1905 Film Network News The 26th Shanghai International Film Festival will kick off on June 14, 2024 and end on June 23, a total of 10 days. The Golden Goblet Ceremony and the Golden Goblet Awards Ceremony will be held at the Shanghai Grand Theater on the evening of June 15th and June 22nd respectively.
This year’s Shanghai International Film Festival launched a global call for films on December 15, 2023. As of March 31, it has received more than 3,300 entries and exhibitions from 105 countries and regions covering five continents. Among them, the number of films registered for the Golden Goblet Award main competition, Asian newcomers, documentaries, cartoons, and short films in five categories exceeds 2,300. New works by famous directors and new works produced by famous directors go hand in hand. The Shanghai International Film Festival is expected to announce the nominees for this year’s Golden Goblet Awards in May.
As the only international A-class film festival in China, the Shanghai International Film Festival is an important window for the outside world to perceive the development signals of Chinese films. In 2023, the Belt and Road Film Festival Alliance, initiated and established by the Shanghai International Film Festival, was selected into the results list of the third Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum. In 2024, the second golden decade of jointly building the Belt and Road has begun. The Shanghai International Film Festival will expand cooperation and exchanges, select films recommended by member institutions along the Belt and Road, and screen them in theaters in the Yangtze River Delta, opening up cross-border and screen screenings. dialogue.
Adhering to the festival philosophy of being based in Asia, focusing on the Chinese language, and supporting newcomers, the Shanghai International Film Festival has formed short videos, Golden Goblet Award Short Film Unit, Venture Capital Training Camp, Film Project Venture Capital, Golden Goblet Award Asian Newcomer Unit, Golden Goblet Award The main competition unit and the 6+1 stepped newcomer cultivation system of SIFF YOUNG x Shanghai Young Filmmaker Support Program.
’s short video unit with a length of 5 minutes is celebrating its fifth edition this year. More than 1,000 works have been collected so far, and the number of overseas works registered continues to rise, accounting for about one-third. During this film festival, the short video unit will specially plan a screening salon to jointly exhibit outstanding works that have won honors in the past. Standing at a new starting point, we will also chase new waves. As one of the five major competition units,
’s short film unit collects animation and live-action short films from all over the world. This year’s registered films include many new short films by well-known directors. The SIFF short film section of the International Film Festival will curate a collection of short films, which will bring together shortlisted or award-winning short films from major film festivals, as well as outstanding Chinese short films. The
venture capital training camp has been upgraded to a two-stage activity model a year since 2019. The process has been carefully polished, and this year has also come to a special session every five years. This year, a total of 331 valid student applications were received, including 39 producers, 42 screenwriters, and 250 directors. Film Project Venture Capital has been successfully held for 16 times. Among international cooperation projects, in addition to the United States, Japan, France and other countries that were common in previous years, there are also projects from Germany, Iceland, Italy and other countries.
The third SIFF YOUNG x Shanghai Young Filmmaker Support Program will continue to recommend outstanding young directors, producers and screenwriters. The list of selected filmmakers will be announced during the film festival in June.
The Shanghai International Film Festival Film Market, which is a benchmark for the development of the film and television industry, will discuss the development prospects of the film industry with film and television institutions and film and television practitioners from home and abroad through exhibitions, market activities, market screenings, etc. The Jinjue Film Forum, where domestic and foreign film masters gather, continues to adhere to the creation and sharing of film art. The theme forums and master classes will provide guidance for current research and practice, future development and Innovation provides useful reference.
Under the wave of science and technology, technological innovation brings opportunities and challenges to the film industry. The Sci-Fi Film Week unit, first launched last year, will focus this year on how the development of artificial intelligence can boost the development of the film industry. This year's Shanghai International Film Festival will hold themed screenings, special forums, etc. around hot topics such as Sora, and plans to add science fiction master classes, science fiction IP special promotions and other activities. Of course, AI not only accelerates and upgrades the construction of the film and television industry system, but also changes the daily lives of ordinary people. The Digital Film and Television Experience Exhibition will be open to the public, bringing display and experience of cutting-edge technological imaging applications.
This year, the Shanghai International Film Festival screening theater recruitment received responses from 114 cinemas in the city.From June 14th to 23rd, let’s meet in Shanghai, meet at the cinema, and share the beauty of the city brought by movies.