Silver bear award

The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 4th to 14th. Films from more than 70 countries were screened in various sections, making it a global film event.

The festival’s opening ceremony was held in late winter, with a star-studded red carpet.

Unlike previous years when Chinese films did not shine brightly at the Berlin Film Festival, this year there were three Chinese films shortlisted for the main competition section of the Berlin Film Festival, and another 11 Chinese films were screened in other sections. It could be said that Chinese films shined brightly at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.

Correspondingly, there were a lot of Chinese movie stars walking the red carpet this year.

Han Yuan walked the red carpet with Lu Yan. This was their second time walking the red carpet together after the Hong Kong Film Awards. The last time they walked together, they were both candidates for the Best Actor. This time, Lu Yan’s status remained the same, while Han Yuan became a special judge of this year’s film festival.

The two male idols drew screams as soon as they appeared. The madness of the fans at the scene almost blew the roof off. The shouts of “Be together, be together” echoed throughout the venue again.

Although Lu Yan was nominated for the role of Wang Xuance this time, the fact that he walked the red carpet with Han Yuan reminded fans of Ji You. And now, it has only been three months since Lu Yan won the Best Actor Award at the Golden bell Awards for his role as Ji You.

After walking the red carpet, the reporters took pictures and gave interviews as usual. The two movie stars stood together with great generosity, which made the photographers shine. The questions in the interview also revolved around the film festival.

“Mr. Lu, this is your third nomination at a major film festival this year, and you won the previous two awards. Are you equally confident about this award?”

Lu Yan smiled and said, “I can’t say for sure. As I said before, I certainly hope to win the award, but whether I can win it depends on fate and the judges’ opinions.”

“Speaking of the judges, it seems that Mr. Han is one of the special judges this time. Would it be suspected that you are trying to curry favor with the judges by walking the red carpet together now?”

Lu Yan smiled and said, “If I can win a prize by pleasing the judges, I hope every judge will give me a chance to please them.”

The reporter turned to Han Yuan and asked, “Will Mr. Han take personal relationships into consideration when judging?”

Han Yuan answered very seriously, “I will definitely uphold the principle of fairness and select the best actor in my mind. Although I have a good relationship with Lu Yan in private, if I see an actor who is better than him in the judging panel, I will definitely not consider personal friendship and choose him. But at the same time, if I think Lu Yan is the best among the nominated actors, I won’t avoid choosing him to escape suspicion.”

The reporter laughed and said, “Actor Han is still so serious.”

Then he threw the question to Lu Yan, “Mr. Lu won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival more than two years ago. How do you feel now compared to then?”

“Honestly, I’m much more nervous now than I was then. Like most people, I also think that winning the Best Actor award that time was more of a matter of luck, so I didn’t have much of an obsession with whether or not I would win. I feel very honored to be able to work with Director Chen this time. I’m very confident that “The Legend of Wang Xuance” will win the Golden Bear Award, but if I don’t win the Silver Bear Award, it means that I haven’t met Director Chen’s requirements. But no matter what, I will keep trying.”

“Thank you very much for accepting our interview. Phoenix Entertainment Network reports for you.”

After the opening ceremony, there would be a ten-day event, including the main competition and other events. Filmmakers from all over the world gather here to exchange ideas and promote the improvement of film art.

During these ten days, Lu Yan lingered around the venue, interacted with filmmakers from different countries and regions, watched excellent films from all over the world, and immersed himself in the world of film art, feeling like a fish in water.

Time like this always passes very quickly, and time quickly pushes forward to the last day.

On February 14th, local time, the awards ceremony for the Berlin Film Festival competition unit was held in early spring. Although it was freezing cold outside, the ceremony site was warm as spring.

The Berlin Film Festival values ​​individual artistic style, as can be seen from the films that have been nominated and won awards over the years. The judges also come from all over the world, trying to make its selection method more fair and just.

Chen Li was a director with a strong personal style. He was best at shooting stories with a strong sense of history, especially biographies, full of romantic heroic colors. His last Golden Bear-winning work “Wei Qing” was such a movie. And this time, his nominated film “The Biography of Wang Xuance” had brought out his personal style to the extreme. It was no wonder that this year, the Chinese film industry had three films nominated, and the most popular one was still his.

The procedure of the Berlin Film Festival awards ceremony is similar to that of other film festivals. The most prestigious Golden Bear Award is presented last, while the Silver Bear Award is presented earlier.

The guest presenting the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor this time was Han Yuan. When he appeared, everyone seemed to have a premonition and their eyes turned to Lu Yan. Lu Yan still had a smile on his face, but only those who knew him well knew that his smile had become a little stiff because of nervousness.

Fortunately, Han Yuan was not a person who liked to keep people in suspense. He was usually not good at livening up the atmosphere. However, a few dry jokes he made after coming on stage caused laughter from the audience.

Before Lu Yan had time to relax in the laughter, he was nervous again because Han Yuan had already started to announce the final result, “I am honored and happy to announce that the winner of the 73rd Silver Bear Award for Best Actor is Mr. Lu Yan from China.”

When Lu Yan walked up to the podium, he was still a little dazed until Han Yuan smiled and handed him the Silver Bear Award trophy. Han Yuan smiled and congratulated him, and Lu Yan shook hands with him while accepting the trophy. When the two hugged, there was still applause at the scene.

Lu Yan calmed down, walked to the microphone, and began another important award speech in his life, “Thank you, Chairman and judges, thank you for giving me this award. Thank you, Director Chen Li, thank you for making such a good movie, thank you for giving me the opportunity to create a hero like Wang Xuance. I know that I can stand here this year, in fact, it is because of him.”

