A total of five films were shortlisted this time, including those directed by three directors of "The Mountain", "The World" and "Dream Seekers". The other two are science fiction films and action films respectively.
Shots of five directors, Qi Feng, Guo Qisheng, Shen Mian, Xie Yilei and Qiao Yanzhi, appeared on the big screen.
Not only these directors, but other leading actors were also very nervous. After all, it was a matter of shared success and shared disgrace.
Ning Xueluo took a deep breath to ease her worries. It could be Guo Qisheng or Qi Feng, but it absolutely... absolutely could not be Shen Mian!
The person on Ning Xi's left is Jiang Muye, the second from the left is Guo Qisheng, and the person on the right is Shen Mian.
Qi Feng was sitting diagonally opposite Shen Mian in the front row.
Qi Feng has won the most awards, and has been nominated for the four major A-class film festivals many times. He has won the Golden Plume Award at the Lorraine Film Festival, one of the four major film festivals, and the Palme d'Or twice. He has made countless movie stars famous. This time, Ning Xueluo starred in his film for free, and had to cooperate with all his requirements, and act ugly in the play without any bottom line.
Having seen so many scenes like this, Qi Feng was naturally the calmest. Guo Qisheng also continued to smile and look good-tempered. He originally focused on the business route, so being nominated this time was already a good achievement.
As for Shen Mian's attitude... Shen Mian had talked to her about it before. It is unlikely that he will win the award this time. Although his nomination is enough to prove that there are many people on the jury who appreciate him, most of the judges of the Golden Palm Award are still academicians who like art films. The subject matter of their film is unlikely to suit the judges' taste.
The award presenter this time was a famous foreign director, who spoke in not very fluent Chinese: "Now, I will announce the winner of the Best Director Award..."
Everyone waited with bated breath for the result.
The reason why this award is so important is that the Best Director is a barometer of the Best Actress award. In many cases, a film wins both the Best Actress and Best Director awards.
"The winner of the Best Director Award is... Guo Qisheng!"
Guo Qisheng is very popular in the circle, and there was warm applause at the scene, and everyone congratulated Guo Qisheng.
After hearing his own name, Guo Qisheng seemed stunned for a moment, then he stood up and bowed to thank the people around him for their thanks.
It was unexpected but reasonable that Guo Qisheng would win the award this time. After all, the timing, location and people were all right, the script was good, the funding was sufficient, and the actors had good acting skills...
Ning Xueluo's excitement was beyond words. She immediately stood up and went to hug Guo Qisheng.
However, Guo Qisheng was the first to turn to Ning Xi beside him and hugged her.
Ning Xueluo's face suddenly turned ugly. What did he mean by not being the first to hug her, the heroine, but celebrating with Ning Xi, the supporting actress
Fortunately, Ning Xi sat closest to Guo Qisheng, so it was reasonable for Guo Qisheng to hug Ning Xi first based on the principle of proximity.
Then Guo Qisheng hugged Ning Xueluo, Zhao Sizhou and other leading actors and creative staff one by one.
Shen Mian also smiled and congratulated Guo Qisheng, but Qi Feng in front of him had an expression that was hard to tell...
On the stage, Guo Qisheng thanked everyone in his acceptance speech in a proper manner.
Just as he was about to leave the stage, the host deliberately asked in order to liven up the atmosphere, "Director Guo, can you predict who will be the best actress this time? It is worth mentioning that Xue Luo has two films nominated this time. Do you think it is more likely to be "The World" or "The Mountain"? "