# 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival

The 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival was the 22nd such festival devoted to international cinema held in Shanghai, China.

## International Jury

The members of the jury for the Golden Goblet Award were:
* President: Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkish director)
* Paolo Genovese (Italian director)
* Zhao Tao (Chinese actress)
* Aleksey German Jr. (Russian director)
* Nicolas Celis (Mexican producer )
* Wang Jingchun (Chinese actor)
Documentary Film Jury:
* President: Viktor Kossakovsky (Russian director)
* Zhou Hao (Chinese director of The Chinese Mayor)
* Isabelle Arrate Fernandez (Danish producer of 5 Broken Camera)
Animation Jury:
* President: Tomm Moore (Irish director)
Short Film Jury:
* President: Raul Garcia (American director of Extraordinary Tales)

## In Competition
### Drama

| English title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Brotherhood | Pavel Lungin | Russia |
| Castle of Dreams | Reza Mirkarimi | Iran |
| Escape From Town (Chicuarotes) | Gael García Bernal | Mexico |
| God Helps My Friends (Il Grande Spirito) | Sergio Rubini | Italy |
| Between Breaths (Inhale-Exhale) | Dito Tsintsadze | Georgia/ Russia/ Sweden |
| The Fourth Lane (Raja 4) | Emiliano Cunha | Brazil |
| A Serenade | Rikiya Imaizumi | Japan |
| Many Happy Returns | Carlos A. Morelli | Germany |
| Dream Ballet (Pacarrete) | Allan Deberton | Brazil |
| Homesickness | Qin Hailu | China |
| Rosa | Katja Colja | Italy / Slovenia |
| Guardian of Light and Shadow | Yermek Tursunov | Kazakhstan |
| Spring Tide | Yang Lina | China |
| Trees Under the Sun | Dr. Biju | India |
| Dangerous/Vortex | Jacky Gan | China |

### Documentary

| English title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Bridges of Time | Kristīne Briede, Audrius Stonys | Latvia / Lithuania / Estonia |
| The Fourth Kingdom | Adán Aliaga, Àlex Lora | Spain |
| It's All Good | Tuki Jencquel | Venezuela / Germany |
| Fire of Silence | Federico Arteaga | Columbia |
| Dali's Voice/The Sound of Dali | Zhang Yang | China |

### Animation

| English title | Director(s) | Country |
| Dilili in Paris | Michel Ocelot | France |
| Lotte and the Lost Dragons | Janno Põldma | Estonia |
| Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon | Rasmus A. Sivertsen | Norway |
| Ride Your Wave | Masaaki Yuasa | Japan |
| Spycies | Zhiyi Zhang, Guillaume Ivernel | China |

### Short Film
#### Live Action

| English title | Director(s) | Production country |
| A Brief Dream | Geng De | China |
| Dissect | Siavash Shahabi | Iran |
| Harbor | Paul Marques Duarte | France |
| Gretel's Trick | Milena Aboyan | Germany |
| mother | Pariched Sen | Nepal |
| Nowhere to Place | Han Jingzhi | China |
| Three Days of Klava | Ivan Grigolyunas | Russia |
| Dream of Lock (The Nightmare) | Liu Jingyu | China |
| Homecoming | Zhou Yiran | China |
| Videotape | Sandra Concepcion Reynoso Estrada | Mexico |

#### Animated

| English title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Harvest (Qiushi) | SUN Lijun | China |
| King of the Brood | ZHANG Zige | China |
| Ferris Wheel | Carlos Baena | Spain |
| Cat Adventures (Teofrastus) | Sergei Kibus | Estonia |
| Counterclockwise (Widdershins) | Simon P. Biggs | United Kingdom |

## Award Winners
### Golden Goblet Awards

* Best Feature Film: Castle of Dreams (Iran)
* Jury Grand Prix: Inhale-Exhale, Georgia/Russia/Sweden
* Best Director: Reza Mirakarimi for Castle of Dreams
* Best Actor: (tie) Chang Feng for The Return and Hamed Behdad for Castle of Dreams
* Best Actress: Salome Demuria for Inhale-Exhale
* Best Screenplay: Aleksander Lungin & Pavel Lungin for Brotherhood (Russia)
* Best Cinematography: Jake Pollock for Spring Tide
* Outstanding Artistic Achievement: Trees Under the Sun (India)
* Best Documentary: Bridge of Time
* Best Animated Movie: Ride Your Wave (Japan)
* Best Animated Short: La Noria (Spain)
* Best Live Action Short: Nowhere To Put(China)

### Asian New Talent Awards

* Best Film: To Live To Sing
* Best Director: Yuko Hakota for Blue Hour
* Best Script Writer: Yusuf Radjamuda for Mountain Song
* Best Cinematographer:
* Best Actor:
* Best Actress:

### Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards

Moved away from SIFF to become its own event on July 21, 2019.

## Notable Attendees

Notable attendees of the festival include William Feng, Ng See-yuen, TIFF director Takeo Hisamatsu and CFF director Thierry Fremaux and Amanda Seyfried.