"Welcome to Ghana!"

Su Ye and Su Qingxue walked out of the plane and saw Spear greeted them enthusiastically.

Simply greeted Spear, and Su Ye smiled and said to him: "It's really flattered to ask Director Spear to pick me up."

"I know how to translate this sentence." Spear laughed. "Talented people will be welcomed everywhere."

"Thanks for Mr. Spear's compliment." Su Ye looked around and found that there was no one. "Are we here late?"

"No." Spear shook his head. "The timing is right.

"Let's talk while walking."

Under the leadership of Spear, Su Ye and Su Qingxue got on the commercial vehicle arranged by Spear-this time the Ghana Film Festival, only Su Ye and Su Qingxue were two people-the commercial vehicle left Nice International Airport and headed all the way To the small town of Ghana.

Since the end of the Spring Festival Gala, Su Ye has focused on preparing for the Ghana Film Festival.

In mid-February, the official website of the Ghana Film Festival announced the list of the 24th film festival primaries. The "Resident Evil" declared by Su Ye is in the list of the main competition unit.

As one of the most well-known international film festivals, the Ghana Film Festival is held in Ghana, a coastal town in France, every May.

The festival is divided into the main competition section and the non-competition section.Of course, the main competition link is to divide the best films from all over the world.In the non-competitive session, it is generally focused on promoting new talents and discovering talented and potential new directors around the world.

In the main competition, the biggest award is the Ghana Gold Award. Almost every film that comes to the competition hopes to be favored by a jury composed of world-renowned directors, actors, screenwriters, and soundtrack composers. .

In addition to the Ghana Gold Award, the highest grand prize, there are many minor awards such as "Jury Award", "Jury Special Award", "Best Director Award", and "Best Screenplay Award".Among them, the "Jury Award" is also known as the Ghana Silver Award, which is the second place in the main competition.

But as the classic saying goes: not the first, that is the loser.At the previous Ghana Film Festival, only the first one was able to be noticed by filmmakers and media all over the world.

As for the second place... After all, he won a trophy, which is also a comfort.

Almost all the directors who participated in the selection rushed for the first gold medal.Perhaps only Su Ye is an alternative, participating in the Ghana Film Festival, but not winning awards.

In Su Ye's view, although the parallel world version of "Resident Evil" he shot is more exciting than the version on Earth, it can't get rid of the basic routines of horror movies.If it weren't for "zombies", a new type of species that can be extended to metaphor many topics and problems, maybe "Resident Evil" would not even be able to enter the primary election.

In Su Ye's view, "Resident Evil" can win a "jury award" is not bad-the so-called jury award is a consolation prize without knowing how many places.

If it is in China, Su Ye really wants to get an award, but in fact, he can go back and forth like some literary awards.

It is a pity that the Ghana Film Festival is called the Ghana International Film Festival and it has become a world-renowned film festival because it faces the fairness and justice of the world.

As a world-renowned top international film festival, the Ghana Film Festival has always maintained an extremely noble character-they do not see the commercial value of a film, do not see the nationality of a director, and conduct the selection impartially and fairly.

Even if there are many French people in the jury, the chairman is an authentic French director Jacob.

In order to avoid suspicion, they seldom award awards to local French films except for a few French films that are recognized as excellent by everyone.

For the directors of France, this is really an aggrieved thing.

There is no home court advantage at home, just like a lot of people shouting the Lakers championship in the Warriors' home court.

Aggrieved!

Although it is very unfair to French directors, this approach of the Ghana Film Festival has also won the trust of filmmakers all over the world.At least they don't have to worry about their films being judged in France. When the two are equal, they will inevitably lose to the local movies.

The selection rules of the Ghana Film Festival are actually very simple. Any independent film can participate in the selection, and from these independent films, the most thoughtful films are selected.

Most movies shot in Hollywood are called commercial movies.These movies are made to make money. The audience can shoot them as they like them, and shoot them as they please.Most of these films have no nutrition and no connotation, and the director's ideas cannot be conveyed to the audience through the film.

The so-called independent film is not to cater to the audience's preferences, not to consider the market, but to express the director's own thoughts to the maximum.

Like many films of Jia Zhangke, like many literary and artistic films, many audiences can't watch them, but they are able to win awards again and again, precisely because these films themselves transmit certain ideas of the director.

The "Resident Evil" filmed by Su Ye is, strictly speaking, a commercial movie.

But who makes this world without "zombies" this type of film!

A brand-new type of film that will definitely attract the world's attention, whether it is a commercial film or not, it will leave a strong mark on the film festival.

As for winning... Su Ye looked very open.

Spear's driver drove Su Ye and Su Qingxue into the small town of Ghana.

There are many small towns in Europe. These towns are nestled together and operate independently. It is a unique landscape different from China.

Ghana is part of the Alpes-Maritimes province and is near Nice International Airport.This coastal town has nearly five kilometers of coastal beaches, lush palm trees everywhere, beautiful flowers exuding fragrance between the cities, and white modern buildings echoing classical architecture.Whenever night comes, you can see the peace and beauty in the brilliant lights.

A few years ago, Ghana was just an ordinary town, but now, because the Ghana International Film Festival was established here, Ghana is world-famous.

Incidentally, in addition to movies, Ghana is also famous for its distinctive post-modern advertising design.

Su Qingxue looked out of the car window.At this time, this small town was already full of people who were far overloaded.She looked at the pedestrians passing by and found that many people were carrying a huge sleeping bag behind them, as if they were coming to this small town in Ghana to "survive in the wild".

"Dad, why do you think those people are carrying sleeping bags?" Su Qingxue pulled La Suye's sleeve and asked.

"What else is it because the housing prices here are too dark." Su Ye said casually, "The more popular tourist attractions, the higher the price. Isn't this common sense?"

"This is not domestic..."

"The moon abroad is not so round."

Su Ye looked at the people carrying sleeping bags and explained to Su Qingxue: “The film festival is about to begin soon. A global international film festival like this will definitely attract film fans from all over the world. The hotel rooms are not enough. In addition, the hotels here are very expensive. Many people simply sleep on the street with their sleeping bags. Ghana is not too cold at night anyway."

"You have no place to live and are so persistent?" Su Qingxue couldn't understand.

"Did you forget that a fan spent the night at the airport to pick up the plane?" Su Ye reminded Su Qingxue, "The craziest person in the world is either a believer or a fan.

"Fans, to a certain extent, are no different from believers."

"Su, what you said is very reasonable." Suddenly, Spear, who had not spoken before, interrupted.

Su Ye raised her eyebrows: "You can speak Chinese?"

He and Su Qingxue have been speaking Chinese just now.

"I can listen to a general idea, but I can't speak and write." Spear smiled. "I have taught myself many languages. Only the language of China makes me feel that it is difficult to start."

He paused, and then said: "It seems that you know Ghana well, so I won't have to introduce you to it. Wait for a while and get to the official room for you. Take a good night's rest. You can perform well in the opening ceremony tomorrow. ."

Spear's words clearly implied Su Ye.

"When you say that, I want to go to the hotel to rest right now." Su Ye smiled.