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\n\tThe promise heading into this year\u2019s Shanghai International Film Festival was a focus on emerging talent and the rising generation of filmmakers across China and the region. On the evidence so far, the festival is staying true to its word \u2014 and it has enlisted a collection of global industry heavyweights to deliver both inspiration and a healthy dose of reality.<\/p>\n

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\n\tOn the inspiration front: festival directors Tricia Tuttle (Berlin), Cameron Bailey (Toronto) and Albert Lee (Hong Kong) joined SIFF\u2019s own Chen Guo and former Academy president Janet Yang for a series of rallying cries aimed as much at the global industry as at the young filmmakers gathered in Shanghai this week.<\/p>\n

\n\tTuttle pointed to local hero Diao Yinan as a prime example of what international festivals can do for emerging talent. The Chinese filmmaker\u2019s early work appeared at SIFF before he took his gritty thriller Black Coal, Thin Ice<\/em> to Berlin in 2014 and walked away with the Golden Bear. What programmers everywhere are looking for, she said, hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe want to be touched; we want to discover something non-obvious \u2014 a voice in the plot,\u201d said Tuttle. \u201cI think the most exciting thing is when we see something new, when a creator gives us a new perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tYang, now a producer, urged festivals and fellow filmmakers to keep searching beyond the obvious.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen we identify emerging talent, we have to look beyond the obvious signs of success,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are trying to build pathways for the next generation of filmmakers and recognize their potential early. Art teaches the next generation how to observe, imagine and express. In a world shaped by technology and speed, those abilities are more important than ever. The next great filmmaker may come from the path our industry has not yet discovered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tSIFF has an array of initiatives aimed at doing exactly that \u2014 among them the SIFF ING Young Filmmakers Program, the SIFF NEXT Film Project Training Camp and the SIFF YOUNG \u00d7 Shanghai Young Filmmakers Support Program \u2014 and can point to 78 films that have gone on to cinematic release after passing through its hands.<\/p>\n

\n\tProviding the reality check was Chinese star Joan Chen, who could be found in a festival sidebar grilling filmmakers selected for SIFF\u2019s New Talent Project. When she challenged debut director Kio Qiu \u2014 whose Vestiges<\/em> explores life and love in third-century China \u2014 to explain how an ancient story told in an artistic style could draw a contemporary audience into cinemas, he was ready.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt will be like a work of art \u2014 like you go to look at a masterpiece in a gallery, you go to see film art in a cinema,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe galvanizing effect of simply having your work recognized was clear in the reaction of director Xu Lei (Summer Detective<\/em>) to being named among SIFF\u2019s Young Filmmakers for 2026. With the FIFA World Cup playing out simultaneously in North America, he reached for a fitting analogy.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI now know exactly how Neymar felt when he made the World Cup squad at the very last minute,\u201d he said. \u201cThis selection is both supportive and encouraging. I will take this opportunity to keep focusing on filmmaking and creative work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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