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The 13th BJIFF Project Pitches Is Open for Submission, Fire of Chasing Film Dreams Never Goes Out!
The Project Pitches of the 13th BJIFF Beijing Film Market is scheduled to be held in 2023. Starting from December 16, 2022, the Project Pitches is open for submissions of high-quality Chinese films. Apart from the Project Pitches and WIP projects, the BJIFF will hold the sub-section of Beijing International Sports Film Week as usual and continue to call for submission of sports-themed Chinese films. 
Time for Project Pitches Submission: December 16, 2022 ~ 24:00PM, March 3, 2023 
Time for WIP Projects: December 16, 2022 ~ 24:00PM, March 10, 2023
Time for Beijing International Sports Film Week: December 16, 2022 ~ 24:00PM, March 3, 2023
What can BJIFF Project Pitches bring for me? 
That’s mostly concerned by all filmmakers focusing on the Project Pitches. 
Zhang Xiaobei, the director of Blood and Bones, pointed out at the final-round review, “The biggest difficulty facing new directors is not that people look down on you, but that they can’t see you. We don’t want to let go of any opportunity.” On the stage of the BJIFF Project Pitches Roadshow, good scripts and outstanding young filmmakers will never be neglected. Instead, it’s committed to discovering film talents with creative potential and looking for excellent Chinese-featured films. In the multiple steps such as project selection, professional training, roadshow promotion and industry negotiation, about 20 professional tutors will provide professional guidance to make your project discovered by more people. 
No Problem (or No Problem with Thought), the WIP project winning the “Overseas Promotion Award” at the 10th BJIFF Project Pitches, finally chose the Seventh Art Pictures as the presenter and invited Liang Jing, a producer and famous actress, to act as the executive producer. Director Jiang Jiachen once said, “Our team used to deal with the content creation, and we don’t have much experience in the follow-up issues of films. Under such circumstances, we need to show up the film at the BJIFF so that more people can know about it and help us make the film go further.” The business negotiation at the BJIFF can help the projects fully connect with industrial resources, help more projects obtain opportunities in the fields of financing, post-production as well as market distribution and promotion. In addition, the winners of the seven major awards will also gain generous incentive funds or service rewards. 
In the past 10 years, the platform of BJIFF Project Pitches has discovered a lot of outstanding potential creators and helped the projects transform from stories to films on big screens. During such process, a total of 5,334 entries were submitted and 37 projects were successfully incubated out of the projects shortlisted for final review, the incubation rate reached 34%. The shortlisted projects each year cover a wide range of types such as comic, suspension, feature, fantasy, science fiction and animation, including many excellent works winning the honors in major film festivals and the dark horses that attracted the attention of the industry once they appeared.
This year, the BJIFF Project Pitches will cooperate with Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum (HAF) for the first time to set up a subunit to encourage the projects from Hong Kong, China and the outstanding young filmmakers to participate in the BJIFF Project Pitches, and promote the film market integration and development on both places. Beijing International Sports Film Week, a subunit of sports project, will make the themes and content more diverse. Projects participating in any subunit can also enroll for the competition of BJIFF Project Pitches. In the multiple steps such as project selection, professional training, roadshow promotion, cooperation negotiation and international promotion, it will create an exchange and cooperation space for the financing and services needed at all stages of film production, and help the projects turn stories into films. 
Registration channel for the 13th BJIFF Project Pitches: 
http://system.bjiff.com/market/loginController.do?entranceJsp&type=ct
BJIFF Project Pitches 
Email: projectpitches@bjiff.com
Tel: +86 15510010851 +86 18500377391