The 2nd Shanghai International Film Festival for the Deaf is now officially open for film submissions, and no fees will be charged for this round of submissions. This round of call for films is divided into a short film competition unit and a special screening unit, and the cut-off time for all units is 24:00 on July 20, 2023, Beijing time.
Before submitting works, please ensure that you are the owner or copyright holder or sales agent of the submitted works, and have obtained relevant permission for any copyrighted content, otherwise we may disqualify you from participating.
Due to the specific cultural attributes of deaf people in this film festival, the works you submit should meet at least one of the following conditions: the production of the submitted works involves deaf people (such as producers, directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, etc.); The submitted works include sign language clips in which deaf people participate in the production or performance; the submitted works explore one or more deaf issues.
*Note: Deaf Issues is an umbrella concept, including but not limited to the following:
Audism
Oralism
Surdophobia
Deaf Education
Cochlear Implant/Hearing Aids
Deaf Community, Culture and History
Sign Language and Linguistic Genocide
Sign Language Interpreting
Deaf Arts
Such as DOD, CODA, GODA, SODA, etc.
The Organizing Committee of the 2nd Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival has the final right to interpret all information in this round of film solicitation rules. If you have any questions about the follow-up delivery process, please contact us (email: info@shidff.org).
If you know the above content and meet all the conditions, please select a unit you are interested in to submit works (each person can only submit one work, and a work can only submit one unit).
Short Film Competition
The short film competition unit is also the main competition unit of this round of solicitation. It is open to all age groups, and only short film works are collected.
prize settings
For adult contestants, the following seven categories of "Silent Flower Awards" are tentatively set up in this unit, and the organizing committee will consider whether to modify or add awards depending on the submission of films. Please note that the following awards may also be vacant. These seven categories of awards are only open to adults aged 18 and over. (Here, "over 18 years old" is the judgment standard in mainland China, and other countries and regions can adjust it as appropriate)
Best Dramatic Short Film
best director award
best character award
best record award
Best Chinese Short Film Award (only for Chinese nationality, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions)
Best Art Short Film (including but not limited to MV, dance, animation and various experimental and creative short films)
Special Jury Award
For underage contestants, the following two types of "Silent Flower Awards" are temporarily set up in this unit, and the organizing committee will consider whether to modify or add awards depending on the submission of submissions. Please note that the following awards may also be vacant. The second category of awards is only open to minors under the age of 18. (Here, "under the age of 18" is the judgment standard in mainland China, and other countries and regions can adjust it as appropriate)
Youth Drama Short Film Award
Youth Art Short Film Award (including but not limited to MV, dance, animation and various experimental and creative short films)
Work requirements
Entries for this unit must meet all of the following conditions.
Production time: December 1, 2018 and after.
Video length: no more than 20 minutes.
Video format: mp4 or mov, 1080p, file size is not limited.
Subtitle language: Single and bilingual are acceptable, and must contain Chinese or English subtitles. (Skip if no subtitles)
Screening records: It has never been screened on any public media such as TV and the Internet, as well as various events.
Review process
After the deadline for soliciting films at 24:00 on July 20, 2023, Beijing time, all solicited works in this unit will go through the process of preliminary review, re-review and final review. The focus of the preliminary review is the compliance review, and the review and final review focus on the ideological and artistic review. The preliminary review is conducted by the organizing committee, and the second review and final review are composed of famous film directors, film critics, and deaf artists. The organizing committee will ensure that the review process is fair, just, open and transparent.
After the start of the film solicitation, the organizing committee will dynamically track the film solicitation throughout the whole process, that is, the initial review will start from the start of the film solicitation, and it is expected to end at the end of July; after that, it is expected that the review will be completed in mid-August 2023, and the shortlist will be announced immediately. The committee will communicate one-on-one with the relevant authors about follow-up participation; the final review will be held when the 2nd Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival is held, and the final review results will be announced to the audience and the public at that time. As for the review results, if there are accidents or force majeure factors, the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival has the right to refuse the exhibition of inappropriate works.
Please note that once your submitted work enters the review process, your work cannot be withdrawn. If you want to withdraw your work after submitting it, please contact the organizing committee (email: info@shidff.org) before 24:00 on July 20, 2023, Beijing time.
delivery method
The delivery method of this round of solicitation is to provide download links and fill in the registration form. While uploading the work, you need to upload the subtitle file (in srt or xml format, skip it if there is no subtitle), and you cannot upload any additional files.
The following three delivery channels are open for this round of solicitation:
Vimeo (password if protected; downloads must be enabled)
Baidu network disk (if protected, please provide the password)
dropbox
Please fill in the download link in the corresponding position in the subsequent form after you have uploaded the work and corresponding subtitles (skip if there is no subtitle). Please note that only you have uploaded the work and corresponding subtitles (skip if there is no subtitle) and Registration is considered successful only after the registration form is submitted.
If you know the above content and meet all the conditions, please click to fill in the form.
special screening unit
The special screening unit is an important part of this film festival and belongs to the non-competition unit. This unit is divided into two levels of self-recommendation and directional recommendation. Among them, the self-recommendation unit is open to filmmakers of all ages, regardless of whether it has won an award or not, there is no limit to the type of film solicitation, and the selected films will directly enter the screening link. The directional selection unit will be selected by the organizing committee in cooperation with various international deaf film festivals, and a number of films will be selected for screening, which will not be open to the public.
prize settings
All films selected for screening in this unit will receive the following awards.
special thanks award
Work requirements
For the self-recommended unit, the works solicited in this unit must meet all the following conditions.
Production time: December 1, 2018 and after.
Video length: unlimited.
Video format: mp4 or mov, 1080p, file size is not limited.
Screening records: It has never been screened in mainland China on any public media such as TV and the Internet, as well as various events.
Review process
After the deadline for film submission at 24:00 on July 20, 2023, Beijing time, the evaluation of the two types of secondary units will be conducted by the organizing committee.
For self-recommended units, the Organizing Committee will dynamically track the situation of the solicitation throughout the whole process after the start of the solicitation, that is, the review starts from the start of the solicitation and is expected to end in mid-August 2023. After the review, the organizing committee will directly announce the screening list of self-recommended units. The organizing committee will ensure that the review process is fair, just, open and transparent. Please note that once your submitted work enters the review process, your work cannot be withdrawn. If you want to withdraw your work after submitting it, please contact the organizing committee (email: info@shidff.org) before 24:00 on July 20, 2023, Beijing time.
For the directional selection unit, the organizing committee will communicate with relevant parties in advance, and will announce it on the eve of the 2nd Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival.
Regarding the above review results, if there are accidents or force majeure factors, the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival has the right to refuse the exhibition of inappropriate works.
delivery method
For self-recommended units, the delivery method for this round of solicitation is to provide download links and fill in the registration form. While uploading the work, you need to upload the subtitle file (in srt or xml format, skip it if there is no subtitle), and you cannot upload any additional files.
The following three delivery channels are open for this round of solicitation:
Vimeo (password if protected; downloads must be enabled)
Baidu network disk (if protected, please provide the password)
dropbox
After you have uploaded the work and the corresponding subtitles (skip if there are no subtitles), fill in the download link in the corresponding position in the subsequent form. Please note that the registration is considered successful only after you have uploaded the work and corresponding subtitles (skip if there is no subtitle) and submitted the registration form.
If you know the above content and meet all the conditions, please click to fill in the form.
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