The theme of this year's festival is "Silk Road for a Connected World, Films in Bright Chang'an". 1,598 films from 90 countries and regions have applied for the Golden Silk Road Award, and a total of 19 films were selected, including 12 feature films, 3 documentary films and 4 animation films.

At the closing ceremony of the festival on January 3, ten major awards will be announced, including the Best Film, the Best Director, the Best New Director, the Best Actress, the Best Actor, and so on.

11 screening units were set up during this festival, bringing together more than 100 blockbuster films from home and abroad to be screened in theaters and online, making the festival a cultural feast for the public in addition to its professionalism.

Founded in 2014, the Silk Road International Film Festival, as an essential carrier of humanistic exchanges and cooperation, has inherited the spirit and promoted the culture of the Silk Road. It connects the culture and people among countries and regions along the Belt and Road, and provides an important platform for exchanges and cooperation among filmmakers from various countries.