Chapter 782
Chapter 782
The Hexi Film Festival will be held on a mobile basis from the next session, with cities applying to be the host cities.
In fact, this is of the same nature as the Olympic Games.
Why do so many countries want to bid for the Olympic Games? In addition to the national honor at the beginning, there is actually a very important reason, which is the economic benefits behind it.
It was because of his own financial problems that Jose was unable to continue supporting the Jose Film Festival.
It’s not that the Jose-Hebei Film Festival cannot bring economic benefits and income to Jose-Hebei.
But, everything is difficult at the beginning.
There are definitely many cities interested in hosting the Jose-Hispanic Film Festival, but this is a new thing and it is uncertain how to do it, what it will look like, and how much profit it will generate.
Yuming is the first city to host the Jose-Hi Film Festival after Jose-Hi, which is of great significance.
The most important thing is that this is a window that is truly open to the world.
Lu Yanhe himself experienced the 2008 Olympic Games.
He himself remembers it very clearly, at least when did he and the people around him feel that their motherland had truly prospered?
He remembers that it was the year of the 2008 Olympics. So many things happened that year, but it was really a year of unity, and the hearts of people from all over the country were closely united. Before that, to put it bluntly, even in middle schools, there was a general atmosphere that the best students would go abroad to study in the future. How to prove that you are the best students? Study abroad.
It may be really difficult for children today to understand the whole social environment at that time, which was full of lack of confidence in their own country's economy and culture, and outward-looking towards foreign countries.
In just over a decade, earth-shaking changes have taken place.
In this parallel universe, the top international film festival, the Jose-La-Vie Film Festival, has the opportunity to be held by China Yuming - of course, this cannot be compared with the Olympic Games, which are watched by the whole world, and the audience of international film festivals is still much smaller. However, to put it in a smaller way, this is also a huge breakthrough and opportunity for the Chinese film industry.
Wu Yang and Lu Yanhe had a video call the next day.
Wu Yang said to Lu Yanhe, "We will hold a press conference tomorrow to announce this. You are in Bicaro now. We will announce your appointment as the chairman of the film selection committee at the press conference tomorrow. Do you think it's okay?"
"Sure, there's nothing wrong with that." Lu Yanhe said, "In fact, the Jose already has a film selection committee, but you've always been the chairman before. Now it seems particularly abrupt to let me do it. To be honest, Director Wu, how about implementing a dual-chairman system? You still use your previous system, but add a floating chairman to make suggestions for the shortlisted films of the main competition unit every year. You want me to be the chairman because you value my influence in the industry, right?"
It is also unrealistic to ask him to watch thousands of movies at once to select those suitable for entering the main competition unit.
He can't do this full-time.
Wu Yang said: "Dual chairmanship? Wouldn't it make you look like just an honorary chairman?"
Lu Yanhe: "I can't actually be a chairman. I don't have so much time to watch so many movies."
"But you will definitely participate in the final selection, right?" Wu Yang asked.
Lu Yanhe: "It all depends on how much you want me to participate. The Jose-La-Jacques Film Festival is your festival, not mine. Once I participate, I can't just play around with the attitude of "I'm good for you and everyone else". If you let me participate in the final selection, I will definitely have my opinions. I said, I accept the purely honorary nature of being a figurehead."
Wu Yang said: "Since it is a mobile event, I think it is also an opportunity for the Joseph-Jacques Film Festival to cooperate with top filmmakers from all over the world and invite them to chair our film selection committee each year. This will also further update the style and direction of our past film selections, which is great. Since this film festival is to be held all over the world, let's make it full of aesthetic mobility. Maybe this will be the biggest feature of the Joseph-Jacques Film Festival among the top international film festivals in the future."
Lu Yanhe had never imagined that Wu Yang would actually make "mobile hosting" a "feature" of the future Joseph-Hilton Film Festival and integrate it into the tone of the Joseph-Hilton Film Festival.
However, this is indeed very likely to be an opportunity for the Jose Antonio Film Festival to further expand its influence and enhance its status.
