Shanghai Film Fest Unveils Golden Goblet Lineup

The 27th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has unveiled its Golden Goblet Awards selection, with 49 films competing across five categories.

This year’s edition has set new records, with competition sections receiving over 2,800 submissions from 119 countries and regions, marking notable increases in entries from the Americas and Africa. Short film submissions alone rose 18% year-over-year.

The main competition features 12 titles spanning diverse territories. These include Chilean-U.K.-French co-production “After the Fog” directed by Miriam Heard, Kyrgyzstan’s “Black Red Yellow” from Aktan Arym Kubat, and Brazil’s “Cyclone” directed by Flavia Castro. Chinese cinema is well-represented with entries including “My Father’s Son” (Qiu Sheng), “One Wacky Summer” (Cao Baoping), and “Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts” (Wang Tong). The section also features Poland’s “Loss of Balance” (Korek Bojanowski), Germany’s “Luisa” (Julia Roesler), Japan’s “On Summer Sand” (Shinya Tamada), Argentina-Spain-Chile’s “The Reborn” (Santiago Esteves), Portugal-Brazil’s “The Scent of Things Remembered” (António Ferreira), and Germany-Switzerland’s “You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?” (Nicolas Steiner).

The Asian New Talent competition highlights emerging filmmakers with 12 titles, including China’s “As the Water Flows” (Bian Zhuo), “Odds Beater” (Cheng Liang), “Seven Days” (Qiu Yujie), “The Last Summer” (Shi Renfei), and “Water Can Go Anywhere” (Fang Liang). Japan’s “Brand New Landscape” (Yuiga Danzuka), fresh off its Cannes debut, and Turkey’s “Grace for Sale” (Gözde Yetişkin, Emre Sert) and “Kanto” (Ensar Altay) round out the international entries. The section also features India’s “Victoria” (Sivaranjini J), Iran’s “The Daughter” (Pourya Kakavand), Sri Lanka’s “Riverstone” (Lalith Rathnayake), and an Italy-Philippines co-production…