Daddy Academy

Chapter 2779 Golden Bear Award for Best Short Film
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When Zhang Tan showed up with a group of children, applause and cheers rang out on the red carpet of the film festival. After watching the movies in the past few days, some people still recognized them.

"Liuliu--Liuliu, look here!!!"

Someone was shouting in the crowd. Dudu was the first to hear it. He quickly locked onto Zhu Xiaojing in the crowd and pointed her out to Liuliu.

"That's your mother."

Liuliu looked and saw that it was indeed Mother Zhu squeezed in the crowd with a camera hanging around her neck.

Liuliu waved happily at Zhu's mother: "Don't let anyone steal your wallet!"

Liuliu's care is always so unique.

Zhang Tan told her group of girlfriends: "Don't be nervous, just follow us, smile, wave to everyone, and pretend you know each other well."

Xiao Bai also said: "Liuli, stop shaking, what are you shaking for?"

"I'm not shaking! I'm just exercising after eating." Liuliu insisted.

Xiaobai said: "Look at Chengcheng, she's not nervous at all, like a little fairy."

Everyone looked at Cheng Cheng. Cheng Cheng was extremely calm. She wouldn't wave her hands. She put her hands behind her back, looked left and right leisurely, and was very curious about these screaming foreigners.

She really wasn't nervous at all. It was a result of her years of practice.

Unlike Cheng Cheng, Xiwawa waves very diligently and looks at everyone as if he sees a relative.

Xiaomi was a little nervous. She stayed close to Xiaobai and didn't dare to look around.

Xiaobai pulled a photo out of his pocket and held it in front of his chest.

Xiaomi leaned over to look at the photo. It was a photo of Xiao Xiaobai drinking milk powder. He asked Xiaobai what he was doing.

Xiao Bai said: "We can't have Xiao Xiao Bai without this event, no one can be missing."

Holding up Xiao Xiaobai's photo, they showed that they were with Xiao Xiaobai.

Seeing this, Xier also quickly took out the staring little caterpillar. Robin had given it to her before she came, saying that it was to represent her at the award ceremony.

She pinched it from time to time, and the little caterpillar's eyes widened continuously.

Liuliu reminded everyone: "Mother Zhu is taking pictures, please behave better."

Everyone did as they were told, squeezed together, held hands and put their arms around each other's shoulders, allowing Mother Zhu to take beautiful photos of them.

Dudu held the little beauty doll and urged everyone to hurry up: "There are foreigners catching up with us from behind. We can't let them catch up."

The next wave of guests has already walked onto the red carpet. Dudu's desire to win has exploded. She won't let anyone catch up with her no matter what. On the contrary, she really wants to catch up with the foreigners in front of her.

"Huh? There's a little girl behind us!" Xier discovered the magic.

Everyone looked back and saw a few foreigners behind them. Xiaobai looked down on their attire.

Behind these foreigners, a man and a woman appeared with a little girl.

The key point is that they all look Asian, but I don’t know if they are Chinese.

Zhang Tan also saw it and told them: "They are Chinese too, just like us."

"Huh? How come I didn't know that?" Xiaobai asked. There were actually children like them coming from China.

Zhang Tan hasn't seen these compatriots in the past few days, but he saw an introduction about them through the film festival event newspapers, and the short film they shot was also nominated.

Yes, they were also nominated for short films.

"Should we wait for them?" Xiaobai asked.

Zhang sighed and said, "Let's walk the red carpet first and then wait for them in the hall."

"Yes~"

After walking along the long red carpet and standing in front of the golden hall, Zhang Tan and others stopped and waited for their compatriots to come.

"Hi~~~"

Xiaobai waved and greeted the little girl who was walking towards him.

The little girl was a little shy, and her face was red, which was stained from walking on the red carpet just now.

When she saw Xiaobai and the others and heard the same Mandarin, she felt immediately at home and waved to say hello.

"Are you from China too?" asked the little girl.

"We are, and you too?" Xier asked enthusiastically.

At the same time, Zhang Tan was also talking to a man and a woman who were traveling with him.

"Director Zhang, I've heard of your great name for a long time."

