Established in the 2000s and has held The South Award—Chinese Films Competition since its 3rd edition, The South Taiwan Film Festival (STFF) and the Competition aim at encouraging filmmakers, regardless of their gender, race or nationality, who are dedicated to issues concerning the Chinese community, as well as offering the audience film works that embody multi-perspective, radical, avant-garde and innovative spirits.

Entry Qualification: The Competition opens globally. Films by filmmakers of Chinese ethnicity or films dedicated to issues about the Chinese community are all welcome to submission. We accept feature-length or short films/videos in any genre completed after 1st January, 2022.

Prizes: A.    The South Award:1 Winner, 80,000 NTD B.    Best Films in 6 categories: Best Fiction Feature (Over 60mins), Best Fiction Short (Under, or exactly 60mins0sec), Best Documentary Feature (Over 30mins), Best Documentary Short (Under, or exactly 30mins0sec), Best Animation, Best Experimental Film 1 Winner for each category, 30,000 NTD (Should the winner of The South Award be one of the winners of the above categories, only the prize money of The South Award will be awarded.) C.    Rookie of the Year: 1 Winner, 30,000 NTD D.    Citizen TAINAN Award: 1 Winner, 30,000 NTD E.    Human Rights Award: 1 Winner, 30,000 NTD

Submission procedure:

• Please complete your application on the STFF google form before 6th May, 2024.
• Early-bird submissions completed before 14th April, 2024 can enjoy FREE SUBMISSION.
• Submissions between 17th April to 6th May are subject to a registration fee of 500 NTD/20 USD per film.
• Please submit your screener online. We accept:

• Non-public video links on YouTube or Vimeo, either without password encryption or with a provided password.
• Download links for HD (1280 x 720 or higher) video files in .mov or .mpeg4, with file size NOT EXCEEDING 4GB.
• The screener must at least include Traditional Chinese or English subtitles.

For further details, please refer to the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfE2bP5WR39hn-9p0fcacHPCNwAkE0MGMST9zTGdKsTmvjEZQ/viewform?usp=sf_link