2020 SIFF NEXT REPORT

Phase I

OVERVIEW

Number of Applicants: 434

Number of Finalists: 20 (10 directors, 5 producers, and 5 screenwriters)

FINALISTS

Producer

LI Yang (Siniang)

ZHAO Yanming

Jenny Man WU

ZHANG Jing

WANG Yiwen

Screenwriter

LIU Ran

WANG Jiuyin (Jiuyin)

TAN Shihan

LV Mo

LIN Ling

Director

QIN Yuke

HUANG Xiaopeng

Harry FENG

WANG Kaixuan

FU Xiaoyu

LIN Shijun

Reder LI

JIANG Feng

YAO Bo

Olivia Hang ZHOU

Phase II

OVERVIEW

Date: 2020.12.14—16 (3 days)

Number of projects applied: 24

Number of projects selected: 6

MENTOR

DUN He

JIAO Huajing

Pengfei

ZHENG Dasheng

LIST OF PROJECTS

Unseen Island (Director/Screenwriter: TAN Shihan, Producer: HAN Lina)

The Capital of Poland is Shanghai (Director/Screenwriter: JIANG Feng)

The Man Who Fought Ali (Director/Screenwriter: William TANG, Producer: Mathilda SHEN)

Mad Fish Rhapsody (Director/Screenwriter: LI Chen, Producer: WANG Yiwen)

The Ice Palace (Director: LI Yuexi, Screenwriter: LIU Ran, Producer: CHEN Yufan)

The Reunion (Director/Screenwriter: Olivia Hang ZHOU, Producer: ZHANG Bofan)

BEST SIFF NEXT PROJECT

The Ice Palace (Director: LI Yuexi, Screenwriter: LIU Ran, Producer: CHEN Yufan)

Comment: This project is highly feasible, has been clearly thought about, and has a very specific and solid goal. We expect to see Yuexi’s unique cinematography style on screen soon.

The Reunion (Director/Screenwriter: Olivia Hang ZHOU, Producer: ZHANG Bofan)

Comment: Olivia has solid knowledge and skills in film directing. This project covers many interesting and heatedly debated social issues at present.

SPECIAL MENTION

The Man Who Fought Ali (Director/Screenwriter: William TANG, Producer: Mathilda SHEN)

Comment: With such a novel topic, this project should aim at finding more historical records as well as creating a more refined and inspiring story from them.