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When Joel Cohen announced that the feature films of the Audience Award belonged to Shining America, even Ethan, who was standing next to Joel, cast a sorry look in the direction of Lance, but Lance still had a look on his face. Standing up with a smile, I sincerely gave my applause to Harvey Baker and Paul Giamatti.

Before the awards ceremony, people's attention was mainly focused on several works such as City of God, Whale Rider, Glorious America, Spiritual Station, and Fang Ling Thirteen, all of which are considered to be tonight's A popular choice for winning prizes. Objectively speaking, City of God is most likely to win the Audience Award, which not only represents the hot pursuit of the audience in the past few days, but also the affirmation of Lance on the stage of Sundance.

With the announcement of the awards, Soul Station won the screenwriter award, and Whale Rider dominated the world unit of the Audience Award. In this way, the two most powerful competitors of City of God have already gained something, making the possibility of City of God winning the Audience Award for feature films skyrocketed.

But it still lost to the acclaimed Shining America.

Lance's high-hanging heart slowly fell down. The light disappointment was like a discouraged ball, flattening down bit by bit. The feeling of hanging in mid-air was not uncomfortable, but it seemed to be blocked in one breath. It's in my chest, I can't press it down, and I can't spit it out.

Lance will not hypocritically say that he is not disappointed, nor will he say that he does not care. Although City of God has successfully found a distribution company, even if it does not win an award, there is no need to worry about distribution issues; It is very important for Lance to gain something at the film festival.

Not only because an award can win more attention for the film and add more chips to the success of the box office; but also because this is Lance's debut, this is the first time he has truly stood behind the camera and portrayed himself as a human being in two lifetimes. The screenplay turned into a movie. He needs that affirmation.

With a warm smile on his face, Lance clapped his hands and gave applause for Shining America. He concealed his emotions well, and exhaled lightly to calm down the tense emotions. However, the award ceremony of the film festival is going on at a very fast pace. The awards are one after another, and there is almost no breathing time. Before Lance has time to calm down, the final award will be awarded tonight.

Every year, the most important jury award at the Sundance Film Festival is presented by Robert Redford himself. The first announced documentary category belongs to Catch the Friedman Family, and the audience gave a standing ovation. Although My Flesh was well-received, before the awards ceremony tonight, Catch the Friedmans was already the most popular award-winning work. Without any suspense, it won the jury prize in the documentary department.

It will be followed by the Jury Prize in the Feature Film category.

The biggest hit before the awards ceremony is undoubtedly Shining America. This work not only leads the pack in the comprehensive score of the official show magazine, but also remains highly discussed among the audience. Tonight, Glorious America ​​defeated many popular works, and won the Audience Award in the feature film department, which is the best proof.

At this moment, all the audience held their breath, perhaps they were about to witness the birth of history: since the establishment of the Sundance Film Festival, it was the first time that a work could win both the Audience Award and the Jury Award.

Robert watched Catch the Friedmans director Andrew-Jarecki off the stage, then walked to the microphone again, chuckled, raised his right hand and waved envelope, Well, this moment has finally arrived, to announce the last award tonight. After this award is awarded, the 19th Sundance Film Festival will come to an end.

Robert's slightly regretful ridicule made the scene laugh out loud, As I said just now, this year's Sundance was very lively, and we once again enjoyed the demeanor of countless outstanding filmmakers. This is the luck of the audience. , is also our honor. Yesterday morning, a reporter from the New York Times mentioned in a chat with me, what is the work that impressed me the most? 'Catching the Friedmans' was one of my favourites, and I've been torn between four titles including it. So I told the reporter that, luckily, I didn't need One of the judges who made the decision.

The so-called jury award is an award selected by collective votes of six judges, and the judges will be changed every year. In this regard, the selection mechanism of Sundance and the three major European film festivals is the same.

There was another chuckle at the scene, Robert paused, and waved the envelope in his hand again, Now, I will enjoy my privilege and be the first to take a look at this touching answer. Then he did what he said , lowered his head and opened the envelope directly, and saw the answer inside, Oh... so it's this one. Robert did not whet the appetite of the audience like the award ceremony, and raised his head with a big smile, First of all, I must declare , this award-winning work is my personal favorite, and it is my honor to have it at this year's Sundance.

