Hey, Filmmakers! The 12th Beijing International Film Festival Calls You!

Hey, Filmmakers! The 12th Beijing International Film Festival Calls You!

February 24, 2022

Are you a film fanatic or movie enthusiast?

Have a number of films you have produced or directed or authored?

Would you like to have an opportunity to showcase your film to the China market?

At the 12th Beijing International Film Festival, there is a place for everyone of you!

With the successful cooperation and promotions of nearly 300 excellent Chinese and foreign films in the 11th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) last year, Beijing Film Market has officially opened registration for the 12th BJIFF to be held in mid-to-late April 2022. You can sign up to participate as attendees (guests/buyers), as exhibitors at their online film exhibition, compete in the Film Panorama competition or even attend a special film screening (Market Screening) with other industry professionals around the world!

What’s so special about Beijing International Film Festival?

The Bejing Film Market has become important cooperation and transaction venue attended by key industry leaders and representatives, as well as a strategic promotion platform for Chinese and foreign film industries around the world. Last year at the 11th BJIFF, BFM successfully screened 95 films online at the “Beijing Film Festival Online Panorama”, featured 223 exhibitors with 470 projects, and received 839 entries of project pitches at the event. During the pinnacle of the event, the Contract Signing Ceremony, BFM broke the record in signing and releasing 44 key projects, worth the total amount of 35.223 billion yuan.

For more highlights on the 11th Beijing International Film Festival last year, click here.

Bridging China and Indonesia through Films

Nanyang Bridge Media also participated in the 11th BJIFF in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing. We brought the 2 Indonesian films: “A Man Called Ahok” and “Susi Susanti” for the market screening and placed an Indonesian film booth at their exhibition platform to showcase 3 other Indonesian films. As one of the few Indonesian companies promoting economic and cultural exchanges across ASEAN, our CEO, Gandhi Priambodo, attended the event to represent Indonesia and embodied our ultimate vision as a company, bridging China and Southeast Asia. Read the special story by Sindonews about our contribution to the event.

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If you think the 11th BJIFF was an extraordinary event, this year’s festival is expected to dive deeper into the film industry and create a more spectacular experience.

1. The Virtual Experience of a Global Film Exhibition

At the 12th BJIFF, you can fully display your company and projects virtually at the online exhibition, where all interactions can be done through the dedicated cloud platform. On the platform, participators can view the information of all registered booth personnel and send an email for business inquiries within a click. There is also a Business Chatting System embedded for an optimum experience of text/video conferences with exhibitors, project owners, and customers.

With this digital ecosystem, the 12th BJIFF is expected to see companies from all over the world come together and build a strategic connection with domestic and international filmmakers – ultimately, introducing more quality foreign content to China and outstanding Chinese films to the world.

Click here to know more about the actual display of the online Beijing Film Market.

2. An Exclusive Film Screening Awaits!

A special session of the BJIFF is the market screening where market-registered guests, buyers and industry insiders gather to have small internal viewing of carefully curated films from around the world. This year, the organizing committee has set the standards of high-quality and excellence in selecting the international films that will be screened exclusively at this special session, in hopes of elevating the quality of the international film market. Film professionals and industry insiders are to reserve their space at the market screening within two weeks before the exhibition period, after registering as guests/buyers of the event.

Find out more about Market Screenings here.