At this point, Lu Yan smiled, and there was laughter at the scene. He continued, “Before flying to Berlin, I told someone that I hope to get this award. After getting this award, I will announce something. Today is February 14th, Valentine’s Day in the West, and in our hometown, today is a more important day, New Year’s Eve. After today, the new year will really come, so today’s award is the best New Year’s gift I have received. But before midnight, it is still this year. This year is the most important year in my life, not only because, in this year, I have successively won the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, the Best Actor Award at the Golden bell Awards, and today, the Best Actor Award at the Silver Bear Awards. As an actor, I am lucky, and as a man, I am even luckier. Because before the new year comes, the person I love the most and I have gone from being lovers to being a family. “

Lu Yan smiled and raised his left hand, revealing the sparkling ring on his ring finger. “Yes, I’m married. Although we can’t spend this New Year’s Eve together for some reasons, we still have ten, twenty, thirty, and more New Year’s Eves to spend together. We can also welcome countless new years together. For me, this is the most important thing.”

Lu Yan ended his acceptance speech with another affectionate gaze. It was unknown whether his fans would be heartbroken or moved after watching this video tomorrow.

But the award ceremony continued until “The Biography of Wang Xuance” won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film.

As soon as the award ceremony was over, all the winners were surrounded by a large number of media reporters. Lu Yan, Han Yuan and Chen Li were the main targets of the Chinese reporters.

The interview with Chen Li mainly focused on the award-winning film “The Biography of Wang Xuance”, but this was not the first time that Chen Li had won an international award. The questions in such interviews were similar and the answers were also very precise.

The most important thing about Han Yuan’s interview was that he was the special judge this year, but he awarded Lu Yan the Best Actor Award. One reporter asked very directly, “Mr. Han, at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Lu Yan won the Best Actor Award from you. Tonight, you personally presented him the Silver Bear Award. How do you feel?”

Han Yuan’s answer was as serious as ever. “First of all, the Golden bell Award that Lu Yan won was not taken away from me, but was voted for by fans. As for tonight’s award, as I said before, he deserves it. I can tell you clearly that my vote was cast for Lu Yan, because I recognize that he is the best among all the nominees this year. As for being able to present the award to him personally, I am very happy. There is no doubt that Lu Yan is one of the best actors.”

In addition to his thoughts on winning the Best Actor award again, the interview with Lu Yan focused more on his marriage.

The reporters thought it would be better to ask Lu Yan directly, “Mr. Lu, when did you get married?”

Lu Yan smiled and replied, looking particularly happy, “A month ago.”

“Can you tell me where you registered at the Civil Affairs Bureau?”

He continued smiling, “At the Dutch Embassy.”

There was a brief silence. Going to the Netherlands to get married has almost become synonymous with a certain situation. However, a reporter boldly asked, “Why do you have to go to the Netherlands to get married? Isn’t it too troublesome?”

“Because it’s not allowed in the country.” Lu Yan said while sighing in a serious manner, but his tone was as calm as if he was saying that the weather was bad today.

The reporters’ eyes and jaws dropped to the ground. What kind of rhythm was this?!

Lu Yan added another sentence, completely crushing the reporters’ attempts to fight back, “Yes, it’s just what you think. The person I married is a man.”

The reporters were speechless, stunned, wondering if they were hallucinating. What did the mainland actor just say? It seemed like he was saying that his lover was a man!

Although the reporters were speechless, the expressions on their faces were quite interesting. Seeing Lu Yan still calm and composed, they almost wanted to throw the microphone. Everyone was roaring in their hearts, “Sir, you are coming out of the closet, right? Just like that? How can you be so calm? What kind of a divine development is this? Be prepared first, dear!”

However, by the time the reporters had adjusted their minds and wanted to dig deeper, the person had already left. This time, someone actually threw the microphone.

As soon as Su Mo got off the plane, he hurriedly took a taxi to the award ceremony.

Although he also wanted to be with Lu Yan during the award ceremony, it happened to be New Year’s Eve. According to the tradition of the Su family, unless there was a special force majeure reason, the family dinner on New Year’s Eve must be attended, especially by the head of the family. Su Mo had the responsibility as the head of the Su family. Even if he wanted to be with his lover at an important moment, he would not easily break this rule.

However, as soon as the family dinner was over, he took a private plane to Berlin at night. However, the journey took eight hours after all, and when he arrived in Berlin it was already 11 o’clock at night, and the award ceremony should have been over long ago.

Even so, Su Mo still stubbornly rushed to the scene.

Sure enough, when we arrived at the awards ceremony, the venue was already empty and deserted. Su Mo lowered his head in disappointment, sighed, and walked out slowly, taking out his cell phone and making a call as he walked.

When the voice on the phone rang, he also heard the familiar incoming call music on the other party’s phone.

Su Mo raised his head suddenly, and saw Lu Yan walking towards him with a smile, holding a glowing cell phone in the dim light.

Su Mo’s heart suddenly tensed up, and his voice was still filled with a slight gasp after running fast, “What happened?”

He was still on the plane when the result was revealed, and then he hurried here, without even having time to update the news.

Lu Yan said nothing, but raised the Silver Bear Trophy he had been holding in his hand, and the smile on his lips gradually widened.

Su Mo instantly relaxed, breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, slowly walked over, hugged him tightly, and whispered, “Congratulations, Berlin Film Emperor!”