The curtain rises on the second edition of the Golden Panda Awards 2025, but let's take a closer look at the articles of the regulation.
2nd edition of the Golden Panda Awards 2025: the rules
Article 1: Purpose
The coveted international competition in 2025 will bring together the brightest gems from the global film and television landscape. This prestigious award aims to celebrate works that transcend cultural boundaries, embody universal human values, and resonate with shared aesthetic sentiments. The primary goal is to intensify dialogue and exchange between different civilizations, promoting mutual understanding and strengthening bonds of friendship between peoples of all nations. But let's take a closer look at the festival's rules.
Article 2: Prizes
The Golden Panda Awards offers a wide range of awards, divided into four main categories – Cinema, TV Series, Documentary and Animation – plus a Special Jury Prize, for a total of 27 statuettes. In the section Cinema, the talents behind Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography and Best Original Score will be crowned.
The universe of TV series will see awards for Best Series, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography and Best Original Music. The Kingdom of the Documentary will celebrate Best Documentary, Best Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. The enchanted world of’Animation will see the triumph of Best Animation, Best Animated Image and Best Visual Effects. Finally, the Special Jury Prizes will include the “China Story International Communication Award” and the “Special Contribution Award for International Communication”.
Review of the’Article 3
The prestige of the Golden Panda Award is guaranteed by an internationally renowned jury, composed of acclaimed artists, film and television experts, and distinguished scholars. They will critically evaluate the nominated works through a meticulous selection process that includes preliminary and final reviews, ensuring an impartial and high-quality verdict.
Article 4: Collection of works
The Golden Panda Awards renews its biennial appointment with global creativity. To participate in the selection, it is essential to register through the official website (www.goldenpanda-awards.com), carefully fill out the online form and upload the video of the work along with the required presentation materials.
This year, the competition is open to all cinematographic and television works that were broadcast, distributed or screened in one or more countries (or regions) between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2025.
Article 5: Honor
The main creators of the works that pass the selection will be honored with an invitation to participate in the second edition of the activities and the prestigious Golden Panda Award awards ceremony, which will be held in September 2025. During the gala evening, the final results of the judging will be announced and the winners will receive the coveted Golden Panda Award trophy and a certificate testifying to their achievement.
Article 6: Requirements for participation
Those wishing to submit their works for evaluation by the Golden Panda Award, whether individuals or institutions, must be the legitimate copyright holders of the works themselves, thus ensuring that the rights of third parties are not infringed in any way.
Furthermore, submitted works must fully comply with applicable laws and regulations in China. In the case of film co-productions, the parties involved must designate a single entity responsible for submitting the work for evaluation. It is important to note that participation in the Golden Panda Award is completely free: there is no entry fee for submitted works.
Article 7: Promotion
Once the application is submitted, the information and materials provided in the application form may be used to promote the event through various communication channels, both online and offline, including the official Golden Panda Award website, media outlets, catalogs, and specialized magazines. The Executive Committee reserves the right to modify and publicly use the information and materials of the works submitted through the official award channels, including the works' registration data, posters, photographs, promotional videos, and short clips from feature films (with a maximum overall running time of 5 minutes).
The Executive Committee will also select a number of particularly worthy works for promotion and screening during Golden Panda Award events, or for online exhibition on the official website and designated platforms.
Finally, the Executive Committee will have the right to archive the winning works. This archive will be used exclusively for data storage and to promote the Golden Panda Award brand, without any commercial purpose.
Special Declaration of Article 8
After formal acceptance of applications, participants may not withdraw their works without specific authorization and for duly justified reasons. Should an applicant make such a request, the Executive Committee reserves the right to decide whether or not to accept it, carefully evaluating the situation. Should the withdrawal of an application cause financial or reputational damage to the Executive Committee, the applicant will be required to fully compensate for the losses suffered through the payment of financial compensation, the sending of a written letter of apology to the Executive Committee, and a public apology.
Article 9: Notarial authentication
To ensure maximum transparency and respect for the principles of fairness and justice, the entire Golden Panda Award judging process will be supervised and certified by a notary public agency.
Article 10: Acceptance of the Regulation of the second edition of the Golden Panda Awards
These rules apply to all films, TV series, documentaries, and animated films entered into this year's Golden Panda Award. Submission of any work will be considered full and unconditional acceptance of these rules in their entirety.
The Golden Panda Award Executive Committee reserves the responsibility for reviewing and interpreting these rules, and the final right of interpretation rests solely with the Executive Committee itself.