In the blink of an eye, April 2011 was coming.

As early as the beginning of the year, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Beijing City Government jointly held a grand press conference and announced that the first Beijing International Film Festival, which has been prepared, will be held from April 23 to 28 this year. The film festival will be divided into three parts, namely the main competition unit "Tao of Heaven Award", the International Film Forum, and the Beijing University Student Film Festival "Flying Tiger Award".

This also indicates that the Beijing University Student Film Festival, which has a history of more than ten years, was no longer held independently, but was incorporated into the Beijing International Film Festival.

In early April, the Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee announced that the chairman of the International Jury of the Temple of Heaven Award of the First Beijing International Film Festival will be held by Wan Xiaohu, the international director, one of the greatest directors in the new world, the world director leader, and the president of the China Film Directors Association.

In mid-April, Wan Xiaohu returned to the capital with the produced "An Yingang" and held a press conference.

"First of all, I am honored that the Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee invited me to serve as the chairman of the International Jury of the Temple of Heaven Award. Compared with Cannes, Berlin and Venice, the Beijing Film Festival is very young, but I believe that relying on the vast market of China and the wisdom and efforts of Chinese filmmakers, the Beijing Film Festival will surely become a world-class film festival and make great contributions to the prosperity of world films."

At the press conference, Wan Xiaohu talked: "This year is the first time that the Temple of Heaven Award is held. We will set up 10 awards: Best Film Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Supporting Actor Award, Best Supporting Actor Award, Best Screenwriter Award, Best Photography Award, Best Music Award and Best Visual Effect Award. Adhering to the core value concept of "harmony between man and nature, beauty and beauty", and the theme of the film festival of "sharing resources and win-win for the future", we will position the Temple of Heaven Award. We will express the beautiful vision of Beijing films, Chinese films, and global film exchanges and dialogues, mutual benefit and win-win, and jointly promote the harmonious development of world films."

After some clichés and official voices, the press conference was about to ask questions.

"Director Wan, after you serve as the chairman of the jury, what aspects of the movie will you focus on? Still business?"

"Business and art are equally important. As far as I am concerned, I am recently watching entries. I hope to pick movies that touch and shock me. I will choose movies that have practical significance and humanistic concerns and vote for them."

"So you chose art films as the standard."

Wan Xiaohu shook his head: "The standard is determined by people. As long as it is a good movie, I think every judge will not be stingy with his own votes. But we have to distinguish one misunderstanding, that is, the winning movies and movies that attract audiences. This is not the same. The winning works at internationally renowned film festivals are not all loved and welcomed by the audience. Many young directors will imitate the shooting techniques of these winning movies to film, but in fact they have entered a misunderstanding."

"How should young directors learn?"

"This is also the reason why the Beijing Film Festival is held. We hope that through such a film festival, we will pay more attention to some movies that can have a market. Chinese young directors can watch world-class good movies through such an international exchange platform. At the same time, we will also organize international film forums to explain and analyze for young directors. The advantages of these excellent films can be felt by them in person."

"Director Wan. As a major commercial director, your achievements in the business field have made up for the gap in Chinese films. So what do you think Chinese films are missing now?"

"Whether it is shooting methods or production techniques, Chinese films have basically caught up with Hollywood's level, but they have not resonated internationally in terms of subject matter selection and expression methods. The development of Chinese films is still in the stage of 'flying', and some are eager for quick success. Our films are still very single, lacking good works that focus on human nature and social reality. Many films still only see immediate interests and do not really understand the needs of the audience."

After a pause, Wan Xiaohu continued to talk: "The Chinese film market is getting bigger and bigger, and we have many opportunities to cooperate with foreign countries, but international cultural publicity is not enough. Now, many Chinese audiences understand more Western culture than Chinese culture, and foreigners understand less about our culture. As China's influence in the world gradually expands, we want more foreigners to understand Chinese culture. I have been repeating this view. Movies do not exist in isolation. We say that the times create heroes, and the culture with a large background cannot be promoted. It is definitely difficult for movies to achieve good results outside."

"How to make up for it?"

"What is the old saying? Learn from foreigners' skills to control foreigners. We must learn the skills of Western films led by Hollywood, inject the essence of Eastern culture, and use the methods accepted by Westerners to subtly export Chinese culture. Of course, this is just a theory, and it is very difficult to do it. When I have nothing to do in the past few years, I will think about it in my mind, hoping to encourage all Chinese directors."

