The 8tn Pingyao International Film Festival will take place from September 24tn to 30tn at the Festival Palace in the ancient city of Pingyao, Shanxi. The festival opens the submission entry officially and the submission deadline is July 15th. Applicants shall access the official website https://www.pyiffestival.com/film to submit online.

All the eligible submitted films are qualified to be shortlisted for the four official screening sections, including Crouching Tigers focusing on debut and second/third films by international new directors, Hidden Dragons on Chinese-language films of new directors debut and second/third works, Galas that present important works of the year or awarded films from major film festivals, and Made-in-Shanxi for local or Shanxi-related productions.

Selected films in the sections of Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragons will compete for cash prizes of the Roberto Rossellini Awards (international competition) and the Feimu Awards (Chinese language film competition). The Best film of Feimu Awards will be given a cash prize of RMB¥1,000,000, and the "Best Director" will be awarded RMB¥200,000. At least an Asian premiere is required for the official selection of Hidden Dragons.

Founded in 2017 Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival (PYIFF) is held annually in Pingyao an ancient city with a history of 2,800 years, located in Shanxi Province. Focused on new works from young directors, the Festival dedicates itself to promoting and providing a platform for young filmmakers that are creative imaginative and powerful.

HOW TO SUBMIT

1. Applicant must have read, understood and agreed to PYIFF REGULATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS posted via the Festival website www.pyiffestial.com. 

2. Applicant must fill out the selection entry form, exclusively via the Festival website www.pyiffestival.com; pay the admission fee.

3. Submission Deadline: July 15th 2024

4. Submission Fee: early bird price USD 30 or RMB 200 till June 15th, 2024 : standard price USD 60 or RMB 350.

5. Submission Categories and Eligibility. Only films that meet the following conditions may be submitted for consideration by the Official selection.

a) Features/ Documentaries with a running time of 70 minutes or longer.

b) All selected films must be available to screen in DCP (Digital cinema Package) format by September 1th 2024.There’s no format exceptions.

c) Any film that has previously participated in film related events or screenings of any form in China will not be accepted; the section of Hidden Dragons would only accept films presented as a World, International or Asian Premiere.

d) Submitted films should not have been shown on the Internet.

e) Priority will be given to films presented as a World, International or Asian Premiere.

f) The Festival will accept films submitted without subtitles if the original language is English or Mandarin; all other original languages and/or Chinese languages of dialects should be submitted with English and/or Chinese subtitles.

g) All films must be submitted as on-line screeners which are acceptable with screen watermark. Itis possible to present a work in progress copy of the film, with the final version for the screenings being the one approved by Chinese administrative authority. The Festival will not review multiple versions of a submitted film if multiple versions are submitted, the Festival will view only the version that was received first.

6. Contact: submission:submission@pyiffestival.com.

Source: www.pyiffestival.com