klisemfg Chapter 474 Venice Film Festival Nominations Announced
Chapter 474 Venice Film Festival Nominations Announced
May 11th, 10:00 AM.
The Venice Film Festival website updated the list of nominees for the main competition on time.
Back in China, the editors at Sina Entertainment were already waiting in the background. The moment the list was refreshed, the editor on duty saw Fu Yibai's "The Woman Who Left" on the list and was so excited that he almost dropped his mouse.
Five minutes later, Sina Entertainment pinned the headline to the top.
Fu Yibai's new film "The Woman Who Left" has been selected for the main competition at the 68th Venice Film Festival.
Highlighted in red and bold, this will be pushed as a site-wide pop-up notification.
Two thousand comments flooded the comment section within three minutes.
"Director Fu is on fire! He just won an Oscar less than six months ago and he's already aiming for Venice?"
"Others strive for an award their whole lives, but Director Fu strives for one every year."
"Golden Bear, Palme d'Or, Oscar, and now the Golden Lion? Is he going to collect all four Grand Slams?"
"What do you summon by collecting them all? The dragon of the world of cinema?"
"I checked, and if Director Fu wins the Golden Lion this time, he will become the third director in the world to win the highest awards at all three major European film festivals."
"Who are the two in front?"
"I don't know, it's not important. Anyway, Director Fu is the first Chinese person to do this."
Fu Yibai occupied four of the top ten spots on Weibo's trending topics list.
#Fu Yibai's new film nominated for Venice# is listed first, followed by a dark red "Explosive" character.
#Fan Binbin is aiming for Best Actress again# He ranks third.
#What kind of theme is "The Woman Who Left"?# Ranked sixth.
#Fu Yibai's performance at the three major film festivals# ranked ninth.
The tech team is completely overwhelmed.
Last time, the server crashed for half an hour when it was trending for the Oscars. This time, the traffic for the Venice Film Festival trending topics was even higher than last time, but the server miraculously held up.
Because after the last system crash, they added twelve more servers.
In the "World Cinema Bar" on Baidu Tieba, someone started another thread summarizing Fu Yibai's achievements.
On the first floor is a self-made timeline chart, spanning eight years from 2003 to 2011, marked with four lines of different colors.
Blue represents the Berlin Golden Bear, gold represents the Cannes Palme d'Or, red represents the Oscar statuette, and green represents the Venice Golden Lion.
The Golden Lion line wasn't connected yet; there was only a question mark at the end, with a line of small white text next to it: "The Venice Film Festival closes on September 11, 2011."
The second floor contains the analysis post written by the original poster.
"Let's have a rational discussion: what are the chances of Director Fu winning the Golden Lion this time?"
Let's look at the lineup first.
This year's Venice Film Festival main competition has a total of 23 films in competition, and only one is a Chinese-language film.
Among the competitors, Polanski's "Carnage", Sokurov's "Faust", and Cronenberg's "Dangerous Method" are all strong contenders for the award.
But Director Fu has a buff – he is an Oscar-winning director.
Venice has been vying with Cannes for talent for the past few years. When an Oscar-caliber director submits a film to Venice, the jury can't possibly refuse it.
Within an hour of the post being published, the number of comments had reached sixteen pages.
"I can't be rational at all, I'll just open the champagne."
"The title of the film, 'The Woman Who Left,' clearly indicates that it's aiming for awards. The combination of female themes and social issues is exactly what the three major European juries love."
"Will Fan Binbin win Best Actress this time? It's a pity she didn't win an Oscar. If she wins at Venice, she'll be a double Best Actress winner."
Fan Binbin's current resume: Golden Horse Best Actress, Golden Rooster Best Actress, Oscar-nominated Best Actress.
If we add the Venice Film Festival Best Actress award...
"Directly deified."
On Douban, the entry for "The Woman Who Left" has not yet been opened for rating, but the short review section has been flooded with requests for short reviews.
"Here it comes, Director Fu's award-contending film."
"Go Fan Binbin!"
"I'm tired of saying that anything produced by Fu Dao is guaranteed to be of high quality."
"Even if I'm tired of talking, I still have to say it. Director Fu is awesome."
"To be honest, I'm a little worried about this film."
Director Fu has already collected an Oscar and two other gold medals. If he wins the Golden Lion, he will truly be a legend.
"Would Venice deliberately obstruct tour guides?"
"That is indeed possible."
This achievement is too high; Venice might not allow Director Fu to achieve god-like status so easily.
…………
At 2 PM, Chenxi Media's official Weibo account released a formal announcement.
The announcement was brief, consisting of only four paragraphs.
The first confirmation is that "The Woman Who Left" has been shortlisted for the main competition at the Venice Film Festival.
The second paragraph revealed the main creative team.
The third paragraph contains a very official statement.
"Thank you to the Venice Film Festival jury for recognizing 'The Woman Who Left,' and thank you to every member of the crew for their hard work."
The fourth paragraph is the most informative part of the entire announcement.
「第68届威尼斯电影节将于8月31日至9月11日在义大利威尼斯丽都岛举行。
The crew of "The Woman Who Left" will depart for Venice on August 28th, where it will have its world premiere during the film festival.
The top comments section was completely dominated by artists under Chenxi Entertainment.
Deng Chao's repost caption was very much in line with his style: "Director Fu's expedition will leave no grass standing!"
Tang Yan reposted: "Go Binbin!"