The Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macao Youth Short Film Season is one of the main events of the China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, and has been successfully held for four times since 2020, with the participation of more than 3,500 outstanding young Chinese-language creators from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas. This year, the Fifth Short Film Season has set up the “New Gulfstream Program”, which aims to focus on the ecology of film creation in the Greater Bay Area, empower regional cultural expression, and support the cultivation of original young film talent in the Greater Bay Area.

The Newgulf Stream Program will select outstanding short films with themes from the Greater Bay Area among the successful entries of the Fifth Short Film Season, and provide them with encouragement and creative support funds. The selection results will be announced during the China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in November and a promotion ceremony will be held.

Application Acknowledgement

1. The application is open to young Chinese-language filmmakers from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and the rest of the world who are aged 45 or below.

2. Entries must be new short films of 5-40 minutes in length (including: drama, documentary, experimental, etc.; excluding: animation), with a completion date after January 1, 2023 (entries from previous Short Film Seasons are not eligible for re-submission);

3. Selected works must be short dramas on themes of the Greater Bay Area (including but not limited to Cantonese productions, local stories of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area, non-heritage folklore, etc.);

4. Each creator is limited to be selected for 1 project only.

5. The deadline for application is 24:00 on August 20, 2024 (Beijing time).

Support Content

1. Short Film of the Year

Aiming to discover the short films with the most artistic value and narrative depth, and focusing on the excellence of the films in terms of thematic expression, artistic performance and technical realization, the award will provide RMB 50,000 yuan in support funds for the directors of the films.

2. Emerging Short Films

Aiming to discover short films with great potential in terms of creativity and expression, and to encourage films that show new and unique perspectives and break away from the traditional narrative framework, RMB 30,000 yuan will be provided to the film director.

3. Special Attention Short Films

The aim is to discover short films with unique narrative techniques, artistic expressions or technical applications, and to encourage diversified creative styles and narrative attempts, with RMB 10,000 yuan in support for film directors.

Application website

https://www.cgrhfff.com/exhibit_directory.html?filmtype=youth&year=2024&type=6#top

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