The 25th edition of the Shanghai International Film Festival was announced on Tuesday, marking the first time that the event has been conveniently accessible to the global film industry since the COVID-19 pandemic started in early 2020. Will occur.
According to organizers, the 2023 Shanghai Film Festival, largely recognized as China’s most prominent film event, will take place from June 9 to 18. This year, the festival’s main competition will comprise five main categories: a feature film competition, Asian newcomers, documentaries, animation, and short films. The winner of this competition will receive the festival’s coveted Golden Goblet award.
Following the city’s month-long COVID-19 lockdown and the government’s subsequent tight travel restrictions, the 2022 Shanghai festival was postponed. The festival was hosted in the preceding two years during or around its typical summertime dates, but due to the challenging travel conditions at the time and the requirement that all visitors carry their own, the gathering largely took place within China. enduring costly COVID-19 testing and a protracted hotel quarantine.
The organizers stated that they had over 8,800 film submissions from over 128 nations and territories to choose from for the 2023 edition. Over 4,500 movies were actually submitted for the canceled 2022 edition, but organizers stressed the entries would still be acceptable if movies were chosen and filmmakers decided to attend this year.
But, attendees who return to Shanghai from outside will notice certain modifications to the event. The Shanghai International Film Market, which coincides with the festival and was previously held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in west Shanghai, where the movie was shot, has moved to the Hyatt Hotel, organizers said back in January. The ceremony is scheduled. centered for a long time. The market has been held in a convention hall in the heart of the city for the past few years. Attendees will find it much simpler to travel between the two parts of the event thanks to the new location.
In the upcoming weeks, the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival’s film lineup is anticipated to be made public.