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2026.06.16 16:26 GMT+8

82% world premieres: Dora Bouchoucha on Shanghai's rise

Updated 2026.06.16 16:26 GMT+8
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Jury member Dora Bouchoucha has returned to Shanghai, this time for the Golden Goblet Awards. The Tunisian film producer shares her thoughts on how the Shanghai International Film Festival can offer a model to the world and celebrates the fact that 82% of films shown at the festival were world premieres. She explains how cinema can transcend race, nationality and religion. She also discusses her Sud Écriture workshop for the Global South, her admiration for Chinese filmmakers and the importance of festivals like Shanghai in shifting artistic validation from the West to the rest of the world. This is a powerful conversation about the future of global cinema.

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