"Talent development has become one of our defining strengths," says SIFF managing director Chen Guo, as first-time director Keane T.K. Wong's 'Afterpiece' opens the event.

Leaders from the Berlin, Toronto and Hong Kong festivals joined a Shanghai Festival forum to debate how to develop the next generation of filmmakers.

Anthony Chen chairs the Asian New Talent jury at Shanghai Film Festival as four Golden Goblet juries reveal their criteria.