The twenty eighth Shanghai International Film Festival has unveiled the competitors lineup for its Golden Goblet Awards, spanning 5 classes throughout fiction, documentary, animation, and quick movie. The pageant runs June 12-21.
The primary competitors options 12 titles drawn from 15 nations and territories, all of them world premieres. Among the many contenders are Indonesia’s “My Own Last Supper,” directed by Ismail Basbeth; “Night of Blindness,” a Turkey-Germany co-production from Reis Çelik; and Yassine El Idrissi’s Moroccan entry “Halima.” China is represented by two titles: “Atlantic Rhapsody,” directed by Zhong Kaifeng, and Liu Xiaoyang’s “The Great Skull.” The Chinese language Mainland-Hong Kong co-production “Secret in the Box,” directed by Frankie Tam Gong-Yuen, additionally competes, alongside Nicolás Rincón Gille’s Belgian entry “Iluminada,” Alan Minas’s Brazil-U.Okay. co-production “Luiza’s Desert,” and Daniil Merkulov’s Russian entry “Sea Sons.” Germany seems twice within the lineup – Josef Brandl’s “Superbuhei” and Susanne Heinrich’s “The Miserable Mother,” the latter sharing its world premiere with the Munich Worldwide Movie Competition. Louis Godbout’s Canadian entry “The Parking Spot” rounds out the part.
The primary competitors jury is chaired by Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai. The seven-member panel additionally contains Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha, Chinese language director Guan Hu, Kyrgyz director Aktan Arym Kubat, Mexican writer-director-producer Fernanda Valadez, Chinese language actor Xin Zhilei, and Georgian director Déa Kulumbegashvili.
The Asian New Expertise part, which spotlights debut and second options by Asian administrators, attracts 12 titles from throughout the continent and past. India-Germany co-production “Hunter’s Moon,” directed by Ridham Janve, competes alongside Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s “9 Temples to Heaven,” contemporary off its Cannes debut, and Kazakh director Alibi Mukushev’s “No Good in Sight: A Story.” Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad’s Bangladesh-Germany co-production “The Blind Girl and an Elephant” is among the many part’s world premieres, as are Büşra Bülbül’s Turkish entry “About the Mother,” Zaid Abu Hamdan’s Jordan-KSA co-production “Boomah,” and Narghiza Dotieva’s Kyrgyz movie “Skylark.” China contributes 4 titles: “Cassowary” (Zhang Hanyi), “Her First Taste” (Gong Yiwen), and “No Hard Feelings” (Liu Shichuan), alongside Mak Tin Shu’s Chinese language Mainland-Hong Kong co-production “Dog Day Evening.” Wan Bo’s “Strangers in the Mountain” additionally competes.
The Asian New Expertise jury is presided over by Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, joined by Indonesian director and screenwriter Kamila Andini, Chinese language director and screenwriter Liu Jiayin, Kazakh director and screenwriter Farkhat Sharipov, and Taiwanese actor Wen Qi.
The documentary competitors presents 5 world premieres. Chinese language entry “Notes Unheard,” directed by Gu Yun, competes alongside Chilean documentary “The Tiger of the East” (Jorge Acevedo), Spanish movie “Benigno” (David Baute), Elena Chemerska’s North Macedonia-Croatia-Slovenia co-production “Ruins,” and “Wheels of Forgotten Dreams,” directed by Milos Ljubomirovic and Danilo Lazovic from Serbia, Bulgaria, and Croatia.
The animation part fields 5 options. Brazil’s “Amadeo and the Hypothetical New World,” co-directed by Brenda Lígia and Edu Felistoque, competes with Linda Hambäck’s Scandinavian co-production “Dante,” Ronny Gani’s Indonesian entry “Garuda: Dare to Dream,” French movie “Lucy Lost” (Olivier Clert), and “Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope,” a Spain-Chile-Argentina co-production directed by Elio Guiroga and Beñat Beitia.
The twenty eighth SIFF is guided by the China Movie Administration and hosted by China Media Group alongside the Shanghai Municipal Individuals’s Authorities.
28TH GOLDEN GOBLET AWARDS
MAIN COMPETITION
“Atlantic Rhapsody,” Zhong Kaifeng, China
“Halima,” Yassine El Idrissi, Morocco
“Iluminada,” Nicolás Rincón Gille, Belgium
“Luiza’s Desert,” Alan Minas, Brazil, U.Okay.
“My Own Last Supper,” Ismail Basbeth, Indonesia
“Night of Blindness,” Reis Çelik, Turkey, Germany
“Sea Sons,” Daniil Merkulov, Russia
“Secret in the Box,” Frankie Tam Gong-Yuen, Chinese language Mainland, Hong Kong China
“Superbuhei,” Josef Brandl, Germany
“The Great Skull,” Liu Xiaoyang, China
“The Miserable Mother,” Susanne Heinrich, Germany, France
“The Parking Spot,” Louis Godbout, Canada
ASIAN NEW TALENT
“9 Temples to Heaven,” Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Thailand
“About the Mother,” Büşra Bülbül, Turkey
“Boomah,” Zaid Abu Hamdan, Jordan, KSA
“Cassowary,” Zhang Hanyi, China
“Dog Day Evening,” Mak Tin Shu, Chinese language Mainland, Hong Kong China
“Her First Taste,” Gong Yiwen, China
“Hunter’s Moon,” Ridham Janve, India, Germany
“No Good in Sight: A Story,” Alibi Mukushev, Kazakhstan
“No Hard Feelings,” Liu Shichuan, China
“Skylark,” Narghiza Dotieva, Kyrgyzstan
“Strangers in the Mountain,” Wan Bo, China
“The Blind Girl and an Elephant,” Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad, Bangladesh, Germany
DOCUMENTARY
“Benigno,” David Baute, Spain
“Notes Unheard,” Gu Yun, China
“Ruins,” Elena Chemerska, North Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia
“The Tiger of the East,” Jorge Acevedo, Chile
“Wheels of Forgotten Dreams,” Milos Ljubomirovic, Danilo Lazovic, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia
ANIMATION
“Amadeo and the Hypothetical New World,” Brenda Lígia, Edu Felistoque, Brazil
“Dante,” Linda Hambäck, Sweden, Norway, Denmark
“Garuda: Dare to Dream,” Ronny Gani, Indonesia
“Lucy Lost,” Olivier Clert, France
“Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope,” Elio Guiroga, Beñat Beitia, Spain, Chile, Argentina
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“2000,” Renata Lučić, Croatia
“Chicken Lady,” Yuan Shuqi, China, U.S.
“Elsewhere,” Lin Tingxuan, China, Thailand
“Kill, Kokesh, Kill!,” Jan Míka, Czech Republic
“Last Train,” Xu Weihao, China
“Lazare,” Claire Dietrich, France
“Sitting Bird,” Athena Han, Canada
“The Drought,” Christian Popa, Romania
“The Matchmaker,” Sophia Kuestenmacher, Germany
“Zaza Gogogo,” Chen Kedi, China
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“If Only,” Ada Guvenir, Belgium
“Julka,” Valeria Cozzarini, Slovenia, Italy
“Shoes,” Salvatore Centoducati, Italy
“Unplug,” Comandante Bebé, Spain
“Water’s Time Slice,” He Jiaxuan, China