Robert's short but sincere words made everyone on the scene hold their breath involuntarily. Even if Robert didn't deliberately create suspense, the suspense still rose uncontrollably.

Lance thought his nervousness had calmed down, but at this moment his heart was still constricted suddenly, and the restlessness and uneasiness that was extremely tense was almost breathless. The winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 19th Sundance Film Festival is, Robert's voice made Lance's muscles completely stiff, and the waiting time was even more painful than the moment of failure, 'The God of God city'.

Huh... finally revealed the answer. Lance only felt that all the muscles in his body relaxed.

But then, Papa Papa, applause broke out immediately, Joel Cohen stood up first, clapped his hands vigorously, and sincerely congratulated Lance, followed by Ethan - Cohen, Paul Giamatti, Harvey Baker, then Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein... everyone stood up one after another, applauding collectively, it was calm a second ago The sea, in an instant, ushered in an earthquake of magnitude 7. The entire sea was full of mountains and tsunamis, and the waves were rough. Everyone stood up one after another, and the blackness made people have a ridiculous illusion of the end of the world.

The winner is, City of God.

This idea illuminated Lance's entire mind like lightning, and the whole world brightened in an instant. Lance couldn't help but clenched his hands tightly into fists, and all the muscles that had just been relaxed tensed up again in an instant, excited. , Excitement, happiness, happiness, shock, trembling, and other emotions flooded him like a tsunami, and all the thoughts in his brain were mixed up. Started to tremble.

Percy and Hayden, who were sitting next to each other, raised their fists high, jumped up on their chairs, and cheered excitedly. Alexander, Leonardo and other children were a little slow to react, and then they Realizing that their work had won an award, they all stared dumbfounded at the standing applause, and then stood up one after another, and danced enthusiastic samba in response to the rhythm, which turned the scene into a sea of ​​joy in an instant.

Lance stood up, trying to suppress the turbulent waves in his heart, and then walked towards the stage. One step at a time.

It was only fifteen steps away from the audience to the stage, but it was so far away for Lance, as if he had entered the world of Lancelot from Li Jin's world, and then walked into the world from his previous life. In this life, this road is really too far away. Countless times he raised his head but couldn't see the sunshine above him at all. Countless times he looked at the turbulent crowd around him but was at a loss. Countless times he wanted to give up, but … He persevered, and at the end of the trek, he finally got to the stage and took the trophy from Robert.

Robert gave Lance a big hug, and whispered in his ear, Congratulations! When you get back, thank Ian for me. A word made Lance laugh heartily.

Lance looked down at the trophy in his hand, a transparent rhombus-shaped trophy, which looked plain, as if it was a trophy awarded by a high school speech contest. But the weight of the trophy on his heart was so heavy that he couldn't even breathe smoothly.

Looking up, Lance looked at the children celebrating under the stage, waved his hands, and said in Portuguese, What are you waiting for, come up and have a carnival together. After getting approval, the children rushed up, Percy and Hayden also trotted onto the stage, each face filled with unbelievable joy and brightness, illuminating the entire stage.

Lance looked back at the people behind him, the smile on the corner of his mouth was like a flower blooming in the morning, stained with cold dew, reflecting the warm sunshine, as if waking up the whole world, Thank you, thank you Robert, thank you Sundance, Thank you viewers for your love for 'City of God'. Lance's fiery brain slowly cooled down, trying to sort out his thoughts and give an award acceptance speech, but this is obviously not an easy task, shooting The process of this movie is so amazing, but also so bad, I swear I don't want to go through the whole thing again.

Everyone at the scene was amused by Lance's words. Even though Lance was trying to control his emotions, his slightly trembling fingertips still revealed the surge in his heart, But I must admit that I am very glad that I walked by Fortunately, I have these friends to accompany me. So, if I do it all over again... Lance suddenly paused, let out a long breath, and smiled, Oh right, I don't need to do it all over again.

Everyone at the scene burst into laughter, and Paul, who was standing under the stage, whistled directly and took the lead in booing.

Finally, I would like to thank the people who helped during the filming of this film, thank you everyone! Lance raised the trophy in his hand and said loudly, Sundance, I have been here!

The 19th Sundance Film Festival came to an end, and a director named Lancelot Strelo was born!