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2020-02-28

2019 SIFF PROJECT REPORT

OVERVIEW

Date: 2019.06.16-18 (3 days)

Submission: 454 (from 21 countries and regions)

Finalist: 36 (10 for “New Talent Project”, 6 for “Work in Progress Project”, 4 for “Co-Production Project”)

Meeting: 646

SELECTION COMMITTEE

Rachel CHEN Producer, Touch of Light Film Ltd.
Nina HAN Producer, Guest Professor at BFA-MCMC
Patrick Mao HUANG    Producer, Flash Forward Entertainment Managing Director
LEE Weichang Vice Prisedent, Shanghai Literature & Art Publishing House
Rebecca LI    Project Development Director, Irresistible Films
Luca LIANG General Manager of Production and Development, Emperor Motion Pictures
LU Yun    General manager of Film Business Department, Development and Production Director, HLCG International Culture Media (BeiJing) Co.,LTD
TIAN Ye    Scriptwriter, Verb 2 Noun Studio
WANG Donghui Producer, ComboDrive Picture
YEH Jufeng.    Producer, Head of Mandarin Vision\'s and OceanDeep FIlms
ZHAO Haicheng Vice President, China Film Co., Ltd.

JURY PANEL

WONG Kar-Wai (President)

SHEN Yang

Leste CHEN

LIST OF THE HONOURED

“Best Talent Project”

One project from the “New Talent Project” category will be honoured as “Best Talent Project” by the SIFF PROJECT jury panel according to the originality and creativity to encourage the unique style of the director.

-Cadillac (Director: WANG Yiyu, Producer: Dongxu SHAW, Yufan Morgan CHEN)

Jury Comments:

As a young director，WANG Yiyu shows a creative and unique perspective and a rich emotional appeal in her first film. Starting from the family purchasing a car, this story demonstrates dozens of contradictions of contemporary urban life.

“Most Creative Project”

One project from the SIFF PROJECT finalists apart from those of “New Talent Project” and “Work-in Progress” Project, will be honoured as “Most Creative Project” by the SIFF PROJECT jury panel according to the originality and creativity.

-Night of Hustling (Director: YU Guangyi, Executive Producer: HAN Jie, Producer: HAN Jie)

Jury Comments:

A fascinating story which is absurd and full of tension. With vivid characters and solid cultural deposits, it is a new attempt of telling story by a documentary director who is rooted in the category of ethnology and anthropology. We expect it so much.

“Jury’s Choice”

One project from the SIFF PROJECT finalists apart from those of “Work-in Progress” Project will be specially honoured as “Jury’s Choice” by the SIFF PROJECT jury panel.

-Spring Lies Forsaken (Director: WU Lang, Executive Producer: Ming-Liang TSAI, Producer: YAN Yunfei)

Jury Comments:

The director embodies the characters and time as carriers, trying to show the aesthetic feeling of the dislocation between psychological space and real space which provides an opportunity to imagine a new film language and aesthetic presentation.

“Best WIP Project”

One project from the SIFF PROJECT Work-in Progress finalists will be honoured as “Best WIP Project” by the SIFF PROJECT jury panel according to its originality and visual quality.

-Lost (Director: LUO Dan, Executive Producer: PEMA Tseden, Producer: SHANG Zhe)

Jury Comments:

Both the story and the audio-visual language are full of tension and power. The Tibetan culture\'s unique and broader view of life is conveyed in an allegorical narrative of an ethical dilemma. It is an affectionate story with reasonable production controlling.

Sponsored Awards

Wanda Elite+ Plan Award

The one selected by Wanda Media will win RMB 150,000 in cash.

-Cadillac (Director: WANG Yiyu, Producer: Dongxu SHAW, Yufan Morgan CHEN)

Dirty Monkeys 72 Transformations Award

The one selected by Dirty Monkeys Studios will win RMB 150,000 in cash.

-Summer Mist (Director: ZHANG Wanlin, Producer: CHEN Xinyue)

The Seventh Film Award

The one selected by The Seventh Art Picture will win RMB 150,000 in cash.

-The Girl in the Playground (Director: WANG Yang, Producer: Lucy LU, Belle LAU)

Emperor Motion Pictures Award

The one selected by Emperor Motion Pictures will win RMB 150,000 in cash.

-A Strange Wife (Director: QI Yao, Producer: DU Qingchun)

Tencent Pictures New Film Project Award

The one selected by Tencent Pictures will win RMB 150,000 in cash.

-The Dust from Yesterday (Director: RAYIST, Executive Producer: ZHANG Dalei, Producer: ZHANG Jian)

ARRI Award

The one selected by ARRI China will win ARRI Award by offering your camera and lighting fixtures for the shooting project, which is around RMB 200,000.

-Alley Happiness (Director: LAN Tian SKY, Producer: YU Xiao)

ShanghaiTech-USC SCA Producing Awards

The three projects selected by ShanghaiTech University will win the opportunity to participate in the Screenwriting Module of the ShanghaiTech-USC School of Cinematic Arts Professional Producing Program, which is worth 162,000 RMB in total.

-Mirror Mountain

-Summer Mist

-Anonymous Beasts

Phenom Films Award

The one selected by Phenom Films will win a post-production colour grading package by Phenom Films which is worth at least RMB 200,000.

-The Peony Pavilion (Director: Bo-You NIOU, Producer: REN Jiangzhou)

Mofei Pictures Creative Sound Award

The one selected by Mofei Pictures from “WIP Projects” will win a post-production sound package which is worth RMB 200,000.

-Sometimes Love Makes Me A Dangerous Person (Director: Jacky YEAP, Executive Producer: TAN Chui Mui, Producer: TAN Chui Mui)