The shortlisted films of 2014 Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival were officially released. Fourteen Chinese films from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other region entered the feature film competition. Within these films, the international Jury Panel, with even stricter criteria, will choose the final 5 Golden Koala awards, namely Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Film and Jury Prize.

In the spirit of encouraging new  Chinese film-makers, the competition will focus more on the new emerging forces in the Chinese film industry, so all competing films are limited to the works made by new directors.

2013 Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival Award Ceremony was held at Randwick Ritz Cinema on the evening of February 18th in Sydney. Ray Argall, President of the Australian Directors Guild, carried more than 20 filmmakers who are from Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to the Ceremony including jury members, Guan Hu(the main representative of the 6th generation of China’s film directors), Lu Sheng(new director), Song Taijia (new director), Fiona Sit (Hong Kong actress), Amy Chum (Hong Kong actress), etc. All guests dressed up for the gala, which was such a glitz.