According to Tinh Dao Daily, in early September, the movie Phong Than 1 won the Best Genre Film award at the Artistic Contribution Awards – a film event held in Venice at the same time as the 80th Venice Film Festival. Director Wu’er Thien directly attended the ceremony. The crew then updated a new poster of the film with information confirming the work won an award at this prestigious international film festival.

Phong Than 1 crew received a film award at a hotel in Venice

Phong Than 1 crew updated information on the homepage about the film winning an award at the 80th Venice Film Festival
However, many film critics in China later pointed out the crew’s award Phong Than 1 not part of the main activities of the Venice Film Festival. This is just a local event that takes place in parallel with this international event. Many people searched for information on the festival’s homepage and discovered it Phong Than 1 did not appear in any official award categories this year. Since then, many netizens have said that the Chinese team did not come to Italy to compete for the award, but only to promote and attract attention.
A film critic in China said there were about 30 film crews and individuals like the crew Phong Than 1 Attended the Artistic Contribution Awards ceremony. The event took place at a hotel near the halls holding the main activities of the film festival. At this year’s Venice Film Festival, only 13 award categories within the festival framework were awarded.
Information about the team Phong Than 1 It attracted even more attention when the organizers of the Venice Film Festival announced that there were many units taking advantage of the event’s reputation to organize small film awards in this city, causing many people to confuse them with the events. The main prize is awarded within the framework of the festival. Specifically, Spanish actor Gabriel Guevara was arrested by Italian police for sexual assault immediately after receiving a similar award. The organizers then immediately spoke up: “The presence in Venice of actor Gabriel Guevara, whose arrest some newspapers reported, is not related to any activities or productions of the 80th Venice International Film Festival.“.

The organizers of the Venice Film Festival spoke up about many units borrowing their reputation to organize sideline film events
Phong Than 1 is one of China’s most successful recent blockbusters. The super product has a budget of up to 400 million USD (more than 9000 billion VND). In the near future, the project will continue to be released in many countries in Europe and America. According to the plan, the crew will produce two more sequels to the film. Many netizens compare this work to Lord of the Rings Chinese version because it has the same fantasy fiction theme and is heavily invested. Director Wu Er Thien invited companies and experts from Hollywood who have worked on large projects such as Star trek nice Star Wars to support the technical part.
According to QQ, Phong Than 1 considered the pinnacle of makeup and special effects in Chinese movies because of the complexity in shaping and the huge number of characters. The film has many grand scenes that require high precision, and details must also be meticulously edited.



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