China International New Media Short Film Festival

Origin

Started by 2010, as one of the principle part of the 6th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair, the first China International New Media-Movies-TV-Animation Festival, settled in Shenzhen.

In the past, China held a number of film festivals, TV festivals, animation festivals, etc., but none of them featured new media short films. The significance of holding a new media movie-TV-animation festival is that such a festival not only sets itself apart from other festivals and realizes differentiated development, but also fills the gap that China has had in this field. It will lead to and conduce to the establishment of rules and standards for new media movie-TV-animation development as well as the healthy rapid development of the new media audio visual industry.

The 1st China International New Media Movie-TV-Animation Festival consists of four major sections: activity, transaction, forum, and exposition. In 2012, the Organizing Committee used the name “China International New Media Short Film Festival” from the 3rd year, taking place of “China International New Media-Movies-TV-Animation Festival”.

The KingBonn Award of China International New Media Short Film Festival is specially set up, with the highest award category awarding RMB 300,000.

The name of the KingBonn Award is derived from the abbreviated name of Shenzhen City – Pengcheng (Chinese Pinyin, literally meaning "the city of roc"). KingBonn implies that the new media movie-TV-animation industry will thrive and soar.

Aim

The China International New Media Short Film Festival is intended to encourage the production of outstanding new media shorts, discover and support new media talents, nurture and incubate innovative new media projects.

KingBonn Award Competition

The KingBonn Award of China International New Media Short Film Festival is by far the only state-recognized and also international short film award in China, which is comprised by Main Competition Section and Internet Voting Section. As one of the principal activities in the festival, creators of short films from home and aboard come to participate in the competition. Domestic and international film professionals, scholars, and noted directors will be on the panel to review the candidate shorts and selected the best ones to reward in form of bonus, with the view of encouraging the production of outstanding new media shorts, discovering and supporting talents. The three main categories of entries accepted by KingBonn Award include fiction, animation and documentary shorts which should be less than 20 minutes and completed after January 1 of the previous one year and are not previously submitted to the KingBonn Award. One selection is held per year.

KingBonn Award Ceremony

KingBonn Award Ceremony, as the unique platform for KingBonn Award result announcement, is one of the most ceremonious activitie, which will be live telecasted by the Shenzhen Media Group Channels and the domestic mainstream online video networks.

International Short Film Screenings

International Short Film Screening started from the 2nd CSFF (2011), with the aim of enforcing cultural communication on international new media short film and exhibiting the outstanding KingBonn Award entries. CSFF Organizing Committee organizes annually the new media short film screening activity under the cooperation with media institutions from home and abroad. So far, CSFF Organizing Committee has built up partnership with the media institutions from more than 30 countries and regions.

New Media Short Film Forum

CSFF Organizing Committee holds annually the New Media Short Film Forum, focusing on the hot topics of the new media industrial development trend. Each year will have a unique topic, different experts from all over the world are invited to have a deep discuss and share the experience, finally improve the healthy and sustainable development of new media industry.

New Media Short Film Market

CSFF Organizing Committee takes the occasion of China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair to hold short film screening and trade promotion sessions in May every year as an important part of China International New Media Short Film Festival. These activities are aimed at promoting high-quality new media short films, supporting teams or directors that show great potential in shooting new media short films, and cultivating creative projects of high-quality new media short films. During the 4th China International New Media Short Film Festival, Shorts International Ltd. purchased 7 Chinese short films that had won the KingBonn Award. It's the first international copyright deal for Chinese short films. During the 6th China International New Media Short Film Festival, the International New Media Short film Creation Salon organized by the organizing committee for new media short film makers served as a successful platform for investors and short film maker, effectively facilitating the investment and financing of new media short film projects, with the total transaction volume of projects exceeding RMB 43 million.

KingBonn Short Film Outdoor Screening Carnival in Guangming

The KingBonn Award Outdoor Screening Carnival in Guangming New District，creatively co-initiated by CSFF Organizing Committee and Shenzhen Guangming New District Administration Committee, is a large-scale public cultural leisure activity focusing on short film screening, accompanied by the elements of food, creative market and entertainment. The first KingBonn Award Outdoor Screening Carnival in Guangming New District was launched in 2013 by the 4th CSFF at the Guangming Sport Center. The 3-day activity attracted more than 10,000 people per day, which made it a fabulous mass carnival facing all citizens. Now, the Carnival has successfully been held for 3 years, with the fame of one of the most attractive, most impressive, most reputable activities of CSFF. The three carnivals totally exhibited the short films from 18 countries and regions, with the invited guesses from about 30 countries and regions, which makes it a large outdoor cultural leisure brand activity.

International Jury Panel of KingBonn Award Selection

The 1st KingBonn Award (2010)

The 2nd KingBonn Award (2011)

The 3rd KingBonn Award (2012)

The 4th KingBonn Award (2013)

The 5th KingBonn Award (2014)

The 6th KingBonn Award (2015)