2025 SIFF PROJECT FINALIST

[GENRE PROJECT]

01 DOG BITE DOG

Country / Region: China

Director: CAI Kunyu

Screenwriter: LIN Xiao / WANG Hanmo

02 MA’s infinite strike back

Country / Region: China

Director: MA Kai

Screenwriter: ZHAO Tianshuo

Producer: YANG Xiaolai

03 help? help!

Country / Region: China

Screenwriter: LI Xiaotong / LI Xingyu

Producer: LI Xingyu

04 Find your WAY

Country / Region: China

Director: Sofia WANG

Screenwriter: Lilian ZHANG

Producer: Aubrey ZHENG

05 back to basics

Country / Region: China

Director: TANG Jiaying

Screenwriter: CHEN Mo / TANG Jiaying

Producer: Jing Chen

[NEW TALENT PROJECT]

06 against the current

Country / Region: Macau, China

Director: CHENG Zhengye

Screenwriter: WANG Juncheng

07 A perfect life

Country / Region: China

Director: GUO Xiaodong

Screenwriter: XI Longfei

08 life check

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: LIANG Hai

09 THE LAST FIREWORK

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: Yoo ZHANG

Producer: NING Xin

10 NOTHING BURNS LIKE THE COLD

Country / Region: China

Director: Sharon ZHOU

Screenwriter / Producer: Nini SUN

[CO-PRODUCTION PROJECT]

11 A WINTER IN SIBERIA

Country / Region: China / Russia

Director / Screenwriter: FAN Jiangliu

12 sisters

Country / Region: Malaysia / China

Director: CHONG Shun Yuan

Screenwriter: CHONG Shun Yuan / KOH Fang Qi / Marcus

Producer: TONG Bing Yu

13 chowfan (love sunday)

Country / Region: Dominican Republic / China

Director: Pablo Lozano

Screenwriter: Eduardo Jaar / Pablo Lozano

Producer: Maria Hernandez / DONG Aihui

[PRE-PRODUCTION PROJECT]

14 general’s order

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter / Producer: CAO An

15 son of jade

Country / Region: China

Director: LIU Teng

Screenwriter: LIU Cunzai

Producer: HUANG Yuntong / ZHANG Jian / WANG Sheng

16 the bird chaser

Country / Region: China

Director: ZENG Zhi

Screenwriter: ZENG Zhi / MA Xiaohui

Producer: LI Tianyu

17 tides of beat

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: XIAO Qinan

18 the journey

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: ZHANG Shufan

Producer: Bonnie JIA

19 wintertime in a small town

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: WU Chu / GAO Xiangyu

20 wind waves the wheat

Country / Region: China

Director: LI Peiran / HAO Ming

Screenwriter: HAO Ming / LI Peiran

21 reborn

Country / Region: China

Director: CHEN Xiaoyu

Screenwriter: CHEN Xiaoyu / LIN Hanfang

Producer: Nina HUANG Fan / HUANG Xing

22 to die for

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: WANG Yang

Producer: LI Xiaoyuan

23 orlo with Karma

Country / Region: China

Director: Kangdrun

Screenwriter: Kangdrun / ZHENG Tao

Producer: LU Shu / Soramtsering / ZHANG Qianqian

24 so what

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: XU Yiming

Producer: SHENG Yanhong

25 Heading south

Country / Region: China

Director: YUAN Yuan

Screenwriter: YUAN Yuan / Bolor HUANG

Producer: WANG Jing

[WORK IN PROGRESS PROJECT]

W01 GOOD drink pub

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: Emetjan Memet

Producer: Derek ZHANG

DOP: HE Xun

W02 huadan rapper go go go

Country / Region: China

Director: LIU Hongzhi

Screenwriter: LIU Hongzhi / SU Fa

Producer: DING Wenjian

DOP: HAI Shu (YANG Fan)

W03 the story of xiao dong

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: ZHANG Haidong

Producer: CHEN Kunyang / SUN Yu

DOP: YANG Kehan

W04 stranger in the mountain

Country / Region: China

Director: WAN Bo

Screenwriter / DOP: LUO Pan

Producer: LI Yixiao

W05 my parent’s midlife crisis

Country / Region: Malaysia / China

Director: Joey LEE

Screenwriter: Joey LEE / Coxanne KOK

Producer: Joey LEE

DOP: Jordan CHIAM

W06 zoom in, zoom out

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: DONG Jie

Producer: CAO Shanshan

DOP: LI Zhong

W07 you are the light

Country / Region: China

Director / DOP: CHAI Ran

Screenwriter: CHAI Ran / SHANG Hua

Producer: LIU Xiaowen

W08 the seed will sprout (shanghai daughter)

Country / Region: China

Director / Screenwriter: Agnis SHEN

Producer: XU Ruijing / LIAO Yong / Agnis SHEN

DOP: PU Wei

W09 scholars under fire

Country / Region: China

Director: GAN Xiao’er

Screenwriter: CHEN Linxia / GAN Xiao’er

Producer: LI Jing

DOP: Yasser Ruofeng ZHANG