Shanghai SIFF Project 2025: Full Line-Up
SIFF Project, the projects market of Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, June 13- 22), selected 34 projects across five categories for its 2025 edition. The categories include Genre Projects, New Talent Projects, Co-production Projects, Pre-Production Projects and Works-in-Progress.
Launched in 2007, SIFF Project aims to connect Chinese and Sino-foreign co-production features with potential partners, investors and distributors. The platform has so far held 17 editions that have resulted in more than 100 projects entering into production.
SHANGHAI FILM FESTIVAL SIFF PROJECT 2025:
GENRE PROJECT:
Dog Bite Dog (China)
Director: Cai Kunyu
Screenwriter: Lin Xiao, Wang Hanmo
Ma’s Infinite Strike Back (China) [PICTURED ABOVE]
Director: Ma Kai
Screenwriter: Zhao Tianshuo
Producer: Yang Xiaolai
Help? Help! (China)
Screenwriter: Li Xiaotong, Li Xingyu
Producer: Li Xingyu
Find Your Way (China)
Director: Sofia Wang
Screenwriter: Lilian Zhang
Producer: Aubrey Zheng
Back To Basics (China)
Director: Tang Jiaying
Screenwriter: Chen Mo, Tang Jiaying
Producer: Jing Chen
NEW TALENT PROJECT:
Against The Current (Macau, China)
Director: Cheng Zhengye
Screenwriter: Wang Juncheng
A Perfect Life (China)
Director: Guo Xiaodong
Screenwriter: Xi Longfei
Life Check (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Liang Hai
The Last Firework (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Yoo Zhang
Producer: Ning Xin
Nothing Burns Like The Cold (China)
Director: Sharon Zhou
Screenwriter & Producer: Nini Sun
CO-PRODUCTION PROJECT:
A Winter In Siberia (China, Russia)
Director & Screenwriter: Fan Jiangliu
Sisters (Malaysia, China)
Director: Chong Shun Yuan
Screenwriter: Chong Shun Yuan, Koh Fang Qi, Marcus
Producer: Tong Bing Yu
Chowfan (Love Sunday) (Dominican Republic, China)
Director: Pablo Lozano
Screenwriter: Eduardo Jaar, Pablo Lozano
Producer: Maria Hernandez, Dong Aihui
Shanghai International Film Festival 2025
PRE-PRODUCTION PROJECT:
General’s Order (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Cao An
Producer: Cao An
Son Of Jade (China)
Director: Liu Teng
Screenwriter: Liu Cunzai
Producer: Huang Yuntong, Zhang Jian, Wang Sheng
The Bird Chaser (China)
Director: Zeng Zhi
Screenwriter: Zeng Zhi, Ma Xiaohui
Producer: Li Tianyu
Tides Of Beat (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Xiao Qinan
The Journey (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Zhang Shufan
Producer: Bonnie Jia
Wintertime In A Small Town (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Wu Chu, Gao Xiangyu
Wind Waves The Wheat (China)
Director: Li Peiran, Hao Ming
Screenwriter: Hao Ming, Li Peiran
Reborn (China)
Director: Chen Xiaoyu
Screenwriter: Chen Xiaoyu, Lin Hanfang
Producer: Nina Huang Fan, Huang Xing
To Die For (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Wang Yang
Producer: Li Xiaoyuan
Orlo With Karma (China)
Director: Kangdrun
Screenwriter: Kangdrun, Zheng Tao
Producer: Lu Shu, Soramtsering, Zhang Qianqian
So What (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Xu Yiming
Producer: Sheng Yanhong
Heading South (China)
Director: Yuan Yuan
Screenwriter: Yuan Yuan, Bolor Huang
Producer: Wang Jing
WORK IN PROGRESS PROJECT:
Good Drink Pub (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Emetjan Memet
Producer: Derek Zhang
DOP: He Xun
Huadan Rapper Go Go Go (China)
Director: Liu Hongzhi
Screenwriter: Liu Hongzhi, Su Fa
Producer: Ding Wenjian
DOP: Hai Shu (Yang Fan)
The Story Of Xiao Dong (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Zhang Haidong
Producer: Chen Kunyang, Sun Yu
DOP: Yang Kehan
Stranger In The Mountain (China)
Director: Wan Bo
Screenwriter & DOP: Luo Pan
Producer: Li Yixiao
My Parent’s Midlife Crisis (Malaysia, China)
Director: Joey Lee
Screenwriter: Joey Lee, Coxanne Kok
Producer: Joey Lee
DOP: Jordan Chiam
Zoom In, Zoom Out (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Dong Jie
Producer: Cao Shanshan
DOP: Li Zhong
You Are The Light (China)
Director & DOP: Chai Ran
Screenwriter: Chai Ran, Shang Hua
Producer: Liu Xiaowen
The Seed Will Sprout (Shanghai Daughter) (China)
Director & Screenwriter: Agnis Shen
Producer: Xu Ruijing, Liao Yong, Agnis Shen
DOP: Pu Wei
Scholars Under Fire (China)
Director: Gan Xiao’er
Screenwriter: Chen Linxia, Gan Xiao’er
Producer: Li Jing
DOP: Yasser Ruofeng Zhang
