The GZDOC 2018 Golden Kapok Award Competition successfully wrapped up with 4,542 submissions from 122 countries/regions. In the past three months, the festival organizing committee gathered 60 experts who specialize in production management, film study, film production, theatre distribution, media review, and documentary industries to launch first-round selection. As a result of intense selection, 204 documentaries from 49 countries/regions are qualified to be the semi-finalists.

Below are the lists of semi-finalists. 

 International Semi-Finalists 

—— Feature Documentary ——

A Stranger Came to Town

Production Country: Netherlans

Director: Thomas Vroege

Production Company: Halal Docs

A Woman Captured

Production Countries: Hungary | Germany

Director: Bernadett Tuza-Ritter

Production Companies: ÉCLIPSE FILM | CORSO FILM

América

Production Country: USA

Directors: Erick Stoll | Chase Whiteside

Production Company: Lifelike Docs

An Engineered Dream

Production Countries: Korea | Japan | Singapore | Taiwan, China

Director: Hemant Gaba

Production Company: TUK TUK FILMS

Anote’s Ark

Production Country: Canada

Director: Matthieu Rytz

Production Company: EyeSteelFilm

Ballet Now

Production Country: USA

Director: Steven Cantor

Production Company: Stick Figure Productions

Berlin's Treasure Trove

Production Country: Germany

Director: Dag Freyer

Production Company: Berlin Producers Media

Border Politics

Production Country: Australia

Director: Judy Rymer

Production Company: Rymer Childs Productions

Boys Who Like Girls

Production Countries: Finland | Norway | India

Director: Inka Achte

Production Company: Napa Films

Cairo in One Breath

Production Country: USA

Director: Anna Kipervaser

Production Company: On Look Films

City of the Sun

Production Countries: Georgia | Netherlands | Qatar | USA

Director: Rati Oneli

Production Company: OFA | Office of Film Architecture

Cell Block 4

Production Country: Argentina

Director: Diego Gachassin

Production Company: El Acorazado Cine

CERES

Production Country: Netherlands

Director: Janet Van den Brand

Production Companies: Diplodokus | Tangerine Tree | Belga Productions |

 Evangelische Omroep

—— Documentary Short ——

40 Meters

Production Country: Switzerland

Director: Samuel Flueckiger

Production Company: Flückiger Film

Backswing

Production Countries: Germany | Spain

Directors: Jonas Egert | David Preute

Production Companies: Cellardor Film / Hellmann & Traub GbR |

 University of Television and Film Munich

Beauty

Production Country: Canada

Director: Christina Willings

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Catch, the Downfall of the Idols

Production Country: Argentina

Director: Felipe Bozzani

Production Company: APURI

Cisco 2020, Massive Rebel

Production Country: Spain

Director: Miguel Garrido Motilva

Production Company: Cisco García

Dark Waves

Production Countries: Belgium | France | Switzerland

Director: Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis

Production Company: Le Fresnoy

EL SAGRADO CORAZÓN

Production Country: Columbia

Director: Sebastian Diaz

Independent production

Frog Hunters

Production Country: Turkey

Director: Batuhan Kurt

Production Companies: Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir, Turkey

