Call for Films|The 2nd VITA Horizon Chinese Youth Film Festival

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Let us first look back at the two-second antics in "Roundhay Garden Scene", the one-minute off-duty scene in "Factory Gate", and the roaring and rushing towards the audience in "The Train Into the Station". A moment is enough for the audience to appreciate the charm of the image. The characters in the above scene may not be aware of it:

A brand new world is born.

In April 1896, inspired by the invention of the film projector by the Lumiere brothers, Edison developed the vitascope (transliteration: Weitai projector) for the first time, and held the premiere. Since then, the film America, which symbolizes the industrial model, has stepped onto the stage of history.

© Film Festival official animation "Time Light Cinema" trailer

At the same time, Chaplin used the silent film "Modern Times" and the sound film "The Great Dictator" to awaken people's front-end demand for audio-visual, standardized images dominated by narrative—— The genre film has also gradually entered the public eye.

gangsters, westerns, sci-fi, and even special photography, all of which have left strong and colorful traces in the world of light and shadow.

© Film Festival official animation "Time Lighting Cinema" static frame

In August 2022, the Ceres-1 (Yaosan) Xingguang Yicai carrier rocket (mission code: white is the new black) was successfully launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. Successfully sent the Taijing-1 01-satellite satellite, which sealed the physical chip of the award-winning works of the Urban New Wave Youth Image Exhibition (formerly Vita Horizon Chinese Youth Film Festival), into the sun-synchronous orbit. The

organizing committee tried to spread the image expression of young creators in a very romantic way. And the years when the movie wandered in space is the greatest respect we can give to the work.

© Film Festival official animation "Time Light Cinema" scene map

The constant external conditions make the creators face unprecedented pressure, and the difficulty of promoting the first work and reaching the audience is particularly prominent.

It is true that there are too many similarities between the current difficult filming road and the history of film development, but looking back on the difficult times we have passed, we should have more confidence in the future.

© The still frame of the official animation of the film festival "Time Light Cinema"

The short farewell time is over, The second Vita Horizon Chinese Youth Film Festival will officially return in 2023. refocuses on the history of film development, accepts and expands new image territory, and provides broader and more powerful support for the unlimited expression of young creators.

The emerging power rising on the horizon can never be ignored. Starting from learning to use the original projector Vita, all image expression is the exploration and excavation of the surrounding world. No matter the length or the subject matter, everyone is looking forward to it:

boldly practiced Audiovisual language and stunning debut.

This year, we will continue to optimize the competition rules. The main competition unit and the extension unit will be presented together. The former inherits the past tradition, while the latter is taken from the meaning of "extending and stretching" in "A Tour of Lintong" by Mr. Ye Shengtao; The round table forum will be presented in front of you with a brand-new appearance; the film critics' week, art committee, honorary jury chairman, and joint curatorial institutions will provide more diversified opportunities for the film festival to reach out.

© Film Festival official animation "Time Cinema" character design

In addition, we will also launch original promotional animation short film "Time Cinema" , based on classics, encourage creation. The official version of the film will have its world premiere during the opening of the film festival.

© The official animation of the film festival "Time Light Cinema" character design

brief introduction

main competition unit: subdividing the narrative video and experimental video competition unit, discovering high-quality short films of the year; accepting submissions of various types of works, the duration must be more than 5 minutes, Under 30 minutes

extension unit: Subdivided type arena and midnight screening hall, emphasizing innovation and market; for feature films of 60 minutes and above, 60Registration is open for short films and commercials under 1 minute; type arena accepts short films and commercials, and the midnight screening hall is limited to feature films.

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a hundred years ago because of the existence of the projector, and the images of wandering universe will not stop roaming. The camera does not stop, every frame has its own meaning, and a new star will rise again on the horizon.

© Trailer of the official animation "Time Cinema"

© Still frame of the official animation "Time Cinema"

© Poster of the official animation "Time Cinema"

Story summary: A young man accidentally found an old "Time Cinema", Entering the screen during the movie watching process, traveling through the entire film history of the 20th century.

film concept: We try to create a "movie-talking movie" by deconstructing and reorganizing a series of classic movie fragments to piece together a movie sketch. With the famous scenes that fans talk about, it evokes the audience's memories of old movies and feels the pure "charm of images". The characters, props, scenes and fan memes that have appeared in various classic films will be stuffed into the film, waiting for the audience to dig out as easter eggs.