It’s just a pity that the Netherlands-Spanish Film Festival has not been fully established in China and is held in China.
Although if it really lands in China, the Jose-La-Jacques Film Festival may not be able to maintain its past position in the international film industry. This needs to take into account the issue of acceptance, not only the acceptance of the film festival audience, but also the acceptance of filmmakers from various countries.
It is easy to feel that the Jose-La Roche Film Festival is no longer the same film festival as before.
But the nature of the event is different.
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Hundreds of media outlets from all over the world attended the press conference of the Jose Maria Film Festival.
As a representative of the film festival, Wu Yang explained the current situation of the Jose Antonio Film Festival.
This was the first time he publicly said that there were problems with the funding of the Jose Film Festival. In order to keep the festival going, he had to change the way it was held and look for supporters from all over the world.
He then thanked the China Film Association, saying that after learning about the situation, he took the initiative to contact them and expressed his willingness to provide assistance.
After explaining the basic situation clearly, Wu Yang began to answer questions that everyone was very concerned about.
Who has the final say on the Jose-La-Jacques Film Festival in the future?
"The Joseph-La Roche Film Festival is still the Joseph-La Roche Film Festival and will always be the Joseph-La Roche Film Festival. There is no doubt about this and it will not change." Wu Yang said, "Each host city provides funding for the film festival and participates in the festival, but does not participate in the core aspects of the festival such as film selection, audience, awards, etc. We will still follow the previous model of the Joseph-La Roche Film Festival. The only change is to establish an honorary chairman in the film selection committee. The honorary chairman will be selected from the filmmakers in the host city country and will be a top filmmaker with a high reputation in the film industry. He and our original film selection committee will decide the list of shortlisted films for each main competition unit."
After some key changes were announced, the media in the audience began to raise their hands and wanted to ask questions.
One of the most concerned questions is: "Will the establishment of such an honorary chairman lead to a tendency in the selection of films for each main competition unit? Will the country where the event is held have more films shortlisted?"
"First of all, I want to say that the list of films in the main competition unit is not decided by the honorary chairman alone, but also by the selection committee including me." Wu Yang emphasized, "Secondly, whether there is a bias, I think there is definitely, but in fact, in this world, any film festival will have a biased protection for its host city. I think everyone knows this. The key lies in whether there is biased protection for the award. The Jose-La Roche Film Festival is the only top film festival that generates awards by audience selection. From this point of view, I think that when you question any film festival, you should not question Jose-La Roche. The audience selection rules and list of the Jose-La Roche Film Festival are announced every year. This has been tested for decades."
Wu Yang's answer gradually put everyone at ease.
The uneasiness and anxiety caused by the changes will gradually be alleviated.
Wu Yang's answer was quite frank.
"Variety previously mentioned that the honorary chairman of the next film selection committee is Lu Yanhe. Is this true?"
"Yes, that's right." Wu Yang nodded, "We are honored to announce that we have invited Lu Yanhe to serve as the honorary chairman of the next film selection committee."
"Will Linghe's film be shortlisted for the next main competition unit?" a reporter asked very sharply.
"If there are good and suitable films, why not?" Wu Yang said, "As I said before, the awards of the Jose-La-Jeune Film Festival are decided by the audience. Even if Yan He is the honorary chairman, even if we select Ling He's film into the main competition unit, it will be useless if the audience doesn't like it. In fact, I asked Lu Yan He if he has a film that can be brought to the Jose-La-Jeune Film Festival next year. Unfortunately, he doesn't."
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"Congratulations, Honorary Chairman." Huang Zhongjing from Longyan called Lu Yanhe immediately to congratulate him.
Lu Yanhe smiled, "What's there to congratulate? It's a tough job." "How many people want to get this tough job but can't." Huang Zhongjing said, "You are the honorary chairman of the selection committee of the main competition unit. You hold great power. We have several good films in Longyan. When you return to China, please come and give us some guidance."
Lu Yanhe: "Boss Huang, I have to avoid suspicion in this matter."
