Among the works registered for the competition, 50 works were finally shortlisted for the Golden Goblet Award's main competition, Asian Newcomer, documentary, animation, and short film categories, including 38 world premieres, 6 international premieres, and 6 Asian premieres, setting a new record for the world premiere rate. Among the 14 shortlisted films for the main competition category, 12 were world premieres and 2 were international premieres; all 11 works shortlisted for the Asian Newcomer category were world premieres.
Main Competition Unit
Main Competition
A private bathroom
A BATHROOM OF ONE'S OWN
World Premiere
Directed by: Lucia Casal Rodríguez
Country/Region of Production: Spain
A man and a woman
A MAN AND A WOMAN
World Premiere
Director: Guan Hu
Production Country/Region: Mainland China | Hong Kong, China
Adults
ADULT
World Premiere
Director: Mariano González
Country/Region of Production: Argentina
Goodbye German tanks
ANOTHER GERMAN TANK STORY
World Premiere
Director: Yannis Alexander Kiefer
Country/Region of Production: Germany
Fugitive
CHASING JOHNNY
International Premiere
Director: Baptiste Debro
Country/Region of Production: France
Sunshine Club
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY
World Premiere
Director: Wei Shujun
Country/Region of Production: China
hedgehog
THE HEDGEHOG
World Premiere
Director: Gu Changwei
Country/Region of Production: China
Her rebirth
HER SECOND CHANCE
International Premiere
Directed by: Vito Palmieri
Country/Region of Production: Italy
The two worlds I live in
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
World Premiere
Director: Wu Meibao
Country/Region of Production: Japan
The silence of shells
SILENCE OF THE SEASHELL
World Premiere
Directed by: Kamal Ahmed Simon
Country/Region of Production: Bangladesh | Germany
Snow in the yard
SNOWFLAKES IN MY YARD
World Premiere
Directed by: Baku Bakuradze
Country/Region of Production: Georgia | Russia
The stars are waiting for us
STARFALL
World Premiere
Director: Zhang Dalei
Country/Region of Production: China
divorce
THE DIVORCE
World Premiere
Directed by: Daniyal Salamat
Country/Region of Production: Kazakhstan
Scavengers
THE WASTEMAN
World Premiere
Directed by: Ahmed Bahrami
Country/Region of Production: Iran
Asian Newcomer Unit
Asian New Talent
Three Murders in One House, Three Nights
3 DAYS, 3 MURDERS
World Premiere
Directed by: Masoud Amini Tirani
Country/Region of Production: Iran
Bird of a Feather
BIRD OF A DIFFERENT FEATHER
World Premiere
Director: Manohara K.
Country/Region of Production: India
My mother's pain
DREAMING OF MOTHER AND HOME
World Premiere
Director: Wang Xinrui
Country/Region of Production: China
Fishbone
FISHBONE
World Premiere
Director: Zhang Xuyu
Country/Region of Production: China
This Friday's playground
FRIDAY, FUNFAIR
World Premiere
Director: Zeng Zhi
Country/Region of Production: China
Shelter Tower
HABITAT
World Premiere
Director: Zhang Luoping
Country/Region of Production: China
In the Name of Fire
IN THE NAME OF FIRE
World Premiere
Director: Abhilash Sharma
Country/Region of Production: India
swallow
LONGER THAN A DAY
World Premiere
Directed by: Mallika Muhamedjan
Production country/region: Russia | Kazakhstan | Italy
Winter Traveler
THE ABSENT
World Premiere
Director: Rudan
Country/Region of Production: China
peaceful always
THE LOST DAUGHTER
World Premiere
Director: Zang Lianrong, Xu Ruogu
Country/Region of Production: China
Countryside
VICISSITUDE
World Premiere
Director: Takuro Ijichi
Country/Region of Production: Japan
Animation Unit
Animation Film
Son of Buffalo
BUFFALO KIDS
Asian Premiere
Director: Pedro Solis
Juan Jesus Garcia Gallocha "Gaul"
Country/Region of Production: Spain
Live strong
LIVING LARGE
Asian Premiere
Directed by: Kristina Duvkova
Production country/region: Czech Republic | Slovakia | France
Glass Worker
THE GLASSWORKER
Asian Premiere
Director: Usman Riaz
Country/Region of Production: Pakistan | United States
Jinling Royal Cat
THE ROYAL CAT
World Premiere
Director: Cao Liang
Country/Region of Production: China
Your Color
THE COLORS WITHIN
Asian Premiere
Director: Naoko Yamada
Country/Region of Production: Japan
Documentary Film
Documentary Film
Looking for another story
ALL AND NOTHING
International Premiere
Director: Liao Yiling, Zhu Baiying
Country/Region of Production: Taiwan, China
Girl's Prayer
GERI'S WISH
World Premiere
Director: Tonislav Hristov
Country/Region of Production: Finland | Bulgaria
Aunt Hu's Garden
MS. HU'S GARDEN
World Premiere
Director: Pan Zhiqi
Country/Region of Production: China
Tribal Requiem
REQUIEM FOR A TRIBE
World Premiere
Directed by: Marjan Khosravi
Production country/region: Iran | Spain | Qatar
Angry Landscape
THE LANDSCAPE AND THE FURY
International Premiere
Director: Nicole Vogler
Country/Region of Production: Switzerland | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Short Film Section
Short Film
Live-action short film
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Lost
BEFORE ANYONE ELSE
International Premiere
Director: Tetsuya Mariko
Country/Region of Production: United States | Japan
Why do we dream?
DREAM ON
World Premiere
Director: Zhang Dalei
Country/Region of Production: China
grandmother
GRANNY'S GOT A GUN
World Premiere
Director: Ida Dumitru, Anna Ineni
Country/Region of Production: Romania
Embrace
HUSH, MY DEAR
World Premiere
Director: Yang Xiaoman
Country/Region of Production: China
Lights in the night sky
LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SKY
World Premiere
Directed by: Ottavio Daniel Carreño
Country/Region of Production: Mexico
Sunshine Zone
PLACE UNDER THE SUN
World Premiere
Director: Vlad Bolgarin
Country/Region of Production: Moldova
A great day for swimming
PRINCESS ARIEL
World Premiere
Director: Liu Zhiquan He Xinyuan
Production country/region: Hong Kong, China | Mainland China | Taiwan, China
sisters
SISTERS
World Premiere
Directed by: Jordi Sanz Angler
Country/Region of Production: Spain
Boundary Events
THE EVENT HORIZON
World Premiere
Director: Sheila Geffen
Country/Region of Production: Israel
Red car
THE NEW RED CAR
World Premiere
Director: Dong Yang
Country/Region of Production: China
Animated short film
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
aquatic
AQUATIC
Asian Premiere
Directed by: Shiva Sadie Asadi
Country/Region of Production: Iran
Floaters
FLOATERS
Asian Premiere
Director: Yuan Mocong
Country/Region of Production: United Kingdom
Gilbert
GILBERT
World Premiere
Directed by: Arturo Lacal
Alex Sarrou Jordi Jimenez
Country/Region of Production: Spain
Kill the horse
KILL THE HORSE
World Premiere
Director: Guo Xiaoruo
Country/Region of Production: China
Running back to the mountain stream
THE BROOK THAT RAN BACK TO THE MOUNTAIN
International Premiere
Director: Alexander Khramtsov
Country/Region of Production: Russia
(The above is sorted by the first letter of the English title of the film)
