This event is guided by the China Film Association and sponsored by the China Youth Daily, the Youth League Central Network Film and Television Center, and the Nantong Municipal People's Government. According to reports, since the launch of this event in June 2023, a total of more than 2,560 micro films and short video works have been submitted by more than 900 universities across the country. Through preliminary evaluation, screening voting, re-evaluation and other links, 72 micro films, Short video works are shortlisted.
At the summary and sharing meeting, Shen Lei, deputy secretary of the Nantong Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, said that "Nantong Loves Talents, Everyone Comes" is famous all over the country. As the venue for this event, Nantong is also one of the first batch of national youth development cities. As one of the pilot cities, it will continue to make efforts in deeply implementing the concept of youth priority development and launching new policies for high-quality talents. We hope to take the opportunity of the "Youth Image" landing in Nantong to sincerely invite young people to pay attention to Nantong, promote Nantong, and work together to promote The two-way journey between young people and the city achieves common success.
Ma Nianhua, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and deputy editor-in-chief of China Youth Daily, said that "Youth Images" uses micro-movies and short videos that teenagers love as carriers, aims to cultivate innovative young talents, and focuses on improving the creative abilities of young people. The vast number of young people with movie dreams provide professional film and television creative guidance and a stage for talent display, which fully demonstrates the high-spirited attitude of young people in the new era who embrace dreams but are down-to-earth, dare to think, dare to do, and do well in the practice of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. Cui Rui, chairman of the
event jury and young director, systematically commented on the shortlisted works of this event, and gave practical and pertinent suggestions to young creators from the perspective of a director on the themes, plot design, etc. of the shortlisted works; I hope They can use lofty concepts, focus on realistic themes, cleverly design plots, and create more excellent works.
It is understood that after on-site evaluation by the jury, individual awards such as Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor/Actress and recommended works in the first, second and third categories were finally confirmed. At the same time, the list of works in each unit such as "100 Reasons to Fall in Love with My City", "Breeze" theme collection, and "Breeze" 72-hour micro-film creation challenge were also announced respectively. During the event, the "Qingfeng" brand representative said that he will always pay attention to the needs and preferences of young people, and hopes to work with "Youth Image" to convey the concept of green, low-carbon, environmentally friendly and comfortable life to the majority of young people. During the
event, the organizing committee, in conjunction with the Organization Department of the Nantong Municipal Party Committee and the Nantong Municipal Party Committee, organized a three-day event for the shortlisted teams, local universities, and young creative enthusiasts around the theme of "promoting the two-way journey between youth development cities and youth". "Hey! Nantong" short video creation, theme sharing sessions and other series of activities have widely publicized Nantong's youth development-oriented city construction.
It is reported that since the "Youth Image" event has been held for seven years, it has attracted the participation of more than a thousand colleges and universities and millions of students across the country, achieving full coverage of film and television-related professional colleges and 350,000 film and television-related majors, bringing together a large number of High-level youth original video works have become an important carrier for cultivating talents in the youth cultural industry.
It is understood that this event is hosted by the Organization Department of the Nantong Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Propaganda Department of the Nantong Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Nantong Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Nantong Talent Development Group, Beijing Zhongqing Shengshi Media Culture Co., Ltd., and other units, and has received support from the China Guanghua Science and Technology Foundation, Beijing Special support from the Television Artists Association, as well as the "Qingfeng" brand and "Xiangxiang app".
Recommended list of works for the 7th "Youth Image" Youth Micro Film Short Video Collection and Exhibition