© Film Festival official animation "Time and Light Cinema" character design

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Official Promotional Video: Song Cambridge Special Invited Curator: To be officially announced

Chief Planner: Du Minrui, klevon madison

Executive Director: Xu Jiacheng Film Selection Consultant (International Film Festival Association): Liu Zhiquan, Gao Ye

Curator: Wang Pan, Xu Kehe, Li Yue, Yang Xin

Co-curators: Gao Yixue, Liu Yuqiu, Gao Yuxi, Yuan Shixu

Media Center

Content coordinator: Liu Yuqiu, Yang Xin International translation: Zhang Haotong

Curators: Xu Yuyu, Du Hao, Yuan Shixu , Xi Chuqing, Zhou Menghan, Rong Jinyi, Wu Naqing, Hu Zhen, Ma Lin

Operation Center

Forum Coordinator: Gao Yixue Outreach Coordinator: Wang Wenxuan, Dong Xinyu

Communication: Zhang Yaqi, Yu Yirong, Chen Yanxi, Wang Qian, Yao Jialei , Lin Jiahong

Judging Technology Connection: Hong Zhenpeng Main Visual Design: Gao Yuxi Volunteers: To be recruited

About Us

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is the first medium and large-scale public welfare short film festival in China that is simultaneously screened online and offline, and the Urban New Wave Youth Video Exhibition Trying to break the media restrictions of screenings and help the works reach more audiences. The number of films solicited exceeds 600, and won awards from Youth China Tour and Hong Kong International Youth Film Festival Association, Zhengzhou Film and Television Artists Association, Beijing Chaoyang Joy City, Ann Arbor Film Promotion Association, Shanghai Theater Academy, Shanghai University Shanghai Vancouver With the support of many units such as the Film Academy, the online screening of Chinese art films on the Singapore streaming platform cathayplay has a total audience of 5,000 people. Among them, "Summer Beauty" and "Relic" were listed in the top ten of the year's viewing volume on the site. The offline screening covers more than 20 cities around the world, including Los Angeles, London, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei. The works of

film festival have achieved excellent results in famous international film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Moscow, Busan, Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen and so on. The number of text reviews, special interviews, and work introductions of relevant derivative roundtable forums exceeded one hundred. The composition of the final judging committee includes senior creators and the China Film Producers Association, China Literary Critics Association, Shanghai Film Archive, Sichuan Film Association, Jiangsu Film Association, Film World, Southern Metropolis Daily, Scholars and experts of "Watching Movies" also have subtitlesPractitioners in the fields of media, curation, and commentary represented by groups and gun manuscripts. At the same time, the organizing committee also listened to the suggestions from the judges of China Independent Film Festival, Argentina Cineala Vista Film Festival, CSFF China International New Media Short Film Festival and Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival. In August 2022, the physical chip of the award-winning work was sealed in a commercial satellite, and it was successfully launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, and was reprinted and reported by CCTV. The organizing committee tried to spread the image expression of young creators in a very romantic form. During the non-official period of the film festival,

co-launched the summer sailing film season to independently collect and support long and short film works. The selected authors have film festivals including first genre laboratory, Golden Horse Film Academy, Jackie Chan Film A Project, and Golden Rooster Venture Capital The training background of the education section is now in the preparation and release stage. Specially invited tutors include Yang Shu, vice president of the China Film and Television Photographers Association, director of photography of "Li Mi's Conjecture", Li Lichi, a famous Hong Kong filmmaker and director of "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", independent documentary creator, "Miners, Grooms, Pneumoconiosis" "Director Jiang Nengjie and many other senior filmmakers. Invitees of the

Video Journal Interview Program include Du Haibin, the director of "Young Zhao" and a judge of the Oscar Documentary Unit; ", "Don't Say Goodbye, Yuhuatang", "Jasmine's Rabbit Hole" director. The films produced or supported by the film studio have won the Special Mention Award in the Pingyao International Film Festival wip Development Project Unit, the Taipei International Short Film Week Film Critics' Choice Award, and were shortlisted for the Beijing International Film Festival, Nowness Talent Project, Tokyo International Film Festival, Macau International Film Festival, European Film Awards, Tallinn Night International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and other domestic and foreign festivals and exhibitions. In terms of the construction of the cooperation matrix of

, with the in-depth support of the MCN organization Film Control Media, it has maintained close cooperation with many leading film and television companies such as Huanxi Premiere, Huayi Brothers, Leopard Films, Sohu, and Maisheng Films. It is a gcsff Guangzhou student Co-organizer of the Film Festival, hishorts! Xiamen Short Film Week, reelfocus real image project, "New Weekly" Hot Sound Documentary Short Film Annual Selection, Shanghai International Short Film Week, International Space Short Film Week, Pumpkin Fantastic Film Festival, Blue Curtain Project, Asian Chinese Film Festival, etc. Participate in and support the China Film Foundation ASEAN Film Co-creation and Development Forum, and attend Cannes International Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, Hainan Island International Film Festival, China Directors Association Green Onion Project and other domestic and foreign festivals as market guests. The effectiveness of media communication has achieved staged success, and many popular tweets have been produced, with a total monthly reading volume of more than 100,000. The Weibo brand led the wide-area traffic in the screening, and the fans of the accounts under the whole network reached one million. In addition, a number of post-screening exchange activities were jointly held with Hong Kong Broadway mainland art theater brand movie movie.

The 2nd Urban New Wave Youth Film Festival was officially upgraded to the Vita Horizon Chinese Youth Film Festival, and the original promotional animation short film "Time Light Cinema" was launched, focusing on genre and innovation.