SIFF PROJECT of the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) will be held from 18th to 20th June, 2017 in Shanghai. The committee has received 380 projects submitted from 21 countries and regions and the number is still increasing steadily with high quality guaranteed. The first shortlist of SIFF PROJECT is released today covering 30 projects from 6 countries and regions, of which 10 have made their way into the New Talent Project. In addition to the major events, SIFF PROJECT has newly set up PROJECT Training Camp, whose shortlist will be disclosed next week.
Included in the shortlist are Wedding Dress directed by LIU Hao, two-time finalist at the San Sebastian International Festival, We Are the Champions directed by Jung-Chi CHANG (director of Touch of the Light) in his second collaboration with the executive producer Rachel CHEN, The Manchuria Tiger directed by GENG Jun again set in Northeast China, The Vladimir Road the first feature film by the renowned documentary director DU Haibin and produced by Hsiaoming HSU, Ruby CHEN, and Mary STEPHEN, The Distant Scripture Flag produced by PEMA Tseden and directed by the new director TENZIN Nyima, The Girl from Shanghai directed by the new director WANG Bo and produced by the director SHENG Zhimin with scriptwriter GU Zheng as the executive producer, The Outlaw in the Inferno directed by the beginner director Jerry STONE and produced by LIU Yiwei, Song of Sakartvelo directed by WANG Yao and produced by XIE Fei, about a special story between China and Georgia, and Crash directed by YANG Shupeng and produced by Sara Sha.
In addition, there are Go It Alone, the debut of the actress QIN Hailu as a director, the touching A Fool In Love, Love Like A Fool directed by the actor Cheng-Lung LAN based on his 10-year devotion to the people with Down syndrome, Bewitched, a mystery with folk customs in Northeast China directed by the actor ZHAO Yi who starred in the TV series Yongzheng Dynasty and The Grand Mansion Gate, GOGO XIAOSA adapted from the popular novel of the same name directed by LI Xiaochuan (who starred in The Dead End and Where the Wind Settles), The Song of Women produced by film critic TENG Jingshu and directed by scriptwriter XU Zhanxiong, and Never Too Late directed by film critic and scriptwriter Liu Shuo.
SIFF PROJECT has always been committed to showcasing varied genres of movies to the market. Therefore, there are not only movies with sci-fi elements like Interchange by the young director HUANG Kai Kevin, City of Fate directed by CHEN Yiliang, Calculated directed by ZHANG Jieyong and Inodus, but also popular crime films, such as Gone Mad directed by budding director NA Jiazuo, Man with A Secret directed by WEN Shipei who studied in the USA, Return directed by WANG Ziren and Burn Love into Ashes presented by Dadi Pictures.
Movies focusing on everyday life have gained a lot of attention as well. There are Rocky Road directed by Marco PONG and produced by the critic/scholar River STONE adapted from a true story in Shanghai, She directed by young director ZHAO Long and produced by Yan Yunfei, and The Way to Heaven directed by LIU Teng reflecting the contemporary rural people’s view on death and belief. As for film adaptations, besides GOGO XIAOSA, there are Freedom presented by PMF Pictures adapted from SHI Wei’s novel of the same name, and Summer Killed by Me directed by ZHOU Houheng Heaven Pictures adapted from the famous novelist ZHANG Ji’s work. Dream Shop tries to reflect the craftsmanship of the photographer based on a seasoned photo studio in Hong Kong, and Yellow Poppy, a Sino-British co-production, tells about the friendship between a Chinese worker and a British deserter in World War I.
2017 SIFF PROJECT List
Calculated
Country/Region: China
Director: ZHANG Jieyong
Producer: XIN Ningning
Interchange
Country/Region: China
Director: HUANG Kai Kevin
Executive Producer: ZHUO Wu Charley
Producer: HSU Ethan
Wedding Dress
Country/Region: China
Director: LIU Hao
Producer: HUANG Wei
City of Fate
Country/Region: China
Director: CHEN Yiliang
Producer: ZHANG Siyu
The Outlaw in the Inferno
Country/Region: China
Director: Jerry STONE
Executive Producer: LIU Yiwei
Producer: HUANG XuFeng
Inodus
Country/Region: China, Egypt
Director: GUAN Xi
Producer: ZHU Li
A Fool In Love, Love Like A Fool
Country/Region: Taiwan
Director: Cheng-Lung LAN
Producer: Han-Hsien TSENG
GOGO XIAOSA
Country/Region: China
Director: LI Xiaochuan
Producer: LI Liangwen
Rocky Road
Country/Region: China
Director: Marco PONG
Executive Producer: Edward TANG
Producer: Selina YANG, River STONE
The Vladimir Road
Country/Region: China
Director: DU Haibin
Producer: Hsiaoming HSU, Ruby CHEN, Mary STEPHEN
We Are the Champions
Country/Region: Taiwan
Director: Jung-Chi CHANG
Producer: Rachel CHEN
Bewitched
Country/Region: China
Director: ZHAO Yi
Producer: SUN Haibin
The Manchuria Tiger
Country/Region: China
Director: GENG Jun
Producer: WANG Zijian, GUO Dong
Burn Love into Ashes
Country/Region: China
Director: ZHANG Yuyao
Producer: ZHANG Qun, DU Qingchun, CUI Yi
Song of Sakartvelo
Country/Region: China, Georgia
Director: WANG Yao
Producer: XIE Fei
Dream Shop
Country/Region: China
Director: SHEN Shen
Producer: YUAN Mei
The Distant Scripture Flag
Country/Region: China
Director: TENZIN Nyima
Producer: PEMA Tseden
Yellow Poppy
Country/Region: China, U.K.
Director: David K.S. TSE
Producer: Ajay RAI
The Song of Women
Country/Region: China
Director: XU Zhanxiong
Producer: TENG Jingshu
Freedom
Country/Region: China
Director: LI Xiwen
Executive Producer: PAN Hengsheng
Producer: ZHANG Guanren
New Talent Project：
Gone Mad
Country/Region: China
Director: NA Jiazuo
Producer: Sara DING
The Way to Heaven
Country/Region: China
Director: LIU Teng
Producer: WANG Sheng
Man with A Secret
Country/Region: China
Director: WEN Shipei
Producer: WANG Jing
She
Country/Region: China
Director: ZHAO Long
Executive Producer: YAN Yunfei
Producer: WEN Yuxiang
Return
Country/Region: China
Director: WANG Ziren
Producer: Cindy Mi LIN
Never Too Late
Country/Region: China
Director: LIU Shuo
Producer: HAN Xiaoling
Summer Killed by Me
Country/Region: China
Director: ZHOU Houheng
Producer: LI Jing
Crash
Country/Region: China
Director: Sara Sha
Executive Producer: YANG Shupeng
Producer: LIU Yanzhi
The Girl from Shanghai
Country/Region: China
Director: WANG Bo
Executive Producer: GU Zheng
Producer: SHENG Zhimin
Go It Alone
Country/Region: China
Director: QIN Hailu
Producer: CHEN Lizhi