Interview with Xiaojun Zhang and Wei Yi： the golden partner who produced and played by himself.

　 　 1905 movie network news　The 6th icff is in full swing in Sydney and Melbourne. The final winners of the Golden Dragon Award, the main competition unit of the film festival, will be officially announced at the closing ceremony in Melbourne on the evening of November 29th. However, before the award ceremony, the organizing committee has given several "special" awards to attract the audience’s attention, including the best supporting actress award and the best newcomer actor award of the organizing committee, which were won by Wei Yi and Xiaojun Zhang, the male and female leading actors respectively.

　 　 Wei Yi was once known as the "Little Witch of the East" because of her exquisite magic. In recent years, she has performed well in many movies, such as "Graduation Year: Breaking Up Season". In the latest movie, she is not only one of the heroines, but also plays the role of a film producer, and the change of her identity brings her more fresh horizons. Xiaojun Zhang, a "newcomer" uncle who became attached to Wei Yi’s acting career, was originally a businessman. Because he loved movies and devoted himself to acting, he won the first actor award in icff this time and said frankly that he felt "good".

　 　 1905 Film Network interviewed two award-winning actors who are also investors and producers, to learn more about their feelings of winning the prize in icff and their future performing arts planning with all-round development.

　 　 1905 Movie Network: Wei Yigang won the Best Supporting Actress of the Organizing Committee. This is the sixth time that you have won the actor award at the International Film Festival. What do you think is the difference between this award and the previous one?

　 　 Wei Yi: I’m very happy to win this award. I think the biggest difference for me personally is that this is my first time as a independent filmmakers film, so I feel very happy.

　 　 1905 Movie Network: Xiaojun Zhang also won the Best Newcomer Actor Award from the Organizing Committee. Does it feel good to win the award for the first time?

　 　 Wei Yi: (Interrupting) Actually, I feel particularly embarrassed (laughing) because I just said on the stage last night that this was my sixth time to win the prize, and then he (referring to Xiaojun Zhang) said it was my first time to win the prize as soon as he took the stage, which made the audience at the bottom happy all the time. In fact, I am very grateful to him, because "Graduation Year: Break-up Season" also participated in the investment in the film, and I congratulate him very much on winning the award.

　 　 Xiaojun Zhang: For the first time, it must feel good. Because I have never won an award, I am a cross-border person. I was a dramatic actor when I was 12 years old, and then I became a singer, and then I went into business for 20 years. The chance to meet the film again lit all my dreams, so I made six plays in one year, which is the third one I made. I hope I can win more awards in the future after hard work.

　 　 1905 Movie Network: How did you become such best friends now?

　 　 Xiaojun Zhang: Thank you very much, Wei Yi. I was very nervous when I was filming for the first time. At that time, I was about to be photographed in a military uniform. No director told me how to act. Anyway, it was invested by our company, and they dared not say me. Later, when I was wondering what to do, Wei Yi gave me great encouragement. She said that you can rest assured that you can definitely perform well in this state today. In fact, most of the time, as a newcomer, the most important thing is encouragement and praise. After that, it got better and better. After the third play, it was basically no problem. I later gave myself a name called "chapter one", which basically passed one by one.

　 　 1905 Film Network: icff itself plays an important role in promoting Sino-Australian film cooperation. As producers and investors, what do you think of Sino-foreign film cooperation?

　 　 Xiaojun Zhang: I just finished making a film called "Happy for a Long Time", which was co-produced with Taiwan Province and just finished. The next play was originally planned to be filmed in Thailand. I saw the scenery in Australia during this time, and I want to shoot in Sydney again (laughs). Perhaps because I am a newcomer, I am curious about everything I see, especially the beautiful scenery, and I will think of what kind of script to conceive in the next play.

　 　 1905 Movie Network: How did you come into contact with the movie project "Happy for a long time"?

　 　 Xiaojun Zhang: Actually, I met the director by chance.

　 　 Wei Yi: She was able to receive the play Taiwan Province, which happened to be the premiere of "The Break-up Season in the Year of Graduation" in Beijing. Xiaojun Zhang sang a song on the stage, and then after the press conference, the director didn’t like women and men. He came to Xiaojun Zhang and said, We have a film that is in tune with Taiwan Province. Are you interested?

　 　 Xiaojun Zhang: Yes, the director said that many young people like uncles very much now. That "Happy for a Long Time" was originally about a young boss pursuing a college student. Later, after seeing me, he changed the script and changed it into an uncle to pursue a college student. I filmed in Taiwan Province for 15 days, and a few days in Chongqing. The play should be released in April next year, and now it will be shown in the BRIC countries first. For me, there are more and more opportunities now.