The twenty eighth Shanghai International Film Festival has unveiled the whole jury rosters for its Golden Goblet Awards throughout 5 aggressive classes. The competition runs June 12–21, 2026.
Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, whose debut function “Ilo Ilo” took the Digicam d’Or at Cannes in 2013, will preside over the Asian New Expertise jury. He’s joined on the panel by Indonesian director and screenwriter Kamila Andini, whose drama “Yuni” gained the Platform Prize on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition in 2021; Chinese language director and screenwriter Liu Jiayin, recognized for “Oxhide” (2005) and “Oxhide II” (2009); Kazakh director and screenwriter Farkhat Sharipov, Berlin winner for “Skhema”; and Taiwanese actor Wen Qi, Golden Horse winner for “The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful.”
The primary competitors jury, chaired by Hong Kong screen legend Tony Leung Chiu-wai, contains six members drawn from throughout the globe. Chinese language director Guan Hu, whose “Black Dog” (2024) gained the Un Sure Regard award at Cannes, sits alongside Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha, a central determine in North African cinema who has championed rising filmmakers throughout the Arab world for many years. Georgian writer-director Déa Kulumbegashvili, whose debut function “Beginning” swept 4 prizes at San Sebastián in 2020 and whose follow-up “April” premiered in competitors at Venice in 2024, joins Mexican filmmaker Fernanda Valadez, whose border drama “Identifying Features” gained the World Cinema Dramatic Viewers Award at Sundance 2020, and whose second function “Sujo” additionally debuted at Sundance in 2024. Kyrgyz director Aktan Arym Kubat, whose movies “Beshkempir” (1998), “Light Thief” (2010) and “Centaur” (2017) have screened extensively on the worldwide competition circuit, and Chinese language actress Xin Zhilei, finest actress winner at Venice for “The Sun Rises on Us All,” full the panel.
U.S. filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir, Oscar nominated for “The Perfect Neighbor” and “The Devil Is Busy,” heads the documentary jury, with Peruvian director and editor Carla Gutiérrez – whose documentary “Frida” (2024) premiered at Sundance, the place it gained the modifying award, and actor Liu Qing (“Perfect World”) serving as members.
British director and animator Will Becher, Oscar nominated for “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,” chairs the animation jury alongside Indian filmmaker Gitanjali Rao, whose hand-painted animated function “Bombay Rose” opened Venice’s Worldwide Movie Critics’ Week in 2019, and Chinese language director and screenwriter Yu Shui (“Nobody”).
The brief movie jury is led by Portuguese director João Salaviza, who gained the Palme d’Or for his brief “Arena” at Cannes in 2009 and the Golden Bear for “Rafa” on the Berlinale in 2012. German director and illustrator Lena von Döhren (“Tumpel”) and Chinese language director and screenwriter Qiu Sheng, whose “My Father’s Son,” gained excellent inventive achievement at Shanghai final 12 months, full the part jury.