After talking about some big and empty propositions, the reporters gradually began to pay attention to Wan Xiaohu himself. "Gravity" and "Frozen" were mentioned repeatedly. The most mentioned was the frustrated "Inception" at this year's Oscars.

As a masterpiece with a bumper reputation and box office in 2010, "Inception" has been ranked among the top ten movies of the year by almost all magazines and media, and is ranked among the top ten movies of the year.

At the 83rd Academy this year, it also won 8 unprecedented nominations and became the seventh science fiction film nominated for Best Picture. The final result was that it won four technical awards, best photography, sound effects, sound effects editing, and visual effects.

The rest of the best film, best original script, best art director and best original soundtrack were all lost.

What's even worse is that I failed to get the nomination for Best Director.

In more than ten years, Wan Xiaohu has produced countless masterpieces with both reputation and box office, but every time he fell on the road to the Olympics. Not to mention winning the best director Xiao Jinren, he couldn't even get a nomination.

This has made many movie fans stand up for Wan Xiaohu. Many media critics also feel that when the quality of several nominated films this year is not good, Wan Xiaohu should be given a nomination. Just to create a new narrative structure, they should also receive this honor.

"I have to say that Oscars still discriminate against science fiction films and science fiction directors." Wan Xiaohu's friend, James Cameron, stood up at the time and expressed his support for Wan Xiaohu.

Leonardo DiCaprio, who was also so tragic that he had not even won the nomination for Best Actor, also said: "Wan Xiaohu is a very excellent director I have worked with. His directorial ability was fully demonstrated in "Inception" and deserved a nomination."

"Inception" is very good and full of incredible skills. It should not be biased just because it is a science fiction film." Christopher Nolan, director of the "Batman" trilogy, also expressed his support.

Actors who have worked with Natalie Portman, Zhou Runfa, Liu Dehua, Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming, Liu Yifei, Allen Page, James Franko and other actors have also shouted out support one by one.

Although the results of the Oscar cannot be changed, it is obvious that the Oscar judges at least feel the public opinion.

Martin Scorsis lost to the Best Director several times, but relied on "The Walker", which is not his best work, and winning the Best Director was the Oscar's compensation.

This year, Oscar owed ten thousand Xiaohu, and there will always be a time to pay it back in the future.

"I respect the results of the Oscar selection. My life is still long. I will make more excellent movies. I believe I will win the best director in the near future." Wan Xiaohu responded confidently.

Although I have been filming movies for more than ten years, I have copied them, but I have integrated my own ideas and styles.

In terms of directorial talent and directorial ability, he has reason to believe that even if he really starts to create original works, he can still make good movies.

Without complaining, without loss, the confident answer immediately made the reporters present feel more fond of Wan Xiaohu. No one likes to listen to others' complaints, so confident can infect others.

"Director Wan, we all believe that you will win the Oscar for Best Director, sooner or later. Congratulations to you in advance."

"Thank you, I accepted your congratulations."

"Haha, I heard that this time you not only serve as the chairman of the jury, but also brought a short film?"

"Yes, this is a short film called "An Yingang". It is an extra episode of "Gravity", which echoes a plot in the main film, and is also an opposite story. It will be screened in non-contest units. Of course, it will be released simultaneously on Time Network and Youku Video."

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On April 23, the first Beijing International Film Festival opened.

Twenty-eight films around the world that competed for the Temple of Heaven Award in the main competition unit were released in theaters in major universities and theaters in Beijing. As the short film "An Yingang" directed by Wan Xiaohu, it also met with the audience as scheduled. As the highly anticipated extras of "Georgeous", not only domestic fans are paying attention, but also foreigners are paying attention.

It caused crazy clicks as soon as it was launched on Time Network, Youku Video, Tube and other streaming media.

At the home courts of major universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the School of Media, the exhibition hall of "An Yingang" is also crowded and cannot squeeze out so many students and teachers.

As Wan Xiaohu's alma mater, Beijing Film Academy invited Wan Xiaohu himself to watch it with the students of Beijing Film Academy. Before the broadcast, he said a few scenes, and was surrounded by beautiful girls and flirted with them. It was lively and until ten o'clock in the morning, "An Yingang" officially started screening.

"State Administration of Radio, Film and Television."

“Sasha Entertainment.”

“Jiahe Entertainment.”

Even though it was just a short video that was less than ten minutes, it still added many logos.

The screen darkened as the logo ended. When it lit up again, there was already a scene of ice and snow. The camera was filled with snow and strokes. A group of big dogs were guarding an old dog lying in the snow. The old dog trembled and wanted to stand up, but fell down again... (To be continued...)
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