ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival 2016 – Announcing Short Film Competition Nominees + Queer Film Conference Day
There are just three weeks to go until Shanghai’s biggest LGBTQ cinema event, ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival (ShPFF) returns for its second year. The official program will be released online on June 10th, but here’s a taste of what’s in store.
THE PROGRAM BY NUMBERS
ShPFF will screen more than 40 films over the 10 days’ festival, which runs as part of ShanghaiPRIDE from June 17th-26th, at 11 venues across the city. There are 4 theme strands this year, including Asian Cinema, Queer History and Lala Stories. The main strand is GENDER, films about transgender and non-binary experience. All events are free and open to all.
In the run up to ShPFF 2016, we are also presenting a retrospective of last year’s festival. From May 23rd-June 16th, we are presenting a selection of entries to our short film competition last year in collaboration with Arthub Asia, free to view online at http://arthubasia.org.
QUEER FILM CONFERENCE DAY
As part of our commitment to support emerging Chinese filmmaking talent, we will be hosting a day long conference on June 25th. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to discussions by industry professionals, including filmmakers, content producers and programmers, on all aspects of making queer films and getting your work seen, both in China and internationally. The day will also include film screenings and the chance to network. An essential opportunity; whether you are just starting out or are already working in the field.
The conference is free, but you must pre-register by visiting http://t.cn/RqrMeCp.
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
We are proud to support filmmakers from around the world. Our short film competition aims to promote Chinese queer narratives. Our industry judges preside over 5 categories, with the winning Best Film will be presented at Iris Prize (UK), with a chance to win £30,000 in production funding.
The 2016 nominees are:
BEST FILM – judge: Hong Khaou, writer/director of Lilting
Bad Love – Gary Yong
Kaspar X – If I Had a Soul – Kaspar Wan
The Right Bank – Yvonne Li
Yu and Rachel – Wu Zi En
BEST SCREENPLAY – judge: Quentin Lee, writer/director of Drift and Ethan Mao
Heart Station – Tao Jia
The Horseman & the Body – Wu Meng Han
The Right Bank – Yvonne Li
Yu and Rachel – Wu Zi En
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – judge: Kit Hung, writer/director of Soundless Wind Chime
Bad Love – Gary Yong
Out in Chongqing – Ren Jie
The Right Bank – Ludovica Isidora
Yu and Rachel – Xiao Yi Fan
BEST SOUND OR MUSIC – judge: Erica Lee, musician
Heart Station – Eric Trahn
The Right Bank – Eni Njoku and Daniel Schniepp
Yu and Rachel – Min Xiao Yi
BEST EDITING – judge: Jiangang Wei, founder of Queer Comrades
The Chrysalis – Ding Yi
Kaspar X – If I Has a Heart – Alan Wai-Lun Cheng
Seeing Through the Eyes of Crocodiles – tbd
Three Minutes with Myself – Chen Qiu
Winners will be announced on ShPFF Opening Night, June 19th.
We would like to once again thank all of our sponsors and partners, especially our Gold Sponsor Rela, China’s largest lesbian dating app that has over three million users, for their generous support for this year’s festival. It is only with their help that we are able to expand our program for the second year and support even more emerging filmmaking talents.
For further details of ShPFF and all ShanghaiPRIDE events, visit shpride.com, or follow us on WeChat: Shanghai-PRIDE.
Matthew Baren
Festival Coordinator & Programmer
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