The Belt and Road Film Week Overview

Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) launched the Silk Road panorama in 2015. In 2016, SIFF set up “the Belt and Road” Series as a permanent program and entered into cooperation agreements with a few international competitive non-specialized film festivals, such as Tallinn Black Night Film Festival and Cairo International Film Festival. In 2017, during the 20th edition of SIFF, representatives from 14 countries’ film festivals and institutions were invited to sign the “Belt and Road” Film Culture Exchange Memorandum of Cooperation, including Hungary, Greece, Egypt, Philippines, Lithuania, India, etc. 

20th SIFF “The Belt and Road” Film Culture Exchange Signing Ceremony

This year, the 21st SIFF will launch a brand-new program: The Belt and Road Film Week. The film week will further expand the range of participating countries, attract filmmakers from all over the world, and build up a worldwide platform for international communication of film culture and the film industry.

The Belt and Road Film Week comprises the following events:

“The Belt and Road” Film Festival Alliance Signing Ceremony

Time: June 16th, 2018

Venue: Jin Jue Ballroom, Crowne Plaza Shanghai

20th SIFF “The Belt and Road” Film Culture Exchange Signing Ceremony

Film Screenings and Post-Screening Talks

Time: June 16th – 24th, 2018

Film Market Co-Production Showcase

Time: June 17th, 2018

Venue: Shanghai Exhibition Centre

20th SIFF “The Belt and Road” Film Culture Showcase

Film Culture Roundtable Talk

Time: June 18th, 2018

Venue: Jin Jue Ballroom, Crowne Plaza Shanghai

20th SIFF The Belt and Road Film Culture Roundtable Talk

The Belt and Road Film Night

Time: June 20th, 2018

Venue: Walt Disney Grand Theatre

“The Belt and Road” Guests on the 20th SIFF Opening Ceremony Red Carpet

The Film Week will also launch its popularity awards, with finalists voting out from the full line-up by professional film selectors, including the Audience Choice Award, the Media Choice Awards (for film & for filmmaker).

The Belt and Road Film Week, welcomes with an open attitude more countries and film institutions to join the Belt and Road cooperation alliance. We also sincerely welcome films, filmmakers, press and audience from all over the world to the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival. Through the medium of film, we shall work together to promote the development of film markets in different countries and areas and depict a promising blueprint of harmonious communication and cooperation through different civilizations.

For work regarding the Belt and Road Film Week, please contact

E-mail: 2018brfw@siff.com

Tel: +86 21 22009829