Regulations for International Panorama

Article 1

This Regulation is drawn to cover participation in International Panorama 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 27th SIFF will be held in June, 2025.

Article 4

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

The feature-length films that meet the following conditions are eligible for Panorama (except for tribute or retrospective);

1) Film that has been completed after January 1, 2024.

2) The minimum running time is 70 minutes.

3) Format: DCP

Article 5

In order to be eligible for selection, a film must be submitted to the Festival no later than March 31, 2025. 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 Submission：

Classic and Fiction (France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, UK)

Frida FAN

Tel: 021-22009859

Email: fjw@siff.com

Fiction (North America)

YAN Qi

Tel: 021-22009857

Email: yanqi@siff.com

Fiction (China and other European countries)

ZENG Chen 

Tel: 021-22009841

Email: czeng@siff.com

Fiction (Africa, Latin America, Oceania) and Documentary 

Frankie FU

Tel: 021-22009865

Email: frankiefu@siff.com

Fiction (Japan) and Animation

Mavis YAN

Tel: 021-22009861

Email: yanminyin@siff.com

Fiction (Asia excl. China and Japan)

Esther XU

Tel: 021-22009843

Email: xgyesther@siff.com

Article 6

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

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 No film selected may be withdrawn for any reason from the Festival once its participation has been officially confirmed by the submitter in writing.

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

Article 7

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, 2025.

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 8

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 9

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

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 submitters. 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, 2025. It is obligatory for the submitters 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 Kangding Rd., Shanghai, P.R.China, 200041

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 10

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 11

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.