Entertainment: God-level director

Every year in mid-April, the Cannes Film Festival announces its shortlist.

This year, the shortlist will be announced on April 17, and the specific time will be around 6 p.m.

At just five o'clock, Lin Ran was called to his office by Wang Haiyi, and they waited together for the announcement of the shortlist.

"Lin Ran, are you confident you will get the nomination?"

Wang Haiyi looked at Lin Ran expectantly.

"Hard to say."

Lin Ran shook his head, not sure.

As a film festival with huge global influence, the Cannes Film Festival has too many films submitted every year.

According to media reports, more than 1,800 films have been submitted this year.

Among them, there are definitely many excellent ones.

What's more, whether you can be shortlisted, in addition to your own quality, you must also consider the taste of the judges.

"Alas, yes, you are still young, so it doesn’t matter even if you are not shortlisted."

Wang Haiyi felt that he attached too much importance to the shortlisting, but put pressure on Lin Ran, so he pretended to be relaxed.

However, Wang Haiyi refreshed his Weibo from time to time, and it was obvious that he was not at peace.

In this short film, he also paid He put in a lot of effort to help contact actors, venues, apply for equipment, etc.

At the same time, as the first student he taught, if"The Tuner" could be shortlisted, it would be considered his. The results will also be of great help in future job evaluations.

Time passed unknowingly during the chat.

It was finally six o'clock.

Wang Haiyi immediately refreshed his Weibo.

After 5 minutes, he continued to refresh, but there was still no news. Media reports.

After 10 minutes, there are still no relevant reports.

"Why hasn't it been announced yet?"

Wang Haiyi said a little impatiently

"Teacher Wang, don’t worry……"

"Out!"

Before Lin Ran finished speaking, Wang Haiyi refreshed his mind again and saw Sina Entertainment's report:

"【Nomination list for the 67th Cannes Film Festival announced] On April 17th, Capital Time, #Cannes International Film Festival # Director Gilles Jacobs and Artistic Director Thierry Fremaux announced this year’s shortlist.

There are more than 1,800 films registered for this film festival, and more than 50 films have been selected.

"Return" by Chinese director Zhang Yimou was shortlisted for the Out-of-Competition Screening Unit, and"Fantasia" directed by Wang Chao was shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard unit.

"The Tuner" by Nortel directing student Lin Ran was shortlisted for the best short film section, becoming the only Chinese film shortlisted for the Cannes competition this year."

"Lin Ran, you are shortlisted!!!"

Seeing that"The Tuner" was shortlisted and became the only domestic film shortlisted for the Cannes competition this year, Wang Haiyi said excitedly.

Lin Ran also waved his fist excitedly.

This is the Cannes Film Festival, even if it is only a shortlisted, It also greatly improved Lin Ran's status in the industry.

More importantly, he could sell higher royalties!

Wang Haiyi immediately called Wang Rui to announce the good news.~~~

As for Lin Ran, his phone kept vibrating, and his classmates and friends were sending congratulations.

"Damn it, Brother Ran is awesome!"

"Lin Zi, congratulations on being shortlisted for the Cannes competition. Remember to treat me to a treat."

"Brother Ran, our"The Tuner" has been shortlisted for the Cannes Competition!"

"……"

There were too many messages, and Lin Ran couldn't reply to them all.

In the end, I just posted it directly on WeChat Moments:"Thank you everyone for your blessings. Now I'm just shortlisted, it's no big deal."

Soon, a bunch of people liked it.

Lin Ran then logged on to Weibo, ready to check out what was going on online.

After refreshing, the first Weibo post is Nortel’s official blog:

"Congratulations to Lin Ran, a senior student in the directing department of our school, for his graduation work"The Tuner" being shortlisted for the best short film unit. It has become the only Chinese film shortlisted for the Cannes competition unit this year. I hope that Lin Ran will produce more good works in the future."

"Thanks to the training of my alma mater, I will stay away from impatience and never forget my original intention."

Lin Ran forwarded it.

Then I continued to browse and found that it was not only reported by entertainment media, but also by many other media, such as Global Times, Observer, Financial Network, etc.

#The shortlist for the 67th Cannes Film Festival was announced #This topic quickly became a hot search topic.

But it is a pity that Lin Ran did not receive much attention and his number of fans did not increase. buzzing~~~

At this time, another WeChat message came.

Lin Ran opened it and saw that it was from Gu Linaza:"Ah ah ah, Lin Ran, you are great. I just saw on Weibo that your work was shortlisted for the Cannes competition."

"Hehe, brother has always been so awesome!

Lin Ran said something.

Gulinazha said:"Please treat me to dinner tonight to celebrate.""

"Have you gone back to school?"

"I'm about to get on the plane"

"Okay, send me a message when you get there."