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The call
Open to Chinese-language documentary authors worldwide. Sixty minutes or under, no entry fee, no premiere requirement.
Editions
Editions
Every edition includes a call for entries, two rounds of judging, screenings of the selection and public deliberations. Founded in 2022; the second edition was held in Shitang, Zhejiang, in 2025.
What an edition includes
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Judging
An international preliminary round and a final round. Shorts and mid-length work compete on the same stage, against the same standard.
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On the ground
Screenings of the selection, Q&As, masterclasses and public deliberations. The executive committee covers the cost of bringing selected filmmakers.
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What follows
Partner festivals in Vesoul and Brussels receive films put forward from the selection.
2025
Second Edition
The second edition was staged together with the Donghai International Documentary Masterclass Camp in Shitang, Zhejiang — a stone fishing town on the East China Sea known as “the Notre-Dame of the East”. Twelve of 502 entries reached the final round, and five jurors decided the outcome after four hours of debate.
- Dates
- 7–9 December 2025
- Venue
- Shitang, Zhejiang
- Deadline
- 25 September – 20 November 2025
502
Entries
12
Finalists
5
Final jurors
4
Hours of deliberation
2022
First Edition
The first edition called for entries from Chinese-language filmmakers worldwide and received 688 films. Rather than award conventional places, the jury created an Extraordinary Award and gave it to three authors of singular independence and force.
- Dates
- 2022
- Venue
- Online deliberation · Qiandao Lake, Hangzhou
- Deadline
- 15 January – 5 March 2022
688
Entries
13
Finalists
4
Countries on the first panel
3
Extraordinary Awards
Take part
Send a film, or write first
The 3rd edition has not opened yet. The rules and the submissions address are on the Submit page; screenings, partnerships and press go through Contact.