Ho to Become a Pope

Production Country: Italy

Directors: Justyna Mytnik | Agata Golańska

Production Companies: Polish National Film School in Łódź

In Dance. Italy: Renaissance

Production Countries: Italy | Russia

Director: Anji Taratuta

Production Company: TFF company

JULULU

Production Country: Poland

Director: Michele Cinque

Production Company: Lazy Film

Letter to My Children

Production Countries: Cuba | Korea | USA

Director: Joseph Juhn

Production Companies: Diaspora Film Production | LCC

Lonesome Willcox

Production Country: USA

Directors: Ryan Maxey | Zack Wright

Independent production

Long Journey for the First Steps

Production Country: Slovenia

Directors: Jasmina Mustafić

Production Company: Luksuz produkcija

Love&Loss

Production Country: USA

Director: Li Yiying

Production Company: University of Southern California

Once Hamoun

Production Country: Iran

Director: Ehsani Mohammad

Production Company: Ehsanpictures

Pasdar

Production Country: Poland

Director: Grzegorz Piekarski | Zeinab Pasdar

Production Company: University of Silesia in Katowice

RIOT

Production Country: France

Director: Frank Ternier

Production Company: l'image d'après

Sea Angels

Production Country: Italy

Director: Simone Gandolfo

Production Company: Samarcanda Film

Smoke

Production Country: Iran

Director: Mohammad Ehsani

Production Company: Ehsanipictures

Someone Else

Production Countries: France | USA

Director: Degardin Alexandre

Production Company: Dark Horse Films

Talking Soil

Production Country: Switzerland

Director: Jan Baumgartner

Independent Production

The Man Who Planted a Forest

Production Country: India

Director: Sajeed A

Production Company: 101India.com

Time Machine

Production Country: Poland

Director: Jan Bujnowski

Production Companies: The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz

Tracing Addai

Production Country: Germany

Director: Esther Niemeier

Production Company: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

Trespass: Stories from Singapore's Thieves Market

Production Country: Singapore

Director: OngKah Jing

Production Company: OKJ Discoveries LLP

Winter in Europe

Production Country: Spain

Director: Polo Menárguez

Production Companies: Mordisco Films | Montreux Entertainment

—— Documentary series ——

Blue Planet II

Production Country: UK

Director: James Honeyborne

Production Companies: BBC Studios Natural History Unit | OceanX Media

The Kingdom - How Fungi Made the World

Production Countries: Australia | Canada

Director: Talas Annamaria

Production Companies: Smith & Nasht Pty Ltd | Real to Reel Productions Inc.

 Domestic Semi-Finalists 

—— Feature Documentary ——

24th Street

A Rejoice in Life

Director: Chai Hongfang

Production Company: Chai Fanghong Studio

Chu Shan Ji

Director: Jiao Bo

Production Company:　Jiao Bo Guang Ying (Beijing) Communication Co. , Ltd.

Dancing in the Wind

Director: Yue Ting

Production Company: Qingying Studio

Extreme Road

Director: Cheng Gong

Production Company: Beijing Wu Xing Chuan Qi Inc.

Firefly

Director: Chen Hao

Production Companies: CCTV Documentary Channel | China Guangxi Television

Four Springs

Director: Lu Qingyi

Production Company: Baichuan (Wuxi) Inc.

From Local to Global

Director: Gerry Hadden

Co-produced with: USA

Production Company: China Global Television Network-America

From Shanghai to Pingyao

Director: Wang Jing

Production Companies: Beijing Guan Zheng Communication Co. , Ltd. Er Xiao Men (Shanghai) Film. Inc.

Ganglha Metok

Director:  Taxi Qingpeng

Production Company: Chlitina(China) Trading Co., Ltd.

Hanava Divas

Director: Wei Shiyu

Co-produced with: Hong Kong | China

Production Company: Blue Queen Cultural Communication Ltd.

Han Hai Lv Zhou

Director: Liang Kun

Production Company: CCTV Documentary Channel

Himalayas Condor

Directors: Zhang Yue | Cui Ying

Production Company: Central Studio of News Reels Production

In My Eyes

Director: Han Yi

Production Company: Shanghai Dong Zhu Inc.

Kick the Ball! Kid!

Director: Zhao Guopeng

Production Company: Lanzhou Television Center

Lady of the Harbour

Director: Wang Shen

Co-produced with: Netherlands

Production Company: Muyi Film

Life in the Field

Director: Ding Qianhe

Production Company: Qingdao Radio and Television

Light Up

Director: Wei Kai

Production Company: Guangzhou Imagine Media Culture Communication Co., Ltd

Lion Heart

Director: Wan Man (Singapore)

Co-produced with: Singapore

Production Company: Beijing San Duo Tang Inc.

Loving Cantonese Opera

Director: Lu Chuan

Production Companies: Guangzhou Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV, Press and Publication | Beijing Bo Jing Communication Co., Ltd

Meeting in Shambhala

Director: Yan Dazhong

Production Company: Fleet Entertainment (Beijing)

Memoirs of Canton: Glittering Pearls in the Delta

Directors: Fan Deliang | Chen Yi

Production Companies: Guangzhou Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV, Press and Publication | Oriental Companion Media(Beijing) Co.,Ltd | China newsreel and documentary film studio | Global Raytur Public Communication Company Ltd.

People's Republic of Desire

Director: Wu Hao

Production Company: Beijing Xing Ye Technology and Culture Co., Ltd. |

Tripod Media LLC

Pursuit of Prescription Made Up of Chinese Herbs

Directors: Liu Yanhong | Gu Yue | Mei Yuan | Li Jing | Yin Jihui | Wang Minglei

Production Company: China Agriculture Film and Television Center

Research of The Left-Behind Japanese Women in China after World WarⅡ

Director: Wang Naizhen

Independent production

Stammering Balled

Director: Zhang Nan

Production Company: CNEX

SHAKUHACHI: One Sound One Life

Director:　Qin Qiong (Helen)

Production Company: Shanghai Tian Ren Hui Zhi Culture Communication Co. , Ltd.

