SIFF PROJECT | 2023 Film Project Venture Capital Annual referrals announced

The 25th Shanghai International Film Festival Film Project Venture Capital (SIFF PROJECT) today unveiled this year's lineup of referrals. The chairman of the annual recommendation is Wu Ershan, a well-known director, screenwriter and producer, while producer Chen Zhixi and director Xin Yukun serve as sponsors of the year.

2023 SIFF PROJECT will be held in Shanghai from June 12 to 15. At that time, the three annual sponsors will participate in the whole event, comment on the public statements of "Young Director Project" and "Project in production", and communicate with the project parties of "Project in creation" and "International Cooperation Project" one by one. Finally, four official honors awarded by the Venture Capital of the Shanghai International Film Festival are selected.

Chairman of the annual recommendation Wu Ershan

Director, screenwriter, producer

Director Wuershan, as a leader in Chinese fantasy films, his works are based on Chinese local culture in content, have a distinct personal style in aesthetics, and have always maintained a first-class standard. His film has not only won many awards, but also has been highly recognized by the market.

In 2011, Wu'ershan directed the martial arts comedy "laugh at the knife." The film won the awards of "Best New Director" and "Best styling Design" at the 48th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, and was acquired by 20th Century Fox Film Company of the United States and distributed around the world. In 2012, his magical romance film "painted skin II" grossed 300 million yuan in its four days in theaters, which set a new box office record for Chinese-language films at that time. In 2015, the fantasy adventure film "the Legend of the Dragon" won the "Best Director" award at the 33rd popular Film hundred Flowers Awards and the "Best Visual effects" award at the 53rd Film Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. At present, Wuershan's works to be released include the mythological epic film Feng Shen I: Chao Song Feng Yun, and the cartoon adaptation of the film under Inhumans.

Chen Zhixi, referee of the year

Producer, producer

He is currently the executive director of China Ruyi Holdings Co., Ltd and the president of Ruyi Pictures. His works as producer and producer include: "warm", "keep you safe", "Hello, Li Huanying", "good luck", "Animal World", "Chinatown investigation", "lost in Thailand" and so on. So far, the cumulative box office of films produced by Chen Zhixi has exceeded 10 billion yuan, and the film "Hello, Li Huanying" released during the Spring Festival in 2021 has grossed 5.413 billion yuan. She is also known as one of the most powerful producers in the industry.

referee of the year, Xin Yukun

Director and screenwriter

The masterpieces include the film "the Labyrinth" and "Silence of cracking". His feature-length debut "the Labyrinth" won the Best feature Film and Best Director Award at the 8th FIRST Youth Film Festival, the Warsaw Award in the International Competition of the 30th Warsaw International Film Festival, and the debut work of the 6th annual commendation meeting of the China Film Directors Association in 2014. it has been shortlisted for a number of international film festivals, including Venice International Film Festival, China Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award, Hong Kong International Film Festival, etc. Invited to show at film festivals in more than 16 countries and regions.

Most of Xin Yukun's works are genre films with unique style. In the film, the image is cold and the narrative is exquisite, trying to examine the human nature and inquire into the human heart in the complex character relationship and plot clue.

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The Shanghai International Film Festival Film Project Venture Capital, established in 2007, has successfully held 15 times and witnessed 87 projects into production, of which 44 films were shortlisted for Class A Film Festival and 61 films were released in theaters.

Previous SIFF PROJECT judges and referrals of the year include: Bennett Walsh (Bennett Walsh), Cao Baoping, Chen Guofu, Chen Zhengdao, Diao Yinan, Dong Runnian, Gary Kurtz (Gary Kurtz), Guan Hu, he Ping, he Yunming, Huang Jianxin, Kuang Wenwei, Liao Qingsong, Li lie, Liu Kailu, Liu Weiran, Li Shaowei, Ma Ke, Shen Yan, Shishan Shangsan, Shuang Xuetao, Sun Zhou, Tao Kun, Wang Jiawei, Wang Yibing, Wang Yibing Xu Ligong, Xu Xiaoming, Xu Yuezhen, Xu Zheng, Yan Geling, Ye Rufen, Zhang Jialu, Zhang Yibai, Zhao Deyin, Zhao Haicheng, Zheng Bixue, etc.