The woman stretched out her hand and shook hands with Zhang Tan. Her surname was also Zhang and she was a director. The short film she shot this time was also nominated, and the little girl next to her was the heroine of the short film!

Zhang Tan knew them, of course, as there was a profile of them in the film festival publication. Because they were both Chinese, both were nominated for short films, and both had little girls as the female leads, these similarities made them feel that they were destined to be together.

However, Zhang Tan did not know this female director Zhang before. She was an independent filmmaker and relatively unknown.

While they were talking, a staff member guided them into the Golden Hall and the two sides had to separate.

"I wish you win the prize." Xiaobai shouted to the girl named Xiaoqi.

Xiao Qi turned around and waved at them.

Zhang Tan looked around and found that the people next to them were the main creative team of the opening film "Your Eyes". Both sides nodded in greeting. They knew each other but were not familiar with each other.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the closing ceremony of the film festival officially began.

According to the process of the award ceremony, there is a warm-up show first, the host opens the show, and then the awards begin.

There are many awards at the film festival, and the titles are so varied that it is difficult for outsiders to tell their importance.

The first awards were presented in the New Generation Unit, and the first to be announced was the Best Short Film of the International Jury of the New Generation Children's Unit.

Zhang Tan was particularly concerned because "The Other Shoe" shot by Xiaobai and her team had the greatest hope of winning this award.

Xiaobai and the others were confused and had no idea what the upcoming award had to do with them.

But unfortunately, the award-winning short film was "Summer Period", which Zhang Tan had seen. It tells the story of a little boy getting a haircut.

Zhang Tan felt very sorry, but he was not discouraged. Not winning this award did not mean that he had no chance of winning the next award.

There are two awards in the New Generation Unit. The other one is the Crystal Bear Award Special Mention Award for Feature Films in the New Generation Youth Unit, which was won by an Italian film.

The next award was for the Adventure category, and the first to be presented was the Special Mention Short Film Award, which was won by a French film called "All About Me."

Next up is the Short Film Jury Prize.

"The winner is: Dog Day Afternoon."

Zhang Tan quickly reminded Xiao Bai and the others: "It was Xiao Qi who won the prize."

"Clam?"

"Let me see."

"Where where?"

"Don't pull me."

……

Everyone rushed to look, stretching their necks to look forward, and sure enough, they saw the three people they had met on the red carpet just now, including the little girl Xiao Qi.

At this moment, they stood up and waved to everyone around them in thanks.

The female director stood up and walked towards the stage. When she passed by Zhang Tan's table, Xiaobai and the others waved and greeted her enthusiastically.

"Good job, sister!"

The female director waved to them in thanks and walked onto the stage in her high heels.

Liuliu waved at Xiaoqi and whispered, "You go up too, go up! Hey, why don't you go up! You're at a loss~~~"

Dudu pulled her back and told her to stop talking.

What does this say?

Liuliu was indignant: "Why don't we kids go up to receive the award? Why are only the adults allowed to go up? Humph!"

Dudu said: "He is the director."

“Is the director more important than me, the lead actor?”

“Bigger than the lead actor.”

"…You betrayed me, Toot."

The short film in which a girl named Xiao Qi participated is called "Hot Afternoon", which tells the story of a six-year-old girl named Xiao Qi. (PS: This short film actually exists and won the Special Mention Award for Short Films this year)
Zhu Xiaojing had a press pass and also entered the Golden Hall. She had a seat assigned by the organizers. She was holding a camera and taking pictures. She didn't expect that a short film from China would also win an award. If "The Other Shoe" could also win the award, it would be a great story.

Director Zhang was extremely excited standing on the podium. Perhaps she had never thought that she would win the award. For a little-known director like her, this was the greatest recognition she could receive.

I hope this award will help her future career as a director.

After expressing her gratitude, she walked down the podium and returned to the crowd. Next, the Golden Bear Award for Best Short Film was presented.

The award was presented by an actress from Hollywood. Zhang Tan can be said to have grown up watching her movies. If nothing unexpected happens, she should win the Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement this year.

"The winner of the Golden Bear for Best Short Film is..."

She opened the card and read it, her eyes sweeping over Zhang Tan's table.

At the same time, Xier was translating for her friends.

“The Other Shoe, China.”

(End of this chapter)