The 5th Chinese Film Industry Exhibition at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival Calls for Films
The 48th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will be held in Toronto, Canada, from September 7 to 17, 2023. The Culture and Art Exchange Association of North America (hereinafter referred to as the CAE) will continue to collaborate with the TIFF, set up the China Pavilion, and host the 5th Chinese Film Industry Exhibition.
TIFF
As a key part of the “Everlasting BJIFF”, the BJIFF has been actively partnering with foreign film festivals and exhibitions in the global promotion of Chinese films for years to tell Chinese stories well and publicize China. Thanks to collaboration with the CAE, the BJIFF included four outstanding Chinese films, namely Cliff Walkers, Beyond the Skies, Raging Fire, and 1921, in the Chinese Film Industry Exhibition at the 46th TIFF held in 2021. In 2022, BJIFF recommended the Kong and Jigme, a film shortlisted for the 12th BJIFF, to the Chinese Film Industry Exhibition at the 47th TIFF.
TIFF’s official post in 2021
Online Chinese Film Industry Exhibition at the 47th TIFF in 2022
Being the first international film festival that resumes offline exhibition in China, the 13th BJIFF attained fruitful outcomes. 2023 also saw the full return and recovery of the domestic film market and film industry. It becomes more urgent than ever to help domestic films go global. As one of most prestigious film festivals worldwide, the TIFF attracts film fans, film companies and filmmakers from around the globe every year. Moreover, the TIFF serves as a key part of the North American film market and a major global film copyright transaction platform. The 5th Chinese Film Industry Exhibition calls for excellent Chinese films to be part of the TIFF this year, and make themselves visible to global filmmaking counterparts.
▍Scope of films
Feature films, short films, animation, documentaries or new media films
▍Requirements 1.Feature films or animation of 80 minutes or longer, documentaries of 50 minutes or longer, short films of 50 minutes or shorter, new media films between 3 and 15 minutes. 2. Films shot in Mandarin, Cantonese or Minnan dialect with English subtitles. 3. Films are mainly about Chinese culture/Chinese lifestyle without any limits on genres or subject matters (feature films must have obtained screening license). 4. Films that have completed production after January 2021.
Only one film by a director or a production company will be selected. But there is upper limit for the number of films to be submitted.
▍Application date
April 1 to August 10, 2023
▍Application e-mail
info@caeassociation.com
▍Application procedure
The film production entity must fill out the application form, provide brief introduction of the film in English and Chinese, 3-5 minutes of film footage with Chinese and English subtitles, 3 stills, and a poster (one portrait and one landscape poster). The organizing committee will select the best works for the TIFF Chinese Film Industry Exhibition based on the assessment of the artistic and international market value of films, and recommend them to global counterparts; should the cast &crew of the selected films wish to visit Toronto, the TIFF will issue an invitation letter for visa application.
▍Contact information
China:
E-mail: 82650668@163.com
Phone: +86 13901182110 (Mr./Ms. Li）+86 13801138236 (Mr./Ms. Chen)
Canada:
E-mail:
caeassociation@gmail.com
+1 6478653066 (Ms. Lin)
▍About CAE
The Culture and Art Exchange Association of North America (CAE: www.caeassociation.com) is a non-profit organization incorporated in Canada with a wealth of film and art resources in North America. The CAE plans and organizes film, art exhibitions and other related exchange activities to promote the understanding of Chinese and foreign professionals of each other and their own cultural characteristics, and facilitate the integration and interaction between diverse cultures. Creativity is a productivity of the highest value in the contemporary society. The CAE is committed to becoming an internationally recognized supporter and pioneer of cultural and artistic exchanges.
It is authorized to collect outstanding films in China for the TIFF as an official TIFF partner from 2019 on.