Huang Zhongjing said: "This is just a normal exchange about the film. There is no need to avoid suspicion. Wu Yang said at the press conference that it is normal to have a local preference when selecting films."
Lu Yanhe said, "Boss Huang, as long as the movie is good enough, it will definitely be selected. But it would be a bit too much for me to go directly to your company to watch the movie. As our ancestors said, a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall. I can't let myself fall into such an unclear and unclear situation. Please don't embarrass me."
Huang Zhongjing: “…”
Lu Yanhe: "I have something else to do here, I'll hang up first, we'll talk later."
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There are more than a dozen film company owners, producers, investors, directors, etc. who come to Lu Yanhe like Huang Zhongjing.
The power of the title of Honorary Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Main Competition Unit of the Netherlands-Hebei Film Festival is much greater than Lu Yanhe imagined.
This is not about the prize, this is about the money.
Being shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Jose-Latin Film Festival, this title alone can allow a film to sell distribution rights to more than a dozen or twenty countries.
Not to mention the benefits that a good movie will bring with this title.
Even Midoriya and Parameter from the United States came to inquire.
They rarely make films for festivals themselves, but they often buy the distribution rights for these films.
For them, if they could know some information about the movie in advance, such as Lu Yanhe's opinion, they could act early and not have to wait until more information about the movie is revealed before bidding against others.
Lu Yanhe suddenly became very popular.
Especially since he is still at the Bicaro Film Festival.
The bosses, producers, and directors of various independent companies all tried to use their connections to get a meeting with him.
Of course Lu Yanhe also knew why this was the case.
Lu Yanhe could only decline politely.
On the day when he participated in the talk show, many people at the scene were shouting his name.
Many media reporters also wanted to interview him, and the entire passage leading to the venue was crowded with people.
Lu Yanhe greeted everyone with a smile, and then turned a deaf ear to all kinds of voices and questions.
However, when they arrived at the scene, before Lu Yanhe appeared, someone shouted Lu Yanhe's name loudly, so that the staff had to go over to stop it.
Lu Yanhe was resting backstage and met with the guests he was going to talk with in advance.
These people were all serious big shots, and Lu Yanhe was not ambiguous. He took the initiative to humbly greet them and introduce himself.
Sandra Veitch, who has won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and two Best Actress awards at the Biogra Film Festival, is now 57 years old.
She was the most gentle and enthusiastic towards Lu Yanhe among the few people.
"I've wanted to meet you for a long time, and now we finally meet." Sandra Vitch said to Lu Yanhe with tender eyes, "It's amazing that you have achieved so much at such a young age."
Lu Yanhe said modestly: "I'm very lucky."
Zeno Stevens, a famous German director: "A lot of people out there are coming here for you. You're too popular, especially with the Jose-La Mancha Film Festival incident. You guys threw a mine into the entire film industry and it exploded."
Lu Yanhe said hurriedly: "I just heard the news too. I originally thought that the Jose-La Roche Film Festival would be able to find sponsors who are willing to support them stably, but I didn't expect that they would choose to hold the event in a mobile format in the end."
"There is no top international film festival in the world. Not to mention top film festivals, there is no international film festival that is held on a mobile basis." Sandra Veach smiled and waved her hands. "How great! It's another new thing. Our industry should constantly have something new."
"Sandra, not all innovative things are good. Some changes can also destroy something." At this time, another director spoke up.
Lu Yanhe looked at it with some surprise.
It’s Eugene Moreno, a famous American director.
At this moment, he looked like he didn't approve or support it.
He even ignored the look Lu Yanhe gave him.
Lu Yanhe smiled slightly.
It smells a bit like gunpowder.
The lounge suddenly became quiet and no one spoke.
Eugene Moreno acted as if nothing had happened and said to Zeno Stevens next to him, "I heard that you haven't found the investment for your next movie yet?"
Zeno Stevens sighed, nodded, and said, "Yes, investment has been difficult to find."
Eugene Moreno also sighed.
"It's getting harder and harder to make serious movies now." (End of this chapter)