Tibetan monkeys of Mountain Huangshan

Director: Zhang Chengjun | Pan Yang | Meng Xudong

Production Company: Anhui Radio and Television

Time in Tibet

Director: Zhang Luxing

Production Company: China Intercontinental Communication Center(CICC)

Timeless Beauty

Director: Deyan PARPOUCHEV

Production Company: Artking Cuture Media, Alien Production

The China-supply of Jack MA

Director: Zhang Neixian

Production Company: Beijing Polis Vision Inc.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

Director: Yan Dong

Co-produce with: USA | Netherlands

Production Companies: CCTV-10 | Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Agency | Discovery Network | Guangdong Radio & Television | ZHTV

The People above the Clouds

Director: Thierry Boscheron

Co- produced with: France

Production Companies: China Global Television Network | Etoile Noire Production

The Scapegoat

Director :Han Jing

Production Company：Shanghai Shi Ye Inc.

Uncle Bird -The Story of Ren Jianguo

Director: Shen Rong

Production Companies: Publicity Department of the CPC Jilin Municipal Committee| Jilin Radio and Television

Water Earthworm

Director: Zhang Xiaodan

Production Company: Liaoning Hanggong Inc.

Weaving

Director: Wang Yang

Production Companies: Ang Zuo(Shanghai) Inc. | Beijing Shi Na Hua Ren Inc.

Yi Yuan Ji Shi

Directors: Zhang Peng | Wang Weida | Liu Hongyan

Production Company: China Central Television

Yun He Shang De Guo Du: Ba Na Ma Yun Xing

Director: Shen Feifeng

Country/Region: Hong Kong | China

Production Company: Phoenix TV

—— Documentary Short ——

1213

Director: Ding Ran

Production Company: China Central Television News Channel

Autism, No Longer

Director: Li Haiyi

Production Company: Shi Guang Ji Communication Co., Ltd.

A Secluded Primary School

Director: Tan Tianyao

Independent Production

Awakening Lion

Director: Guo An

Production Companies: Guangdong Song&Dance Ensemble |

 Beijing Huayu Media Co., Ltd.

Family Video

Director: Huang Liancong

Production Company:

Duan Pianer Studio of School of Literature and Communication of Huizhou University

Fight

Directors: Li Yunjing | Fengbao

Production Company: Beijing Shi Ji Fei Yang Communication Co., Ltd.

Fly over the Summit

Directors: Huang He | Liu Zinan

Production Company: Sichuan Jia Hao Communication Co., Ltd.

Guardians of the Scales

Director: Huang Wenxuan

Independent production

He Made Zither Out of Wood

Director: Song Manchao

Production Company: Shanxi Panoramic Record Film& Television Media Co., Ltd.

Iceman

Director: Qi Lei | Bai Ping

Production Company: China Weather TV

If I Die Young

Director: Chuai Jing

Production Company: Sichuan Normal University

Just Pick Up Children for

Director: Zhong Ruoshi

Production Company: Shanghai Theatre Academy

Live and Let Live

Director: Luo Binhao

Production Company: Nanfang Daily

Never Rare

Director: Chen Yanv

Production Company: Communication University of China

Shangri LA

Director: Carlo Christian Spano

Production Company: Huang Ye Xing Qiu (Beijing) Technology and Culture Co., Ltd.

Taolai River Canyon Mystery

Director: Gao Xiang

Production Company: Jiayuguan Radio and Television

Telling the Movies to the Blind

Director: Jiang Chao

Production Company: Shangdong Radio and Television

The Competition Court of 6 Seconds

Director: Pan Boyang

Production Company: Faculty of Art and Media of Tongji University

The Craftsman Village

Director: Chen Chunguang

Production Company: Xiamen Guang Yu Culture Communication Co., Ltd.

The Earliest Walled-city in China Wakes Up Again

Director: Gu Xiaojun

Production Company: OHOTV

The Living in the Present – “Transfer Stop, Witness of Love”

Director: Liu Liu

Production Companies: China Network Television | New TV | Huoer Guosi Media Co., Ltd.

The Wooden Steelyard

Director: Ding Qianhe

Production Company: Qingdao Radio and Television

The Survival Wisdom of a Wetland

Director: Chen Ge

Production Company: Shenzhen Fang Xiang Culture Inc.