, which also caused a not-so-small embarrassment to the organizers who had put a lot of effort into arranging the red carpet.

Compared with the Venice Film Festival, which is getting closer to Hollywood, the Berlin Film Festival has always advertised that its red carpet does not advocate too many stars.

Therefore, the stars on the red carpet of this year's opening ceremony were still quite conventional. There were no big-name stars, but many small-name stars.

Perhaps because there were so few big names this year, the Berlin red carpet became a runway for small stars and their fans.

Many German celebrities came to the opening ceremony with their families. The couples did not shy away from the long lenses of the reporters and openly caressed and kissed on the red carpet to show their love.

In order to attract attention, many local female stars wear big flowers on their heads, feathers on their bodies, and even pinch their noses and make faces in public, just to get more headlines the next day.

An old German star with gray hair and wrinkled face, who could hardly walk steadily, still insisted on coming to attend the opening ceremony and walked the red carpet alone. His slightly lonely back made people sigh.

The most impressive thing was a male fan who suddenly jumped into the venue. He was tall and dressed in vulgar women's clothes. He really gave the bored entertainment reporters a shot of stimulant and attracted a lot of flash cameras.

Although the starlight is dim, there are many beautiful things.

However, there were no big-name stars walking the opening red carpet, but many people will come to the subsequent screening sessions.

2 month 6 day.

"The Wolf of Wall Street" officially debuted at the Berlin Film Festival as an exhibition film.

At the press conference held in the afternoon, the venue was packed, and even the aisles and corridors were crowded with people.

Wang Shu, Matt Damon, and other actors including Black Widow who arrived this morning, as well as crew members all arrived at the scene, creating the first climax since the opening of this Berlin Film Festival.

In the original timeline, the opening film of this Berlin Film Festival was "The Reader".

Although director Stephen Daldry and the three leading actors Kate Winslet, David Kross and Ralph Fiennes did not attend the opening red carpet yesterday, they all arrived in Berlin today and participated in the film launch conference.

Leo's little fangirl won the Best Actress award at the upcoming Academy Awards for her role in "The Reader".

Now, the Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture and Best Director have both been won by "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Therefore, the first film exhibited after the opening became "The Wolf of Wall Street" directed by Wang Shu.

After the press conference, the premiere in Berlin will follow.

It was another red carpet event, and the scene was again crowded with reporters, with flashes flashing non-stop.

Men including Wang Shu and Matt Damon were dressed in suits, while Black Widow wore an evening gown.

As for Stone, she was just a supporting role in the movie and did not come.

Even if he came, he would just serve as a foil for the heroine Black Widow, so naturally he would not come.

After the movie premiere, the audience burst into cheers and discussions.

The emergence of "The Wolf of Wall Street" allowed people who have been greatly affected by the global financial crisis in recent times to find a place to vent their emotions, so much so that it caused quite a stir after the premiere.

(End of this chapter)