College response: The judges are all very professional, and the female student who paid 300000 yuan to shoot works refused to receive the third prize. The third prize | Plot | Judges
On the afternoon of June 19th, Qingdao Film Academy held the 2023 graduation joint project "Golden Elephant Award" award ceremony, presenting 8 individual awards including Best Director Award and Best Production Award, as well as 4 unit awards including Drama Short Film and Documentary Award. Among them, a third prize winner in the Drama Short Film category did not recognize the position and abandoned the award on site.
The woman finally put down her certificate and trophy before leaving.
According to the video provided by the official Weibo account of Qingdao Film Academy, on that day, most of the winners stepped on stage and withdrew from the right side of the stage. A girl walked towards the left side of the stage and took the microphone from the host's hand, saying, "I am the director of the 18th grade film" Blowing Small Mountains and Rivers ". Today, I came back specifically to experience the Golden Elephant Awards ceremony. This film received a third prize with great care, which was quite unexpected. The team worked very hard to shoot and produce it. I personally spent more than 300000 yuan, and the school contributed a portion. Winning the third prize is not acceptable to me... I hope the audience and judges will take a good look at my film."
"It's not just empty talk. I have already won many awards internationally, such as A-class nominations, but I didn't receive recognition from the school. It's a pity today," she said.
The reporter noticed that during this period, the host approached and whispered, "This matter can be discussed privately." The girl then said, "I will continue to love my movie, I will continue to shoot, and I will stick to my own ideas, but I cannot receive this award today." After putting down the certificate and trophy, she left.
According to the school's explanation, the "Golden Elephant Award" award ceremony was jointly held for the 2022 and 2023 graduation joint assignments. A total of 61 films were produced for the two graduation joint assignments, including 36 feature films, 13 documentaries, and 12 animated films. Some films won major awards at important domestic and international events such as the 2023 OSFF Youth Short Film Exhibition, the 22nd Beijing Film Academy Animation Academy Award, and the 11th China University Television Festival.
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The list of winners shows that "Blowing the Small Mountains and Rivers" won the third prize in the plot short film category in the 2022 graduation joint project, with 2 people winning the first prize, 2 people winning the second prize, and 3 people winning the third prize in this unit.
According to information from Qingdao Film Academy, the "Golden Elephant Award" is a special award set up for graduates. Through the screening and evaluation of joint assignments, outstanding works are selected and commended in the form of awards. The school invests more than 2 million yuan annually to support graduates in filming graduation joint assignments.
In a report by Red Star News on June 20th, staff from Qingdao Film Academy responded to this matter by stating that the judges and teachers are all quite professional, and the scores given are worthy of recognition. But if I feel it's not appropriate, it's her own will.
The reporter noticed that on June 20th, a large number of comments flooded into the works of "Blowing the Wind of the Small Mountains and Rivers". Some people say that the film portrays the real-life theme of left behind children as "bitter and bitter", making it lively, beautiful, and full of childlike fun. It is very creative and cool. Some people have also pointed out that the film has a strong student spirit and many ideas, but they have only scratched the surface, but it would be better to delve deeper.
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