⭐️⭐️⭐️Cash bonus⭐️⭐️⭐️
A cash reward of RMB 3,000 will be awarded directly to the winners.
⭐️⭐️⭐️offline screenings⭐️⭐️⭐️
An exclusive two-day screening experience hosted at a state-of-the-art cinema.
⭐️⭐️⭐️actual prizes⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Best Director Award winner will receive a prize worth RMB 10,000 provided by MOMA.
Each annual award winner receives a bespoke trophy (valued at RMB 2,000) exclusively crafted by leather artist Zhang Li.
The Best Cinematography Award winner will receive a RMB 10,000 rental package provided by VILTROX to support their creative endeavors.
⭐️⭐️⭐️IMDb qualifications⭐️⭐️⭐️
- 1st 33 International Film Festival Annual Winners List
Award Winner/Work Country
- Best Director Yang Chaojie (Farewell Tengger) China
- Best Short Film The Nameless Blade China
- Best Screenplay Gabriel Vilandré (Hammer, Wrench & Screwdriver) Canada
- Best Animation Jorge Morais Valle (In Half) Portugal
- Best Original Score Oskar Bells Poland
- Best Sound Design Petr Cikhart (Valet) USA
- Best Editing Sasa (Hunter Loading) Serbia
- Best Cinematography Anaïs (La Croix) France-Italy Co-production
top jury members guarantee that each film will be watched at least four times
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Every quarter, we award the best independent short films curated from around the world, against a high standard of merit and a very competitive acceptance rate. The award winners of 4 quarter editions qualify for the Annual Awards.
We welcome projects from all genres, fictional or non fictional, linear or nonlinear, including non-English speaking, low or no-budget productions, and works from traditionally underrepresented countries in global film industry.
Main judging criteria: innovative and/or competent filmmaking, passionate storytelling.
The jury members are all senior filmmakers, who have been shortlisted for A-category film festivals, top independent film festivals, and participated in Hollywood film production.
The preliminary jury is made up of filmmakers, distributors, and media executives , and we will ensure that each film is viewed by at least three preliminary judges and one final judge.
We have many private theaters in different cities to host screenings, including Beijing, the capital of China and Chengdu, the hometown of pandas. In addition to the cash prize, the winners will also receive prizes from sponsors such as SmallRig, Rode, Aputure, etc. The winners of the Best Documentary and Best Short Film will receive a trophy, a certificate and an exclusive interview.
Number three is one of the most important and mysterious elements in Eastern culture.
In ancient times, there were the "Three Emperors", in the court, there were the "Three Lords", and the "Three Elders" in the prefectures, counties, and villages; religions that have a profound influence on the world are no exception. There are "Three Pure Ones" in Taoist mythology, and Confucianism proposed the "Three Pure Ones" or "Three Cardinal Guidelines", while Buddhism has "Three Worlds". In the "Tao Te Ching" there is also: "Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things." Even in traditional Chinese medicine theory, there is the so-called "three yin and three yang". The ancients believed that Taiyang, Yangming, and Shaoyang in the human body are the three yangs; Taiyin, Shaoyin, and Jueyin are the three yin. The locations of these important meridians are directly related to people's health.
Sima Qian wrote in "Historical Records·Lüshu": "The number begins with one, ends with ten, and ends with three." The "Three Jewels" of Buddhism: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Confucius had three fears: fear of destiny, fear of adults, and fear of the words of sages. It means: “A gentleman should have three points of reverence: reverence for the will of God, reverence for the virtuous monarch, and reverence for the teachings of the saints.
Zeng Guofan has Zeng Guofan’s Three Precepts. The first is to abstain from saying too much, the second is to abstain from anger, and the third is to abstain from having an angry and seeking heart.
We also believe that within 33 minutes, you can tell a very exciting story and make the audience more focused in a limited time. We believe that the more restricted the stage, the better the performance. So I hope that at the 33rd International Film Festival, you can create works that shock Eastern culture.
