Regulations for Golden Goblet Awards

Article 1

This Regulation is drawn to cover participation in competitions for Golden Goblet Awards of the Shanghai International Film Festival (hereinafter referred to as SIFF or The Festival).

Article 2

SIFF was ratified by the State Council of China, it is one of the FIAPF-accredited non-specialized competitive film festivals throughout the world. The Festival focuses on multi-layer and multi-angle exploration of new directors. Its aim is to reveal films of quality in order to enhance exchange and cooperation between China and the rest of the world.

Article 3

The 26th SIFF will be held in June, 2024.

Article 4

The feature-length fiction films that meet the following conditions are eligible for Main Competition of Golden Goblet Award:

1) Film that has been completed in the country of origin after June 1, 2023. World premiere or International premiere is preferred.

2) Film that has not been selected in an international section (competitive or not) of other FIAPF-accredited non-specialized competitive film festivals before SIFF; Film that has not been released commercially other than their country of origin.

3) The minimum running time is 70 minutes.

4) Format: DCP.

The feature-length documentary films that meet the following conditions are eligible for Documentary Competition of Golden Goblet Award:

1) Film that has been completed in the country of origin after June 1, 2023. World premiere or International premiere is preferred.

2) Film that has not been in the main competition category of other FIAPF-accredited non-specialized competitive film festivals before SIFF;

4) The minimum running time is 70 minutes.

5) Format: DCP.

The feature-length animation films that meet the following conditions are eligible for Animation Competition for Golden Goblet Award:

1) Film that has been completed in the country of origin after June 1, 2023. World premiere or International premiere is preferred.

2) Film that has not been in the main competition category of other FIAPF-accredited non-specialized competitive film festivals before SIFF;

4) The minimum running time is 60 minutes.

5) Format: DCP

Article 5

In order to be eligible for selection, a film must be submitted to the Festival no later than March 31, 2024. We require either media storage devices（DVD, USB Disk, Hard Disk） or online screeners for preview. Screeners may be sent to the following address by the above deadline:

Shanghai International Film Festival

20th Floor, 211 Kang Ding Road

Shanghai 200041, China

In the meantime, online film submission at www.siff.com is necessarily requested.

Contact of fiction submission

Liyun MAO

Tel: 86-21- 22009856

Email：molly@siff.com

Jiamin GU

Tel: 86-21-22009855

Email: gujiamin@siff.com

Jack LEE

Tel: 86-21-22009864

Email: jacklee@siff.com

Sammon ZHANG

Tel: 86-21-22009851

Email: zhangyiyang@siff.com

Contact of documentary submission

Emma XU

Tel: 86-21-22009866

Email: xuzheng@siff.com

Contact of animation submission

Mavis YAN

Tel: 86-21-22009861

Email: yanminyin@siff.com

Article 6

The Festival chooses and invites the films which will be presented in competitions.

The submitter shall reply in writing within five working days after receiving the invitation from the Festival. No film selected may be withdrawn for any reason from the Festival once its participation has been officially confirmed by the submitter in writing. If the submitter requests to withdraw the film, the Festival shall have the right of final decision. If any loss is caused to the Festival due to the submitter’s request to withdraw the film, the submitter shall compensate for all economic losses and reputation loss caused thereby, including but not limited to the economic compensation, issuing an apology letter to the Festival and making a public apology via social media platform.

Article 7

The Festival designates the members of the Jury as well as President for Golden Goblet Award competition programs. Decision on each award will be officially announced at the Closing & Awards Ceremony. No person having taken part in the production or exploitation of a film in competition may be on the Jury. All jury members are sworn to secrecy.

The Juries are obliged to present:

Main Competition

- An award for BEST FEATURE FILM (The award will be presented to the producer.)

- JURY GRAND PRIX

- An award for BEST DIRECTOR

- An award for BEST ACTRESS (The award will be presented to the leading actress.)

- An award for BEST ACTOR (The award will be presented to the leading actor.)

- An award for BEST SCREENPLAY

- An award for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (The award will be presented to the DOP.)

- An Award for OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT in the categories (music, artistic directing, costume, editing, make-up, etc.)

Documentary Competition

- An Award for BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (The award will be presented to the director.)

Animation Competition

- An Award for BEST ANIMATION FILM (The award will be presented to the director.)

The directors and main casts of the selected films will be invited to attend the Festival. （Detailed offerings will be indicated in the invitation separately.）

Article 8

More documentations on each selected film including but not limited to synopsis, film stills, biography & photo of director，cast and crew list for catalogue uses, as well as English subtitled/dialogue list, poster and film trailer (Detailed material list will be indicated in the film invitation separately), must reach the Festival before May 15, 2024.

The submitters must provide the Festival with complete English subtitled lists which accord with those on DCP. Films in languages other than English must be subtitled in English.

Article 9

During the entire Festival, none of the selected films may be shown outside the Festival's official theaters before its official presentation. The submitters are required to deliver films complying with the specifications for DCP used by the Festival.

All films will be electronically subtitled in Chinese during the Festival. Translation of subtitles from English to Chinese and the screening of the subtitles will be complimentarily operated by the Festival.

Article 10

All expenses for the transport of screener to the Festival, including custom fees and insurance, are the entire responsibility of the submitters.

The submitter is required to provide the festival with a fully synchronized DCP that precisely corresponds to the content of the screener. The submitter bears complete responsibility for any disparities between the DCP and the screener, and any ensuing liabilities resulting from such discrepancies are exclusively the responsibility of the submitter.

The Festival covers outbound shipping and insurance fee, and pays for the insurance and storage during the period from the receipt of the DCPs to the return of the DCPs to the Forwarding Agent.

In case of damage to or loss of the DCPs during the period from the receipt of the DCPs to the delivery of DCPs by the Forwarding Agent, the Festival is only responsible for the costs involved in making a new DCP according to the current laboratory rates for ordering a standard DCP.

DCP of the selected films must reach the Festival before May 20, 2024. It is obligatory for the submitter to follow the shipping instructions which accompany notification of film selection into the Festival.

All the film DCPs must be addressed as follows:

Shanghai Logistics Consultant Co. Ltd

c/o Shanghai International Film Festival

20F, 211 Kang Ding Road

Shanghai 200041, China

Tel: 86-21-55053379

Email: print@siff.com

The Festival must be notified of film titles, film format, date and way of delivery as well as the air waybill when the films are sent.

DCPs will be returned to the address indicated by the submitter within two weeks of the end of the Festival.

Article 11

Participation in the Festival implies adherence to the regulations as here set out. It is the responsibility of producers, distributors, or other organizations submitting a film to ensure that they are legitimately entitled to enter a film in the Festival.

Article 12

The Festival maintains the right to decide all cases not provided in these Regulations, taking into account the clauses of the FIAPF International Regulations.

SIFF Organizing Committee reserves the right of final explanation of all above articles.